1990 Georgia gubernatorial election

The 1990 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 6, 1990. Lieutenant Governor Zell Miller ran for governor after incumbent Joe Frank Harris was term-limited, defeating Andrew Young, Roy Barnes, and Lester Maddox for the Democratic nomination, and defeated Johnny Isakson, a member of the Georgia House of Representatives. As of 2022, this is the last time that Dade, Walker, Whitfield, Murray, Gilmer, Fannin, Floyd, Gordon, Pickens, Dawson, Forsyth, Hall, Barrow, Jackson, Madison, White, Walton, Paulding, Carroll, Coweta, Troup, Spalding, Pike, Harris, Glynn, Camden, Bryan, and Effingham counties voted for the Democratic candidate for governor.

Isakson would later succeed Miller in the United States Senate following his victory in 2004.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Advanced to runoff

• Zell Miller, Lieutenant Governor since 1975
• Andrew Young, Mayor of Atlanta

Defeated in primary

• Roy Barnes, State Senator from Marietta
• Lauren 'Bubba' McDonald, Jr., State Representative from Turnerville
• Lester Maddox, former Governor of Georgia and Lieutenant Governor of Georgia

Results

Runoff Results

Republican primary

Candidates

• Johnny Isakson, State Representative from Marietta
• Bobby Wood, former chairman of Gwinnett County Board of Education
• Greeley Ellis
• Eli 'Link' Veazey

Results

Election results

See also

• 1990 United States gubernatorial elections
• State of Georgia
• Governors of Georgia
• Senators from Georgia

References