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Fayette County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 52% of the vote for governor in Fayette County. The margin is 6.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Fayette County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Fayette County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
56.9%35,434
Mike Collins
43.1%26,824
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
51.8%32,246
Rick Jackson
48.2%30,032
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 3rd District

Brian Jack
50.1%26,566
Maura Keller
49.9%26,443
100% counted

Only part of Fayette County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Brian Jack wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 6th District

Lucy McBath
76.3%6,982
Kevin Martin
23.7%2,167
100% counted

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

The leader in Fayette 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 7, 6:23 AM.

7 local contests in Fayette County

County offices, school boards and local measures on Fayette 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 3

CandidateVotesShare
James W. Clifton R9,01958.2%
Chandra C. Wright D6,48341.8%

James W. Clifton ahead in Fayette County.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Charles D. Rousseau D12,572100.0%

Charles D. Rousseau is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Roy Rabold R9,37257.9%
Ashley Smith D6,80842.1%

Roy Rabold ahead in Fayette County.

County BOE - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Regina Daigre D12,543100.0%

Regina Daigre is unopposed.

Local measures

County Homestead School Ad Valorem Tax Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes38,87266.3%
No19,72633.7%

Yes ahead with 66.3% in Fayette County.

County Homestead Ad Valorem Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes37,96665.0%
No20,42835.0%

Yes ahead with 65.0% in Fayette County.

City of Fayetteville FLOST Homestead Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes5,81563.9%
No3,28036.1%

Yes ahead with 63.9% in Fayette County. Fayetteville's page.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +13.8R +3.2D +17.0
GA GovernorD +3.6R +3.2D +6.7
GA-03 part of the countyR +0.2R +10.2D +10.0
GA-06 part of the countyD +52.6D +40.8D +11.8

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 Fayette County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris48.0%Donald Trump51.2%R +3.274,633
2020Joe Biden46.0%Donald Trump52.7%R +6.772,098
2016Hillary Clinton38.2%Donald Trump57.5%R +19.360,913
2012Barack Obama33.7%Mitt Romney65.0%R +31.358,568
2008Barack Obama34.2%John McCain64.9%R +30.759,321
2004John Kerry28.3%George W. Bush71.1%R +42.852,528
2000Al Gore28.1%George W. Bush69.1%R +41.142,449

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 +37.9.

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.