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Lincoln County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Lincoln County. The margin is 3.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 5 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Lincoln County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
66.9%2,581
Jon Ossoff
33.1%1,278
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
70.5%2,723
Keisha Lance Bottoms
29.5%1,138
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Lincoln 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, 7:13 PM.

5 local contests in Lincoln County

County offices, local measures and districts on Lincoln 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
Brian Darrell Henderson R757100.0%

Brian Darrell Henderson is unopposed.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Elizabeth Dawkins Antonakos R693100.0%

Elizabeth Dawkins Antonakos is unopposed.

Special County Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Joe Jackson R49952.0%
D'Metric A. Barksdale36738.3%
Gregg Grant939.7%

Joe Jackson ahead in Lincoln County.

Local measures

Splost

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,97252.2%
No1,80347.8%

Yes ahead with 52.2% in Lincoln County.

Districts

Lincoln Co Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
Chris Heitmann3,364100.0%

Chris Heitmann is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +33.8R +45.0D +11.2
GA GovernorR +41.1R +45.0D +3.9
GA-12R +39.8R +45.0D +5.2

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 Lincoln County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris27.4%Donald Trump72.2%R +44.84,931
2020Joe Biden30.8%Donald Trump68.4%R +37.54,649
2016Hillary Clinton31.0%Donald Trump67.3%R +36.24,102
2012Barack Obama35.8%Mitt Romney63.4%R +27.64,426
2008Barack Obama37.4%John McCain61.8%R +24.54,416
2004John Kerry36.6%George W. Bush63.1%R +26.63,657
2000Al Gore41.1%George W. Bush58.2%R +17.13,103

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 +27.6.

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.