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2026 results · Georgia · Georgia PSC, District 5

Shelia Edwards, the Democrat, is elected Georgia PSC, District 5

Donald Trump carried Georgia by 2.2 points in 2024; this year's count is a 12.8-point move toward the Democrats.

Georgia PSC, District 5: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Shelia EdwardsDemocrat2,297,89455.3%
Josh TolbertRepublican1,855,40844.7%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 4, 10:46 AM EST · 95% counted.

About 95% of the expected vote counted4,153,302 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 12.8 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. Turnout and the move from 2024 were barely related.

Whitfield County moved most: R+44.4 for president in 2024, R+20.8 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+60EvenD+60Move
Whitfield County29,635 votes23.7 pts → D
Gwinnett County341,887 votes18.4 pts → D
Henry County109,162 votes18.1 pts → D
Newton County46,900 votes18.1 pts → D
Barrow County32,756 votes18.1 pts → D
Paulding County74,181 votes17.1 pts → D
Douglas County59,153 votes17.0 pts → D
Effingham County25,071 votes13.9 pts → D
Houston County64,653 votes13.7 pts → D
Bartow County42,081 votes13.7 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Gwinnett County added 49,975 net votes for Edwards against the 2024 margin, 9% of the statewide change

Across the 159 counties compared, the margin moved by 557,586 votes toward Edwards: 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+49,975 Edwards
  2. Cherokee County+24,840 Edwards
  3. Cobb County+21,356 Edwards
  4. Forsyth County+21,077 Edwards
  5. Hall County+20,716 Edwards
  6. Paulding County+17,766 Edwards
  7. Henry County+13,917 Edwards
  8. Bartow County+13,628 Edwards

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

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Houston CountyR+11.3D+2.4
  • Fayette CountyR+3.2D+5.6
  • Baldwin CountyR+2.2D+4.8
  • Peach CountyR+6.0D+6.8
  • Burke CountyR+9.3D+3.1
  • Washington CountyR+1.9D+4.1
  • Jefferson CountyR+1.2D+5.7

How the vote came in

Edwards did best among mail ballots (D+28.5) and Tolbert among Election Day votes(R+6.7).

  1. Advance Voting2,672,066 votes, 64% of the countD+18.5
  2. Election Day1,347,551 votes, 32% of the countR+6.7
  3. Absentee by Mail133,214 votes, 3% of the countD+28.5
  4. Provisional471 votes, 0% of the countD+12.5

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 vote10.7 pts → D
Suburban51 counties, 45% of the vote13.4 pts → D
Rural101 counties, 15% of the vote8.4 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. GovernorKeisha 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 5This raceShelia 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.