United States Senate election in Georgia, 1986
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The 1986 United States Senate election in Georgia was held on November 8, 1986. Incumbent Republican U.S. SenatorSenator Mack Mattingly
decided to run for re-election and lost a close race to Wyche Fowler
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Mack Mattingly
Mack Francis Mattingly served one term as a United States senator from Georgia, the first Republican to serve in the U.S. Senate from that state since Reconstruction.-Early life:...
decided to run for re-election and lost a close race to Wyche Fowler
Wyche Fowler
William Wyche Fowler, Jr. is an American politician and ambassador. He is a member of the Democratic Party and served as U.S. Senator from Georgia from January 1987 to January 1993. He had previously served in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1977 until his senatorial election.-Early life...
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