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Houston County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 50% of the vote for governor in Houston County. The margin is 12.2 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Houston County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Houston County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
54.4%35,328
Mike Collins
45.6%29,590
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
50.4%32,731
Rick Jackson
49.6%32,193
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 2nd District

Sanford Bishop
66.0%9,447
Matthew Day
34.0%4,860
100% counted

Only part of Houston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Sanford Bishop wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 8th District

Austin Scott
52.9%26,694
Kelly Esti
47.1%23,725
100% counted

Only part of Houston County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Austin Scott wins. Called.

The leader in Houston 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.

3 local contests in Houston County

County offices on Houston 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

Solicitor General

CandidateVotesShare
Ryan W. English R45,090100.0%

Ryan W. English is unopposed.

County Commission Chairman

CandidateVotesShare
Dan Perdue R45,327100.0%

Dan Perdue is unopposed.

County Commissioner - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Shane Gottwals R32,39150.3%
Rutha Jackson D31,99149.7%

Shane Gottwals ahead in Houston County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +8.8R +11.3D +20.2
GA GovernorD +0.8R +11.3D +12.2
GA-02 part of the countyD +32.1D +14.4D +17.7
GA-08 part of the countyR +5.9R +19.1D +13.2

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 Houston County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris44.1%Donald Trump55.3%R +11.381,514
2020Joe Biden43.1%Donald Trump55.5%R +12.474,800
2016Hillary Clinton37.5%Donald Trump59.0%R +21.460,079
2012Barack Obama39.1%Mitt Romney59.7%R +20.658,056
2008Barack Obama39.5%John McCain59.7%R +20.255,931
2004John Kerry33.3%George W. Bush66.1%R +32.845,153
2000Al Gore36.0%George W. Bush62.7%R +26.736,988

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 +15.4.

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.