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Effingham County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Effingham County. The margin is 11.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Effingham County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Effingham County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
64.8%16,487
Jon Ossoff
35.2%8,948
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
69.0%17,560
Keisha Lance Bottoms
31.0%7,878
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 1st District

Jim Kingston
67.0%12,165
Amanda Hollowell
33.0%5,993
100% counted

Only part of Effingham County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jim Kingston wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 12th District

Rick Allen
69.4%5,012
Ceretta Smith
30.6%2,214
100% counted

Only part of Effingham County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Rick Allen wins. Called.

The leader in Effingham 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 Effingham County

County offices and local measures on Effingham 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
Spencer D. Tyson R19,980100.0%

Spencer D. Tyson is unopposed.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Roger Burdette R2,98754.9%
Darlene L. Ainsworth D2,45245.1%

Roger Burdette ahead in Effingham County.

County Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Jamie DeLoach R3,35263.4%
Scott Hoffman D1,93236.6%

Jamie DeLoach ahead in Effingham County.

County Commission - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Phil Kieffer R3,18276.5%
James Daniels97723.5%

Phil Kieffer ahead in Effingham County.

Local measures

One Percent SPLOST

ChoiceVotesShare
No12,44750.3%
Yes12,30849.7%

No ahead with 50.3% in Effingham County.

Homeowner's Incentive Program

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes22,09389.0%
No2,74111.0%

Yes ahead with 89.0% in Effingham County.

Redevelopment Powers Law

ChoiceVotesShare
No43651.8%
Yes40548.2%

No ahead with 51.8% in Effingham County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +29.6R +49.3D +19.7
GA GovernorR +38.1R +49.3D +11.3
GA-01 part of the countyR +34.0R +48.9D +14.9
GA-12 part of the countyR +38.7R +50.6D +11.9

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 Effingham County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris25.2%Donald Trump74.3%R +49.136,244
2020Joe Biden24.5%Donald Trump74.0%R +49.531,568
2016Hillary Clinton20.7%Donald Trump76.2%R +55.523,458
2012Barack Obama23.8%Mitt Romney74.9%R +51.220,816
2008Barack Obama24.3%John McCain75.0%R +50.720,316
2004John Kerry22.3%George W. Bush77.3%R +55.016,167
2000Al Gore30.3%George W. Bush68.8%R +38.410,650

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 +10.7.

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.