| County | Turnout | Beauford Jester (D) |
Eugene Nolte (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County data not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 9% | 345,507 | 91.2% | 33,277 | 8.8% | 0 | 0.0% | 312,230 | 378,784 | ||||||||||
| Total R vote: 33,277 (8.8%) Total D vote: 345,507 (91.2%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
No Republican primary | |||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Beauford Jester | 443,804 | 38.2% |
| 2 | Homer Rainey | 291,282 | 25.1% |
| 3 | Grover Sellers | 162,431 | 14.0% |
| 4 | Jerry Sadler | 103,120 | 8.9% |
| 5 | John Lee Smith | 102,941 | 8.9% |
| Other | 58,213 | 5.0% | |
| TOTAL VOTES | 1,161,791 | ||
| Democrat Runoff | |||
| 1 | Beauford Jester | 701,018 | 66.3% |
| 2 | Homer Rainey | 355,654 | 33.7% |