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    Georgia Governor Election Results 2026

    CNAW2 Election Desk — November 3, 2026 · Updated 12:56 PM ET
    Keisha Lance Bottoms, winner, Georgia Governor

    Key takeaways

    • CNAW2News projects Keisha Lance Bottoms as the winner of the race for Georgia Governor, with 54.3% of the vote to Rick Jackson’s 45.7% and 49% of the vote counted, according to unofficial results.
    • 49% of the vote is counted; the margin is 360,201 votes.
    • The seat changes from Republican to Democratic.
    • Results are unofficial until certified.
    Keisha Lance Bottoms, projected winner, Georgia’s governor race

    Bottoms wins by 360,201 votes

    Keisha Lance BottomsDemocrat · 2,268,462 votes
    Rick JacksonRepublican · 1,908,261 votes
    Full results

    By county

    CountyKeisha Lance BottomsRick JacksonCounted
    Appling1,37522.2%4,81977.8%100%
    Atkinson69230.9%1,54869.1%100%
    Bacon55415.7%2,96784.3%100%
    Baker47641.8%66358.2%100%
    Baldwin7,80451.7%7,27848.3%100%
    Banks1,00213.7%6,28986.3%100%
    Barrow12,45837.8%20,49362.2%100%
    Bartow12,83530.3%29,47869.7%100%
    Ben Hill1,95039.7%2,95760.3%100%
    Berrien1,07118.4%4,75481.6%100%
    Bibb36,08265.2%19,22134.8%100%
    Bleckley1,12224.1%3,53075.9%100%
    Brantley57010.4%4,92889.6%100%
    Brooks2,20340.4%3,25259.6%100%
    Bryan6,77837.7%11,21562.3%100%
    Bulloch9,95840.5%14,64659.5%100%
    Burke4,39750.7%4,28049.3%92%
    Butts3,08232.1%6,51367.9%100%
    Calhoun95658.5%67741.5%100%
    Camden6,87336.2%12,10463.8%100%
    Candler1,06131.2%2,33568.8%100%
    Carroll15,69434.9%29,27165.1%100%
    Catoosa6,10025.8%17,53074.2%100%
    Charlton80424.9%2,41975.1%100%
    Chatham70,19062.9%41,32637.1%100%
    Chattahoochee53349.0%55451.0%100%
    Chattooga1,55522.0%5,51978.0%100%
    Cherokee42,65933.6%84,22266.4%100%
    Clarke31,44473.8%11,17326.2%100%
    Clay61855.8%48944.2%100%
    Clayton85,91389.6%9,94510.4%100%
    Clinch51926.2%1,45973.8%100%
    Cobb205,57761.2%130,38838.8%100%
    Coffee4,11934.7%7,74465.3%100%
    Colquitt3,78730.5%8,64769.5%100%
    Columbia27,96541.4%39,57358.6%100%
    Cook1,74231.8%3,73068.2%100%
    Coweta24,73237.0%42,10663.0%100%
    Crawford1,32828.5%3,33771.5%100%
    Crisp2,43338.5%3,88961.5%100%
    Dade1,08620.2%4,29779.8%100%
    Dawson2,88220.0%11,54680.0%100%
    DeKalb271,92184.8%48,83415.2%100%
    Decatur3,58642.2%4,90857.8%100%
    Dodge1,77628.3%4,48971.7%100%
    Dooly1,57847.7%1,73052.3%100%
    Dougherty20,14174.0%7,06926.0%100%
    Douglas43,63873.5%15,76126.5%100%
    Early1,66346.4%1,92253.6%100%
    Echols13113.9%81486.1%100%
    Effingham7,87131.0%17,54969.0%100%
    Elbert2,34033.1%4,73966.9%100%
    Emanuel2,31731.6%5,01068.4%100%
    Evans98031.4%2,13968.6%100%
    Fannin2,23619.3%9,37380.7%100%
    Fayette32,22151.8%30,01948.2%100%
    Floyd11,12534.5%21,13565.5%100%
    Forsyth39,04136.4%68,09163.6%100%
    Franklin1,36416.0%7,14184.0%100%
    Fulton334,23573.8%118,45626.2%100%
    Gilmer2,92620.9%11,07379.1%100%
    Glascock998.1%1,11791.9%100%
    Glynn13,03139.0%20,38061.0%100%
    Gordon4,57924.2%14,34175.8%100%
    Grady2,76934.6%5,24565.4%100%
    Greene3,68733.0%7,49067.0%100%
    Gwinnett227,89866.3%116,04833.7%100%
    Habersham3,63520.9%13,78579.1%100%
    Hall26,61233.8%52,18366.2%100%
    Hancock2,34868.9%1,06131.1%100%
    Haralson1,66914.7%9,66485.3%100%
    Harris5,16430.1%11,96669.9%100%
    Hart2,75725.5%8,05774.5%100%
    Heard73816.7%3,69483.3%100%
    Henry80,27273.2%29,42626.8%100%
    Houston32,69850.4%32,17849.6%100%
    Irwin78723.9%2,50076.1%100%
    Jackson9,83027.3%26,12072.7%100%
    Jasper1,60323.3%5,28576.7%100%
    Jeff Davis86920.8%3,29979.2%100%
    Jefferson3,13152.2%2,86447.8%100%
    Jenkins96538.3%1,55461.7%100%
    Johnson88028.8%2,17471.2%100%
    Jones4,29635.9%7,67064.1%100%
    Lamar2,44131.0%5,43369.0%100%
    Lanier82331.0%1,83669.0%100%
    Laurens6,80337.6%11,30762.4%100%
    Lee4,48633.8%8,78966.2%100%
    Liberty11,22166.3%5,69333.7%100%
    Lincoln1,13829.5%2,72370.5%100%
    Long2,26845.7%2,69054.3%100%
    Lowndes16,59646.6%18,99153.4%100%
    Lumpkin2,73121.1%10,19878.9%100%
    Macon2,28661.0%1,46039.0%100%
    Madison3,35126.9%9,12973.1%100%
    Marion1,07638.8%1,69561.2%100%
    McDuffie3,46541.9%4,80058.1%100%
    McIntosh2,16337.9%3,54162.1%100%
    Meriwether3,60339.9%5,42460.1%100%
    Miller49225.0%1,47475.0%100%
    Mitchell3,05545.5%3,66654.5%100%
    Monroe4,08728.9%10,03171.1%100%
    Montgomery80527.1%2,16472.9%100%
    Morgan2,98728.4%7,53271.6%100%
    Murray2,22519.6%9,13580.4%100%
    Muscogee41,43966.6%20,76333.4%100%
    Newton31,17966.1%15,97133.9%100%
    Oconee7,20831.8%15,47068.2%100%
    Oglethorpe2,29233.5%4,54266.5%100%
    Paulding33,91045.5%40,67054.5%100%
    Peach5,58552.4%5,06947.6%100%
    Pickens2,84818.6%12,49881.4%100%
    Pierce91713.1%6,10786.9%100%
    Pike1,39015.3%7,72184.7%100%
    Polk3,31224.9%9,96875.1%100%
    Pulaski1,02630.7%2,31469.3%100%
    Putnam3,10629.2%7,52770.8%100%
    Quitman37543.2%49456.8%100%
    Rabun1,79923.2%5,94676.8%100%
    Randolph1,27353.9%1,08746.1%100%
    Richmond48,29272.6%18,24227.4%100%
    Rockdale30,89579.6%7,90620.4%100%
    Schley35920.5%1,38979.5%100%
    Screven2,12040.8%3,07959.2%100%
    Seminole90636.2%1,59963.8%100%
    Spalding12,20847.5%13,47452.5%100%
    Stephens2,00221.5%7,29578.5%100%
    Stewart87260.7%56439.3%100%
    Sumter5,19254.0%4,42346.0%100%
    Talbot1,58458.0%1,14542.0%100%
    Taliaferro48059.7%32440.3%100%
    Tattnall1,69327.1%4,55172.9%100%
    Taylor1,11637.2%1,88162.8%100%
    Telfair1,05533.3%2,11266.7%100%
    Terrell1,84453.5%1,60146.5%100%
    Thomas6,88240.8%10,00259.2%100%
    Tift4,83536.3%8,48363.7%100%
    Toombs2,29729.6%5,46970.4%100%
    Towns1,32318.6%5,79281.4%100%
    Treutlen72032.2%1,51867.8%100%
    Troup10,11343.6%13,09356.4%100%
    Turner1,20640.6%1,76459.4%100%
    Twiggs1,62648.3%1,73851.7%100%
    Union2,63118.4%11,64781.6%100%
    Upson3,32133.9%6,47266.1%100%
    Walker5,07223.8%16,21276.2%100%
    Walton14,13531.6%30,58868.4%100%
    Ware3,28332.1%6,94767.9%100%
    Warren1,14654.8%94745.2%100%
    Washington4,04150.9%3,90449.1%100%
    Wayne2,39524.5%7,39775.5%100%
    Webster44442.1%61057.9%100%
    Wheeler53429.7%1,26670.3%100%
    White2,12916.9%10,45783.1%100%
    Whitfield11,45438.3%18,42161.7%100%
    Wilcox68627.7%1,79072.3%100%
    Wilkes1,84545.2%2,24154.8%100%
    Wilkinson1,69045.5%2,02454.5%100%
    Worth1,88929.2%4,57270.8%100%

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    Results from the Georgia Secretary of State’s Office · unofficial until certified