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Cobb County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 61% of the vote for governor in Cobb County. The margin is 7.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Cobb County is split between 3 U.S. House districts. Below are also 10 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cobb County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
67.1%225,517
Mike Collins
32.9%110,637
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
61.2%205,766
Rick Jackson
38.8%130,454
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 6th District

Lucy McBath
78.9%92,461
Kevin Martin
21.1%24,689
100% counted

Only part of Cobb County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Lucy McBath wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 11th District

Chris Harden
57.4%86,255
John Cowan
42.6%63,890
100% counted

Only part of Cobb County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: John Cowan wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 14th District

Shawn Harris
52.1%35,614
Clayton Fuller
47.9%32,723
100% counted

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

The leader in Cobb 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, 8:37 AM.

10 local contests in Cobb County

County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Cobb 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

Solicitor General

CandidateVotesShare
Makia Metzger D261,098100.0%

Makia Metzger is unopposed.

Surveyor

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Evans R231,702100.0%

Chris Evans is unopposed.

County Commission - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Keli Gambrill R69,882100.0%

Keli Gambrill is unopposed.

County Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Kevin Redmon D48,73550.3%
JoAnn K. Birrell R48,17449.7%

Kevin Redmon ahead in Cobb County.

Schools

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Becky Sayler D32,742100.0%

Becky Sayler is unopposed.

County BOE - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Micheal Garza D25,49354.9%
David Chastain R20,98245.1%

Micheal Garza ahead in Cobb County.

County BOE - District 6

CandidateVotesShare
Nichelle A. Davis D31,598100.0%

Nichelle A. Davis is unopposed.

Local measures

Cobb County Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes204,99562.0%
No125,85838.0%

Yes ahead with 62.0% in Cobb County.

"Redevelopment Powers Law" Referendum - Mableton

ChoiceVotesShare
No14,94152.0%
Yes13,80348.0%

No ahead with 52.0% in Cobb County. Mableton's page.

Districts

Cobb Co Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
John I. Loyd212,59146.2%
Brad A. Whitfield165,81336.0%
Frank Wigington81,85817.8%

John I. Loyd and Brad A. Whitfield ahead in Cobb County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +34.2D +15.0D +19.1
GA GovernorD +22.4D +15.0D +7.4
GA-06 part of the countyD +57.9D +43.0D +14.8
GA-11 part of the countyD +14.9D +5.7D +9.2
GA-14 part of the countyD +4.2R +9.5D +13.8

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 Cobb County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris56.9%Donald Trump42.0%D +14.9401,369
2020Joe Biden56.3%Donald Trump42.0%D +14.3393,513
2016Hillary Clinton48.4%Donald Trump46.2%D +2.2330,819
2012Barack Obama42.9%Mitt Romney55.4%R +12.4310,116
2008Barack Obama44.8%John McCain54.2%R +9.4315,444
2004John Kerry37.2%George W. Bush62.1%R +24.9279,473
2000Al Gore36.9%George W. Bush59.8%R +22.9235,027

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 +37.8.

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.