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Heard County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 83% of the vote for governor in Heard County. The margin is 5.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 4 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Heard County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
79.0%3,484
Jon Ossoff
21.0%925
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
83.4%3,695
Keisha Lance Bottoms
16.6%738
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Heard 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.

4 local contests in Heard County

County offices, local measures and districts on Heard 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 4

CandidateVotesShare
Larry Hammond R477100.0%

Larry Hammond is unopposed.

County Commission - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Joseph Ross Adams R741100.0%

Joseph Ross Adams is unopposed.

Local measures

Heard County School District Homestead Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,91789.5%
No45810.5%

Yes ahead with 89.5% in Heard County.

Districts

West Georgia Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
Timothy C. Grizzard3,917100.0%

Timothy C. Grizzard is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +58.0R +72.3D +14.2
GA GovernorR +66.7R +72.3D +5.6
GA-03R +65.4R +72.3D +6.9

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 Heard County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris13.8%Donald Trump85.9%R +72.16,210
2020Joe Biden15.3%Donald Trump83.8%R +68.55,391
2016Hillary Clinton17.6%Donald Trump79.8%R +62.24,223
2012Barack Obama22.7%Mitt Romney75.7%R +53.04,172
2008Barack Obama24.7%John McCain74.2%R +49.54,225
2004John Kerry29.0%George W. Bush70.5%R +41.53,955
2000Al Gore36.8%George W. Bush60.9%R +24.03,198

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 +48.0.

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.