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2026 results · Georgia · Georgia Commissioner of Labor

Nikki Porcher, the Democrat, is elected Georgia Commissioner of Labor

Donald Trump carried Georgia by 2.2 points in 2024; this year's count is a 11.5-point move toward the Democrats.

Georgia Commissioner of Labor: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Nikki PorcherDemocrat2,269,84954.6%
Bárbara Rivera HolmesRepublican1,884,57445.4%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 8:45 AM EST · 95% counted.

About 95% of the expected vote counted4,154,423 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 8:09 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 11.5 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+21.6 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 County29,637 votes22.9 pts → D
Barrow County32,760 votes17.2 pts → D
Newton County46,914 votes17.0 pts → D
Henry County109,179 votes17.0 pts → D
Gwinnett County342,154 votes16.9 pts → D
Paulding County74,191 votes16.2 pts → D
Douglas County59,187 votes15.8 pts → D
Gordon County18,735 votes13.4 pts → D
Effingham County25,254 votes12.9 pts → D
Bartow County42,069 votes12.8 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Gwinnett County added 44,890 net votes for Porcher against the 2024 margin, 9% of the statewide change

Across the 159 counties compared, the margin moved by 500,375 votes toward Porcher: 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+44,890 Porcher
  2. Cherokee County+23,359 Porcher
  3. Fulton County+22,143 Holmes
  4. Hall County+19,747 Porcher
  5. Forsyth County+19,490 Porcher
  6. Paulding County+17,122 Porcher
  7. DeKalb County+15,943 Holmes
  8. Cobb County+14,076 Porcher

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

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Houston CountyR+11.3D+1.5
  • Fayette CountyR+3.2D+3.4
  • Baldwin CountyR+2.2D+3.8
  • Peach CountyR+6.0D+5.5
  • Burke CountyR+9.3D+2.7
  • Washington CountyR+1.9D+3.3
  • Jefferson CountyR+1.2D+4.7

How the vote came in

Porcher did best among mail ballots (D+26.9) and Holmes among Election Day votes(R+8.0).

  1. Advance Voting2,672,558 votes, 64% of the countD+17.1
  2. Election Day1,347,617 votes, 32% of the countR+8.0
  3. Absentee by Mail133,776 votes, 3% of the countD+26.9
  4. Provisional472 votes, 0% of the countD+11.9

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 vote8.7 pts → D
Suburban51 counties, 45% of the vote12.4 pts → D
Rural101 counties, 15% of the vote7.7 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.

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.