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The 1974 Georgia gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 1974. Under Georgia's constitution at the time, incumbent Democratic governor Jimmy Carter was ineligible to serve a second consecutive term. He was elected President of the United States in the 1976 presidential election. George Busbee was elected as the 77th Governor of Georgia.
The Democratic primary election was held on 13 August 1974, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between former member of the Georgia State Senate Zell Miller and Mary Hitt on 3 September 1974. Candidate Zell Miller received a majority of the votes (60.82%) in the run-off election against Hitt, and ...
United States gubernatorial elections were held on November 5, 1974, in 35 states and two territories. The Democrats achieved a net gain of four seats, Republicans took a net loss of five seats, and one Independent was elected to the governorship of a state.
Pages in category "1974 in case law" The following 12 pages are in this category, out of 12 total. ... Ltd v Facer; D. Dickenson's Arcade Pty Ltd v Tasmania; F.
There have officially been 83 governors of the State of Georgia, including 11 who served more than one distinct term (John Houstoun, George Walton, Edward Telfair, George Mathews, Jared Irwin, David Brydie Mitchell, George Rockingham Gilmer, M. Hoke Smith, Joseph Mackey Brown, John M. Slaton and Eugene Talmadge, with Herman Talmadge serving two de facto distinct terms).
In new book, Michael Thurmond makes a case that Georgia’s colonial founder “helped breathe life” into the abolitionist movement, notion […] The post A Black author takes a new look at ...
On average, 1,868 people die and 4,321 are wounded by guns in Georgia each year, and the state has the 10th-highest gun violence rate in the country, according to Everytown.
The principal evidence against them at the trial was the evidence of Deborah Ann Kidd, who testified she was one of the group, and that Creamer was the shooter. One, James Creamer, had been sentenced to death, and the others to life imprisonment. In 1974, Georgia State Supreme Court unanimously upheld all the convictions and sentences.