| County | Turnout | Tom Adams (D) |
Percy Thompson (R) |
Other | Margin | TOTAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| County data not available. | |||||||||||||||||||
| TOTAL | 41% | 817,927 | 63.4% | 471,770 | 36.6% | 0 | 0.0% | 346,157 | 1,289,697 | ||||||||||
| Total R vote: 471,770 (36.6%) Total D vote: 817,927 (63.4%) Total Other vote: 0 (0.0%) | |||||||||||||||||||
| * incumbent | |||||||||||||||||||
| Republican Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
No Republican primary | |||
| Democrat Primary | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Pos | Candidate | Votes | % |
| 1 | Tom Adams | 235,967 | 33.0% |
| 2 | Jess Yarborough | 145,026 | 20.3% |
| 3 | Gene Fisher | 77,375 | 10.8% |
| 4 | Angus Laird | 70,634 | 9.9% |
| 5 | J.L. McMullen | 65,727 | 9.2% |
| 6 | N.D. Wainwright | 48,949 | 6.8% |
| 7 | Ed Hornsby | 42,472 | 5.9% |
| 8 | Thomas Fouts | 29,981 | 4.2% |
| TOTAL VOTES | 716,131 | ||
| Democrat Runoff | |||
| 1 | Tom Adams | 437,524 | 58.8% |
| 2 | Jess Yarborough | 306,719 | 41.2% |