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Berrien County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 82% of the vote for governor in Berrien County. The margin is 6.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 9 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Berrien County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
77.3%4,500
Jon Ossoff
22.7%1,318
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
81.6%4,757
Keisha Lance Bottoms
18.4%1,071
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Berrien 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.

9 local contests in Berrien County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and districts on Berrien 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.

County offices

County Commissioner - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Randy Luke R5,243100.0%

Randy Luke is unopposed.

County Commissioner - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Jimmy Parker R5,204100.0%

Jimmy Parker is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Spec Mayor - Town of Alapaha

CandidateVotesShare
Marvin Smith16567.6%
Roger D. Whitehouse4618.9%
Vickie S. Harsey3313.5%

Marvin Smith ahead in Berrien County. Alapaha's page.

Spec Alapaha City Council - Post 4

CandidateVotesShare
Rose Smith17071.1%
Titus Aycock6928.9%

Rose Smith ahead in Berrien County. Alapaha's page.

Spec Enigma City Council - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
William A. Hendricks10852.7%
Bruce Giddens9747.3%

William A. Hendricks ahead in Berrien County. Enigma's page.

Schools

School Board - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Julie Williams R664100.0%

Julie Williams is unopposed.

School Board - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Bryan Horten R957100.0%

Bryan Horten is unopposed.

School Board - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Mandy Carter McMillan R693100.0%

Mandy Carter McMillan is unopposed.

Districts

Berrien Soil and Water

CandidateVotesShare
Jake Ford5,210100.0%

Jake Ford is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +54.7R +70.0D +15.3
GA GovernorR +63.2R +70.0D +6.7
GA-08R +63.6R +70.0D +6.4

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 Berrien County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris15.0%Donald Trump84.8%R +69.88,068
2020Joe Biden16.4%Donald Trump82.9%R +66.57,741
2016Hillary Clinton15.9%Donald Trump82.3%R +66.46,590
2012Barack Obama20.5%Mitt Romney78.1%R +57.66,201
2008Barack Obama22.8%John McCain76.0%R +53.26,449
2004John Kerry29.3%George W. Bush70.0%R +40.85,592
2000Al Gore37.2%George W. Bush61.6%R +24.44,410

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 +45.4.

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.