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Hancock County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 69% of the vote for governor in Hancock County. The margin is 2.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 2 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Hancock County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
71.3%2,420
Mike Collins
28.7%975
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
68.9%2,348
Rick Jackson
31.1%1,061
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Hancock 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 3, 9:46 PM.

2 local contests in Hancock County

Local measures and districts on Hancock 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.

Local measures

One Percent Sales Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,66951.5%
No1,57348.5%

Yes ahead with 51.5% in Hancock County.

Districts

Soil & Water Conservation Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
Richard Joslyn2,643100.0%

Richard Joslyn is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +42.6D +35.5D +7.1
GA GovernorD +37.8D +35.5D +2.3
GA-10D +39.7D +35.5D +4.2

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 Hancock County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris67.5%Donald Trump32.2%D +35.44,240
2020Joe Biden71.6%Donald Trump27.9%D +43.84,168
2016Hillary Clinton75.4%Donald Trump23.5%D +51.93,580
2012Barack Obama80.9%Mitt Romney18.8%D +62.14,088
2008Barack Obama81.4%John McCain18.3%D +63.14,344
2004John Kerry76.5%George W. Bush23.2%D +53.33,550
2000Al Gore78.2%George W. Bush21.5%D +56.83,086

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 +21.4.

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.