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2026 results · Georgia · Georgia Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms, the Democrat, flips Georgia's governorship

Donald Trump carried Georgia by 2.2 points in 2024; this year's count is a 10.9-point move toward the Democrats. The Republicans held it before the election.

Georgia Governor: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Keisha Lance BottomsDemocrat2,271,81654.3%
Rick JacksonRepublican1,909,72645.7%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:01 AM EST · 97% counted.

About 97% of the expected vote counted4,181,542 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 7:58 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Georgia Secretary of State

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What moved most

Scroll through Georgia, part by part. The parts follow the federal government’s metropolitan areas: each big metro’s core counties, its suburbs and outer suburbs, the smaller metro areas, then the small towns and countryside.

What the count shows

Added together, the 159 counties compared moved 10.9 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 80% as many votes as in 2024, from 88% in DeKalb County to 65% in Brantley County. Turnout and the move from 2024 were barely related.

Whitfield County moved most: R+44.4 for president in 2024, R+23.3 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+70EvenD+70Move
Whitfield County29,875 votes21.1 pts → D
Newton County47,150 votes17.1 pts → D
Henry County109,698 votes16.7 pts → D
Barrow County32,954 votes16.1 pts → D
Gwinnett County343,946 votes16.0 pts → D
Douglas County59,399 votes15.5 pts → D
Paulding County74,580 votes15.1 pts → D
Houston County64,924 votes12.1 pts → D
Gordon County18,920 votes11.8 pts → D
Rockdale County38,801 votes11.7 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Gwinnett County added 42,384 net votes for Bottoms against the 2024 margin, 9% of the statewide change

Across the 159 counties compared, the margin moved by 477,190 votes toward Bottoms: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Gwinnett County+42,384 Bottoms
  2. Fulton County+21,965 Jackson
  3. Cherokee County+21,739 Bottoms
  4. Hall County+19,086 Bottoms
  5. Forsyth County+16,722 Bottoms
  6. Paulding County+16,207 Bottoms
  7. Cobb County+15,464 Bottoms
  8. DeKalb County+13,921 Jackson

7 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Bottoms this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Houston CountyR+11.3D+0.8
  • Fayette CountyR+3.2D+3.6
  • Baldwin CountyR+2.2D+3.5
  • Peach CountyR+6.0D+4.8
  • Burke CountyR+9.3D+1.3
  • Washington CountyR+1.9D+1.7
  • Jefferson CountyR+1.2D+4.5

How the vote came in

Bottoms did best among mail ballots (D+26.4) and Jackson among Election Day votes(R+9.2).

  1. Advance Voting2,686,666 votes, 64% of the countD+16.8
  2. Election Day1,358,694 votes, 32% of the countR+9.2
  3. Absentee by Mail135,704 votes, 3% of the countD+26.4
  4. Provisional478 votes, 0% of the countD+8.8

The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.

What the places that moved have in common

Each of Georgia’s counties, set against the Census Bureau’s figures for who lives there. A pattern across counties, not an exit poll: it does not say how any group of people voted.

Urban, suburban and rural counties

Urban7 counties, 41% of the vote8.4 pts → D
Suburban51 counties, 45% of the vote11.6 pts → D
Rural101 counties, 15% of the vote6.9 pts → D

2024 president 2026 · Urban: 1,000 or more residents per square mile; suburban: 100 to 999; rural: under 100 (our grouping).

Census Bureau ACS 2019–2023 and 2023 Gazetteer; a county joins once its count is substantially in.

Georgia’s ballot

All of Georgia’s resultsThe state legislatureBallot measures

The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won all 10 of Georgia's statewide races.

  1. U.S. SenateJon OssoffD+18.0
  2. GovernorThis raceKeisha Lance BottomsD+8.7Flip
  3. Attorney GeneralTanya MillerD+11.1Flip
  4. Commissioner of AgricultureKatherine E. Juhan-ArnoldD+7.7
  5. Commissioner of InsuranceKeisha Sean WaitesD+8.6
  6. Commissioner of LaborNikki PorcherD+9.3
  7. Lieutenant GovernorJosh McLaurinD+11.9
  8. PSC, District 3Peter HubbardD+12.8
  9. PSC, District 5Shelia EdwardsD+10.7
  10. Secretary of StatePenny Brown ReynoldsD+11.4Flip

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 9–5, now R 9–5

  1. R+2.8Kingston
  2. D+21.6Bishop
  3. R+17.2Jack
  4. D+65.3Johnson
  5. D+80.4Williams
  6. D+61.8McBath
  7. R+12.4McCormick
  8. R+20.8Scott
  9. R+18.6Clyde
  10. R+7.2Gaines
  11. R+10.7Cowan
  12. R+4.2Allen
  13. D+59.7Clark
  14. R+17.6Fuller

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Georgia Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.