2026 results · Georgia · Georgia Commissioner of Insurance
Keisha Sean Waites, the Democrat, is elected Georgia Commissioner of Insurance
Donald Trump carried Georgia by 2.2 points in 2024; this year's count is a 10.8-point move toward the Democrats.
| Candidate | Votes | Share | Share of the vote |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keisha Sean WaitesDemocrat | 2,258,833 | 54.3% | |
| John KingRepublican | 1,901,066 | 45.7% |
Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 95% counted.
About 95% of the expected vote counted4,159,899 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 8:09 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Georgia Secretary of State
The map
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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 10.8 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.
The counties compared cast 79% as many votes as in 2024, from 87% in DeKalb County to 64% in Brantley County. Where turnout ran higher, the county moved more toward the Republicans (r = −0.25).
Whitfield County moved most: R+44.4 for president in 2024, R+22.0 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.
2024 president 2026
Gwinnett County added 43,830 net votes for Waites against the 2024 margin, 9% of the statewide change
Across the 159 counties compared, the margin moved by 472,867 votes toward Waites: 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.
- Gwinnett County+43,830 Waites
- Fulton County+28,821 King
- Cherokee County+22,329 Waites
- Hall County+19,388 Waites
- DeKalb County+19,318 King
- Forsyth County+18,233 Waites
- Paulding County+16,961 Waites
- Bartow County+13,128 Waites
7 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Waites this year
Striped on the map above. Largest first.
- Houston CountyR+11.3D+1.3
- Fayette CountyR+3.2D+2.9
- Baldwin CountyR+2.2D+3.4
- Peach CountyR+6.0D+5.8
- Burke CountyR+9.3D+2.5
- Washington CountyR+1.9D+3.0
- Jefferson CountyR+1.2D+5.0
How the vote came in
Waites did best among mail ballots (D+26.0) and King among Election Day votes(R+8.4).
- Advance Voting2,675,286 votes, 64% of the countD+16.3
- Election Day1,350,117 votes, 32% of the countR+8.4
- Absentee by Mail134,024 votes, 3% of the countD+26.0
- Provisional472 votes, 0% of the countD+12.3
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
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
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The seats that changed party
StatewideDemocrats won all 10 of Georgia's statewide races.
- U.S. SenateJon OssoffD+18.0
- GovernorKeisha Lance BottomsD+8.7Flip
- Attorney GeneralTanya MillerD+11.1Flip
- Commissioner of AgricultureKatherine E. Juhan-ArnoldD+7.7
- Commissioner of InsuranceThis raceKeisha Sean WaitesD+8.6
- Commissioner of LaborNikki PorcherD+9.3
- Lieutenant GovernorJosh McLaurinD+11.9
- PSC, District 3Peter HubbardD+12.8
- PSC, District 5Shelia EdwardsD+10.7
- Secretary of StatePenny Brown ReynoldsD+11.4Flip
U.S. HouseBefore the election R 9–5, now R 9–5
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.