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Bartow County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 70% of the vote for governor in Bartow County. The margin is 11.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Bartow County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
64.6%27,266
Jon Ossoff
35.4%14,921
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
69.7%29,489
Keisha Lance Bottoms
30.3%12,841
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Bartow County is only who has the most votes counted here. Races are won statewide or district-wide, and only the race pages report calls. Last vote update here Nov 9, 3:47 PM.

8 local contests in Bartow County

School boards, local measures and districts on Bartow County's ballots, from Georgia's official results file. Names are as the state prints them. "Ahead" describes the current count; it isn't a race call, and we don't call measures.

Schools

County BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Travis Jordan R4,59769.1%
Andrea L. Jude D2,05330.9%

Travis Jordan ahead in Bartow County.

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Darla Branton Williams R5,212100.0%

Darla Branton Williams is unopposed.

County BOE - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
David McKalip R3,87662.8%
Willie J.E. Coombs D2,30037.2%

David McKalip ahead in Bartow County.

Local measures

Bartow County Homestead Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34,55183.8%
No6,65916.2%

Yes ahead with 83.8% in Bartow County.

City of Cartersville Homestead Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes7,21183.7%
No1,40716.3%

Yes ahead with 83.7% in Bartow County. Cartersville's page.

City of White Sunday Sales by Drink

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes9756.4%
No7543.6%

Yes ahead with 56.4% in Bartow County. White's page.

City of White Sunday Package Sales

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes9253.8%
No7946.2%

Yes ahead with 53.8% in Bartow County. White's page.

Districts

Coosa River Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
Charles "Chaz" Holt35,548100.0%

Charles "Chaz" Holt is unopposed.

Georgia's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:28 AM. Unofficial until certified.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +29.3R +51.3D +22.0
GA GovernorR +39.3R +51.3D +11.9
GA-11R +36.8R +51.3D +14.5

Margins compare the Democrat and the Republican only. The 2024 column is the presidential margin in the same places as each race's votes here. Shift is this year's margin minus it, shown once at least 90% of the expected vote is counted. A dash means there's no 2024 figure for those exact places.

How Bartow County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris24.2%Donald Trump75.2%R +51.057,547
2020Joe Biden24.0%Donald Trump74.7%R +50.750,470
2016Hillary Clinton20.8%Donald Trump75.6%R +54.939,550
2012Barack Obama23.5%Mitt Romney75.1%R +51.635,802
2008Barack Obama26.8%John McCain72.0%R +45.236,093
2004John Kerry25.6%George W. Bush73.8%R +48.230,232
2000Al Gore33.0%George W. Bush64.6%R +31.722,781

Shares are of all presidential votes, and the margin is the Democrat's share minus the Republican's. Since 2000, the presidential margin here has moved R +19.3.

Other counties in Georgia

Georgia results

Sources & scope

Votes for 2026 come from the count this site reads, by county. They're unofficial until Georgia certifies them. Past presidential votes are from MEDSL and VEST, via Polling Forecast. Georgia's own results, deadlines and offices are on the state page.