1992 United States Senate election in Georgia

The 1992 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 3, 1992. Incumbent Democratic U.S. Senator Wyche Fowler did not receive a simple majority in the general election, which demanded a runoff. Coverdell edged out Fowler in the runoff with a narrow margin, concurrent with Democrat Bill Clinton's win in the state in the presidential election.[1]

1992 United States Senate election in Georgia

November 3 and 24, 1992

Nominee Paul Coverdell Wyche Fowler Party Republican Democratic Popular vote 635,118 618,774 Percentage 50.65% 49.35%

County Results Coverdell:      40-50%      50-60%      60-70% Fowler:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%

U.S. senator before election Wyche Fowler Democratic Elected U.S. Senator Paul Coverdell Republican

Republican primary

The general primary was held July 21, 1992.[2] A run-off between the top two Republican contenders was held on August 11, in which Paul Coverdell defeated Bob Barr.

Candidates

• Bob Barr, President of Southeastern Legal Foundation and former U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia
• Paul Coverdell, former Director of the Peace Corps and former State Senator
• John Knox, former Mayor of Waycross
• Dean Parkison, retired drug store owner and perennial candidate
• Charlie Tanskley

Results

Results[3] for the first round showed that since Paul Coverdell did not win a majority of the vote, a runoff was held between him and Barr. Coverdell subsequently won the runoff.

1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	100,016	37.05%
	Republican	Bob Barr	65,471	24.25%
	Republican	John Knox	64,514	23.90%
	Republican	Charlie Tanskley	32,590	12.07%
	Republican	Dean Parkison	7,352	2.72%
Turnout			269,943	100.00%

1992 Georgia U.S. Senate Republican primary election runoff

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	80,435	50.49%
	Republican	Bob Barr	78,887	49.51%
Turnout			159,332	100.00%

General election

Candidates

• Paul Coverdell (R), former State Senator
• Wyche Fowler (D), incumbent U.S. Senator
• Jim Hudson (L)

Results

Initial

As no candidate reached a majority on November 3, a runoff election was held on November 24, which Coverdell won.

Georgia United States Senate election, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler (incumbent)	1,108,416	49.23%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	1,073,282	47.67%
	Libertarian	Jim Hudson	69,878	3.10%
		Write-In Votes	11	0.00%
Majority			35,134	1.56%
Turnout			2,251,587

Run off

Georgia United States Senate election runoff, 1992

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Paul Coverdell	635,118	50.65%
	Democratic	Wyche Fowler (incumbent)	618,774	49.35%
Majority			16,344	1.30%
Turnout			1,253,892
	Republican gain from Democratic

See also

• United States Senate elections, 1992 and 1993

References

1. Clerk of the House of Representatives (1993). "Statistics of the Presidential and Congressional election of November 3, 1992" (PDF). U.S. Government Printing Office.
2. 1992 Republican Primary OurCampaigns