1962 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

1962 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election

6 November 1962

Nominee Peter Zack Geer Party Democratic Popular vote 297,345 Percentage 100.00%

Lieutenant Governor before election Garland T. Byrd Democratic Elected Lieutenant Governor Peter Zack Geer Democratic

The 1962 Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on 6 November 1962 in order to elect the lieutenant governor of Georgia. Democratic nominee Peter Zack Geer ran unopposed and subsequently won the election.

Democratic primary

The Democratic primary election was held on 12 September 1962, but as no candidate received a majority of the vote, a run-off election was held between Peter Zack Geer and Lester Maddox on 26 September 1962. Candidate Peter Zack Geer received a majority of the votes (55.06%) in the run-off election against Maddox, and was thus elected as the nominee for the general election.

Results

Candidate	First Round		Run-off
	Votes	%	Votes	%
Peter Zack Geer	187,770	23.90	215,369	55.06
Lester Maddox	138,065	17.58	175,757	44.94
Peyton S. Hawes	110,420	14.06
Culver Kidd Jr.	108,601	13.83
Ed Wilson	84,157	10.71
John E. Sheffield Jr.	55,020	7.00
Winston Burdine	49,418	6.29
Spence M. Grayson	32,900	4.19
Edmond Barfield	19,169	2.44
Total	785,520	100.00	391,126	100.00
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General election

On election day, 6 November 1962, Democratic nominee Peter Zack Geer ran unopposed and won the election with 297,345 votes, thereby retaining Democratic control over the office of lieutenant governor. Geer was sworn in as the 5th lieutenant governor of Georgia on 3 January 1963.

Results

Georgia lieutenant gubernatorial election, 1962

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Peter Zack Geer	297,345	100.00
Total votes			297,345	100.00
	Democratic hold