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Ben Hill County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 60% of the vote for governor in Ben Hill County. The margin is 11.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here.

2026 results in Ben Hill County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
55.7%2,721
Jon Ossoff
44.3%2,164
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
60.3%2,958
Keisha Lance Bottoms
39.7%1,951
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Ben Hill 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.

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +11.4R +32.1D +20.7
GA GovernorR +20.5R +32.1D +11.6
GA-08R +20.5R +32.1D +11.6

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 Ben Hill County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris33.8%Donald Trump65.9%R +32.06,501
2020Joe Biden36.5%Donald Trump62.7%R +26.26,555
2016Hillary Clinton35.4%Donald Trump63.0%R +27.65,936
2012Barack Obama42.2%Mitt Romney57.0%R +14.85,956
2008Barack Obama42.9%John McCain56.6%R +13.76,036
2004John Kerry39.4%George W. Bush60.2%R +20.85,536
2000Al Gore47.9%George W. Bush51.1%R +3.24,661

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 +28.9.

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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.