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Butts County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Butts County. The margin is 9.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Butts County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
64.6%6,187
Jon Ossoff
35.4%3,388
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
67.9%6,513
Keisha Lance Bottoms
32.1%3,082
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Butts 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 3, 7:37 PM.

4 local contests in Butts County

County offices and local measures on Butts 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 Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Joe H. Brown, Jr. R1,830100.0%

Joe H. Brown, Jr. is unopposed.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
J. Keith Douglas D1,346100.0%

J. Keith Douglas is unopposed.

Local measures

Homestead Tax Referendum Senate Bill 544, Act 614

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes8,32989.3%
No1,00210.7%

Yes ahead with 89.3% in Butts County.

Homestead Tax Referendum Senate Bill 545, Act 615

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes8,09987.7%
No1,14112.3%

Yes ahead with 87.7% in Butts County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +29.2R +45.3D +16.1
GA GovernorR +35.8R +45.3D +9.6
GA-10R +34.5R +45.3D +10.8

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 Butts County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.2%Donald Trump72.4%R +45.213,019
2020Joe Biden27.8%Donald Trump71.4%R +43.611,781
2016Hillary Clinton27.0%Donald Trump70.6%R +43.69,514
2012Barack Obama31.6%Mitt Romney67.2%R +35.69,381
2008Barack Obama33.7%John McCain65.4%R +31.79,091
2004John Kerry33.3%George W. Bush66.2%R +32.97,734
2000Al Gore40.5%George W. Bush56.8%R +16.35,635

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.

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.