Electoral MeridianIndependent Election Research

Forecasts. Results. Evidence.

States ยท Georgia

Gilmer County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 79% of the vote for governor in Gilmer County. The margin is 4.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Gilmer County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
74.0%10,343
Jon Ossoff
26.0%3,640
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
79.1%11,083
Keisha Lance Bottoms
20.9%2,936
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Gilmer 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.

3 local contests in Gilmer County

County offices and local measures on Gilmer 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
Charlie Paris R11,247100.0%

Charlie Paris is unopposed.

County Commission - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Gary Engel R11,645100.0%

Gary Engel is unopposed.

Local measures

Extended Sunday Hours for Alcohol Sales by the Drink - Ellijay

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes34853.7%
No30046.3%

Yes ahead with 53.7% in Gilmer County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +47.9R +62.9D +14.9
GA GovernorR +58.1R +62.9D +4.8
GA-09R +54.1R +62.9D +8.7

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 Gilmer County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris18.5%Donald Trump81.0%R +62.618,481
2020Joe Biden17.7%Donald Trump81.3%R +63.516,525
2016Hillary Clinton15.4%Donald Trump82.0%R +66.612,773
2012Barack Obama17.8%Mitt Romney81.0%R +63.211,018
2008Barack Obama23.4%John McCain75.4%R +52.011,149
2004John Kerry25.1%George W. Bush74.2%R +49.09,998
2000Al Gore30.3%George W. Bush67.0%R +36.87,370

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 +25.8.

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.