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Dougherty County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 74% of the vote for governor in Dougherty County. The margin is 6.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Dougherty County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
76.5%20,845
Mike Collins
23.5%6,402
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
74.0%20,186
Rick Jackson
26.0%7,075
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Dougherty 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.

7 local contests in Dougherty County

County offices and school boards on Dougherty 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 Chairman

CandidateVotesShare
Lorenzo L. Heard D22,069100.0%

Lorenzo L. Heard is unopposed.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Victor Edwards D3,894100.0%

Victor Edwards is unopposed.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony "AJ" Patterson D2,79066.1%
Russell B. Gray R1,43233.9%

Anthony "AJ" Patterson ahead in Dougherty County.

County Commission - District 6

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony Jones D3,428100.0%

Anthony Jones is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Norma Gaines Heath D3,903100.0%

Norma Gaines Heath is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Melissa Strother D3,525100.0%

Melissa Strother is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 6

CandidateVotesShare
Dean T. Phinazee D3,366100.0%

Dean T. Phinazee is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +53.0D +41.3D +11.7
GA GovernorD +48.1D +41.3D +6.8
GA-02D +51.9D +41.3D +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 Dougherty County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris70.4%Donald Trump29.3%D +41.133,850
2020Joe Biden69.6%Donald Trump29.6%D +40.035,267
2016Hillary Clinton68.4%Donald Trump30.0%D +38.434,087
2012Barack Obama69.3%Mitt Romney30.2%D +39.237,919
2008Barack Obama67.3%John McCain32.3%D +35.038,846
2004John Kerry58.9%George W. Bush40.7%D +18.133,647
2000Al Gore57.3%George W. Bush42.1%D +15.129,064

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 +26.0.

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.