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Clayton County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 90% of the vote for governor in Clayton County. The margin is 9.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Clayton County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Clayton County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
91.5%87,746
Mike Collins
8.5%8,131
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
89.6%85,965
Rick Jackson
10.4%9,947
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 5th District

Nikema Williams
92.0%42,937
John Salvesen
8.0%3,727
100% counted

Only part of Clayton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Nikema Williams wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 13th District

Jasmine Clark
89.5%43,619
Jonathan Chavez
10.5%5,135
100% counted

Only part of Clayton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jasmine Clark wins. Called.

The leader in Clayton 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.

6 local contests in Clayton County

County offices and school boards on Clayton 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 1

CandidateVotesShare
Demeitrice Collins D21,839100.0%

Demeitrice Collins is unopposed.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
DeMont Davis D20,634100.0%

DeMont Davis is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Monica Hooker D13,405100.0%

Monica Hooker is unopposed.

County BOE - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Victoria Williams D7,285100.0%

Victoria Williams is unopposed.

County BOE - District 8

CandidateVotesShare
Joy Tellis Cooper D10,416100.0%

Joy Tellis Cooper is unopposed.

County BOE - District 9

CandidateVotesShare
Cassandra Brown Henry D9,678100.0%

Cassandra Brown Henry is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +83.0D +69.6D +13.4
GA GovernorD +79.3D +69.6D +9.6
GA-05 part of the countyD +84.0D +71.1D +13.0
GA-13 part of the countyD +78.9D +68.1D +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 Clayton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris84.3%Donald Trump15.1%D +69.2111,729
2020Joe Biden85.0%Donald Trump14.1%D +70.9112,330
2016Hillary Clinton84.2%Donald Trump13.6%D +70.692,859
2012Barack Obama84.8%Mitt Romney14.7%D +70.196,067
2008Barack Obama83.0%John McCain16.6%D +66.499,438
2004John Kerry70.5%George W. Bush29.0%D +41.579,546
2000Al Gore65.2%George W. Bush32.5%D +32.761,402

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 +36.5.

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.