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Lamar County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Lamar County. The margin is 8.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lamar County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
65.2%5,116
Jon Ossoff
34.8%2,730
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
69.0%5,433
Keisha Lance Bottoms
31.0%2,441
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Lamar 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, 7:20 PM.

8 local contests in Lamar County

County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Lamar 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
Ryran R. Traylor R6,464100.0%

Ryran R. Traylor is unopposed.

County Commission - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Jarrod B. Fletcher D978100.0%

Jarrod B. Fletcher is unopposed.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jason Lovett R1,802100.0%

Jason Lovett is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - LRG

CandidateVotesShare
Danny R. Turner R6,439100.0%

Danny R. Turner is unopposed.

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Robyn Roache R1,57372.1%
Darrell Thomas D61027.9%

Robyn Roache ahead in Lamar County.

County BOE - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Ronald "Ron" Smith R2,073100.0%

Ronald "Ron" Smith is unopposed.

Local measures

Tsplost

ChoiceVotesShare
No4,55259.9%
Yes3,04340.1%

No ahead with 59.9% in Lamar County.

Districts

Lamar County Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Thomas "Josh" Sappington5,59954.1%
Timothy Britt Goolsby4,74445.9%

Thomas "Josh" Sappington and Timothy Britt Goolsby are unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +30.4R +46.1D +15.7
GA GovernorR +38.0R +46.1D +8.1
GA-03R +36.3R +46.1D +9.8

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 Lamar County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.8%Donald Trump72.8%R +45.910,412
2020Joe Biden28.9%Donald Trump70.0%R +41.19,041
2016Hillary Clinton29.8%Donald Trump68.2%R +38.47,612
2012Barack Obama34.3%Mitt Romney64.5%R +30.37,592
2008Barack Obama35.8%John McCain63.4%R +27.67,688
2004John Kerry37.4%George W. Bush62.0%R +24.66,494
2000Al Gore42.0%George W. Bush55.7%R +13.75,230

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 +32.2.

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.