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Lanier County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 69% of the vote for governor in Lanier County. The margin is 8.4 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lanier County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
64.8%1,721
Jon Ossoff
35.2%933
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
69.0%1,836
Keisha Lance Bottoms
31.0%823
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Lanier 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, 6:09 PM.

5 local contests in Lanier County

County offices and school boards on Lanier 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
Bennie Peter Ryan D398100.0%

Bennie Peter Ryan is unopposed.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Chase Livingston R601100.0%

Chase Livingston is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Erlish Locklear D402100.0%

Erlish Locklear is unopposed.

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Phillip C. Connell R537100.0%

Phillip C. Connell is unopposed.

County BOE - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Denny Fender R688100.0%

Denny Fender is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +29.7R +46.5D +16.8
GA GovernorR +38.1R +46.5D +8.4
GA-08R +36.7R +46.5D +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 Lanier County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris26.6%Donald Trump73.0%R +46.33,736
2020Joe Biden28.5%Donald Trump70.2%R +41.73,573
2016Hillary Clinton28.1%Donald Trump69.1%R +41.02,871
2012Barack Obama37.5%Mitt Romney61.2%R +23.82,972
2008Barack Obama37.0%John McCain62.2%R +25.22,873
2004John Kerry36.0%George W. Bush63.5%R +27.52,584
2000Al Gore43.7%George W. Bush55.0%R +11.31,904

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 +35.0.

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.