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Clay County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 56% of the vote for governor in Clay County. The margin is 4.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Clay County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
57.6%636
Mike Collins
42.4%468
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
55.8%618
Rick Jackson
44.2%489
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Clay 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, 6:25 PM.

4 local contests in Clay County

County offices and school boards on Clay 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 2

CandidateVotesShare
Lola M. Spann D148100.0%

Lola M. Spann is unopposed.

Coounty Commission - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Gail Hubbard R169100.0%

Gail Hubbard is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Genetta Moore158100.0%

Genetta Moore is unopposed.

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Andrea McCray134100.0%

Andrea McCray is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +15.2D +7.5D +7.7
GA GovernorD +11.7D +7.5D +4.1
GA-02D +16.1D +7.5D +8.5

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 Clay County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris53.5%Donald Trump46.0%D +7.51,442
2020Joe Biden55.1%Donald Trump44.4%D +10.71,434
2016Hillary Clinton54.8%Donald Trump44.5%D +10.31,273
2012Barack Obama61.5%Mitt Romney38.3%D +23.21,402
2008Barack Obama61.0%John McCain38.8%D +22.31,440
2004John Kerry61.0%George W. Bush38.9%D +22.11,309
2000Al Gore64.3%George W. Bush35.1%D +29.21,277

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 +21.7.

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.