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.[1] 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.
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County results Miller: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80% Isakson: 50–60% 60–70% | |||||||||||||||||
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Isakson would later succeed Miller in the United States Senate following his victory in 2004.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zell Miller | 434,405 | 41.28 | |
Democratic | Andrew Young | 303,159 | 28.81 | |
Democratic | Roy Barnes | 219,136 | 20.82 | |
Democratic | Lauren 'Bubba' McDonald, Jr. | 64,212 | 6.10 | |
Democratic | Lester Maddox | 31,403 | 2.98 | |
Total votes | 1,052,315 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | Zell Miller | 591,166 | 61.84 | |
Democratic | Andrew Young | 364,861 | 38.16 | |
Total votes | 956,027 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Johnny Isakson | 87,795 | 74.33 | |
Republican | Bobby Wood | 14,496 | 12.27 | |
Republican | Greeley Ellis | 13,062 | 11.06 | |
Republican | Eli "Link" Veazey | 2,765 | 2.34 | |
Total votes | 403,280 | 100.0 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Zell Miller | 766,662 | 52.89 | -17.62 | |
Republican | Johnny Isakson | 645,625 | 44.54 | +15.05 | |
Libertarian | Carole Ann Rand | 37,367 | 2.58 | +2.58 | |
Majority | 121,037 | 8.35 | |||
Turnout | 1,449,654 | ||||
Democratic hold | Swing |