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Franklin County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 84% of the vote for governor in Franklin County. The margin is 4.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Franklin County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
80.6%6,840
Jon Ossoff
19.4%1,651
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
84.0%7,152
Keisha Lance Bottoms
16.0%1,364
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Franklin 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 10, 7:26 AM.

6 local contests in Franklin County

County offices, school boards and local measures on Franklin 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
Elizabeth Martin Busby R7,584100.0%

Elizabeth Martin Busby is unopposed.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Kyle Westbrook R7,635100.0%

Kyle Westbrook is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Randall Gailey R7,600100.0%

Randall Gailey is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 4

CandidateVotesShare
Alan Mitchell R7,625100.0%

Alan Mitchell is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 5

CandidateVotesShare
Robin Cato R7,586100.0%

Robin Cato is unopposed.

Local measures

Referendum for Senior Citizen Homestead Exemption for City of FS

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes21489.9%
No2410.1%

Yes ahead with 89.9% in Franklin County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +61.1R +72.8D +11.7
GA GovernorR +68.0R +72.8D +4.8
GA-10R +65.4R +72.8D +7.4

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 Franklin County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.6%Donald Trump86.2%R +72.612,140
2020Joe Biden14.8%Donald Trump84.2%R +69.410,765
2016Hillary Clinton14.6%Donald Trump83.0%R +68.38,502
2012Barack Obama19.3%Mitt Romney78.8%R +59.57,762
2008Barack Obama23.7%John McCain75.2%R +51.58,073
2004John Kerry29.9%George W. Bush69.6%R +39.67,502
2000Al Gore35.4%George W. Bush63.5%R +28.15,762

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 +44.5.

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.