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Jefferson County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 52% of the vote for governor in Jefferson County. The margin is 5.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 3 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Jefferson County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
55.2%3,287
Mike Collins
44.8%2,672
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
52.3%3,138
Rick Jackson
47.7%2,864
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Jefferson 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 Jefferson County

County offices and local measures on Jefferson 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 1

CandidateVotesShare
Jeffery Wayne Partridge D1,336100.0%

Jeffery Wayne Partridge is unopposed.

County Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Paul Arrington R1,17769.7%
Aurthur Wilcher D51230.3%

Paul Arrington ahead in Jefferson County.

Local measures

Splost

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes3,58563.0%
No2,10537.0%

Yes ahead with 63.0% in Jefferson County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +10.3R +1.2D +11.5
GA GovernorD +4.6R +1.2D +5.8
GA-12D +5.0R +1.2D +6.2

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 Jefferson County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris49.2%Donald Trump50.4%R +1.27,463
2020Joe Biden53.1%Donald Trump46.3%D +6.87,641
2016Hillary Clinton54.8%Donald Trump44.0%D +10.96,968
2012Barack Obama58.4%Mitt Romney41.1%D +17.37,298
2008Barack Obama57.4%John McCain42.3%D +15.07,234
2004John Kerry52.7%George W. Bush46.9%D +5.86,535
2000Al Gore53.4%George W. Bush46.0%D +7.45,566

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 +8.7.

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.