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.
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
Gubernatorial
1990
1990 United States gubernatorial elections
