Table: united states house of representatives elections , 1978
[['district', 'incumbent', 'party', 'first elected', 'result', 'candidates'], ['georgia 1', 'ronald bo ginn', 'democratic', '1972', 're - elected', 'ronald bo ginn (d) unopposed'], ['georgia 2', 'dawson mathis', 'democratic', '1970', 're - elected', 'dawson mathis (d) unopposed'], ['georgia 3', 'jack thomas brinkley', 'democratic', '1966', 're - elected', 'jack thomas brinkley (d) unopposed'], ['georgia 6', 'john james flynt , jr', 'democratic', '1954', 'retired republican gain', 'newt gingrich (r) 54.4% virginia shapard (d) 45.6%'], ['georgia 8', 'billy lee evans', 'democratic', '1976', 're - elected', 'billy lee evans (d) unopposed'], ['georgia 9', 'ed jenkins', 'democratic', '1976', 're - elected', 'ed jenkins (d) 76.9% david g ashworth (r) 23.1%']]
Statement: in Georgia 's first District , Ronald Bo Ginn was Re - Elected and running Unopposed in the 1978 us House Of Representative Election
Statement: in Georgia 's ninth District , Ed Jenkins representing the democractic Party ran against David G Ashworth (r) who garnered only 23.1% of the vote
Statement: Dawson Mathis was Re - Elected in the 1978 us House Of Representative Election as a democrat after first being Elected in 1970
Statement: John James Flynt , Jr was First Elected in 1954 in Georgia 's sixth District and had a Result of Retired Republican Gain in the 1978 us House Of Representative Election
Statement: Jack Thomas Brinkley , a democrat , was First Elected in 1966 and was Re - Elected in the 1978 us House Of Representative Election after running Unopposed