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Cook County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Cook County. The margin is 10.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Cook County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
64.1%3,498
Jon Ossoff
35.9%1,959
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
68.1%3,731
Keisha Lance Bottoms
31.9%1,744
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Cook 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.

4 local contests in Cook County

County offices and school boards on Cook 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
Phil Morris, Jr D701100.0%

Phil Morris, Jr is unopposed.

County Commission - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Guy A. Daughtrey R1,145100.0%

Guy A. Daughtrey is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Corkey Taylor R721100.0%

Corkey Taylor is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Chad Sumner R1,156100.0%

Chad Sumner is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +28.2R +46.6D +18.4
GA GovernorR +36.3R +46.6D +10.3
GA-08R +36.0R +46.6D +10.6

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 Cook County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.6%Donald Trump73.0%R +46.57,357
2020Joe Biden29.3%Donald Trump69.7%R +40.47,034
2016Hillary Clinton28.9%Donald Trump68.9%R +40.06,057
2012Barack Obama33.9%Mitt Romney65.2%R +31.46,031
2008Barack Obama35.2%John McCain64.1%R +28.95,903
2004John Kerry36.0%George W. Bush63.6%R +27.74,816
2000Al Gore41.6%George W. Bush57.8%R +16.23,944

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 +30.2.

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.