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Chatham County, Georgia

2026 election results. Jon Ossoff (D) got 67% of the U.S. Senate vote in Chatham County. The margin is 16.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Chatham County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
67.3%75,297
Mike Collins
32.7%36,616
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
63.0%70,252
Rick Jackson
37.0%41,343
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Chatham 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.

3 local contests in Chatham County

School boards, local measures and districts on Chatham 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

BOE - District 2 (Hoskins-Brown)

CandidateVotesShare
Mary Snowden4,11238.9%
Valarie Grimes4,04638.3%
Alfred Henry Jackson, Jr.2,40022.7%

Mary Snowden ahead in Chatham County.

Local measures

BOE Tax Referendum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes83,08577.1%
No24,73022.9%

Yes ahead with 77.1% in Chatham County.

Districts

Soil and Water

CandidateVotesShare
Asa Evergreen91,580100.0%

Asa Evergreen is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +34.6D +18.1D +16.4
GA GovernorD +25.9D +18.1D +7.8
GA-01D +29.6D +18.1D +11.5

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 Chatham County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris58.6%Donald Trump40.6%D +18.0141,109
2020Joe Biden58.7%Donald Trump39.9%D +18.7133,420
2016Hillary Clinton55.5%Donald Trump40.7%D +14.8112,142
2012Barack Obama55.5%Mitt Romney43.5%D +12.0108,628
2008Barack Obama56.9%John McCain42.5%D +14.4110,238
2004John Kerry49.9%George W. Bush49.7%D +0.291,515
2000Al Gore49.2%George W. Bush49.5%R +0.376,475

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 D +18.4.

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.