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Newton County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 65% of the vote for governor in Newton County. The margin is 15.7 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Newton County is split between 2 U.S. House districts. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Newton County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
68.4%32,654
Mike Collins
31.6%15,061
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
65.5%31,322
Rick Jackson
34.5%16,531
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

U.S. House: Georgia 10th District

Houston Gaines
53.5%10,316
Pamela Delancy
46.5%8,976
100% counted

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

U.S. House: Georgia 13th District

Jasmine Clark
79.9%22,688
Jonathan Chavez
20.1%5,703
100% counted

Only part of Newton County is in this district; these are that part's votes. Whole district: Jasmine Clark wins. Called.

The leader in Newton 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, 8:37 AM.

7 local contests in Newton County

County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Newton 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

Board of Commissioners - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Tamera Strong D8,557100.0%

Tamera Strong is unopposed.

Board of Commissioners - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
J.C. Henderson D6,916100.0%

J.C. Henderson is unopposed.

Schools

BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Trey Bailey R7,595100.0%

Trey Bailey is unopposed.

BOE - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Shakila Henderson-Baker D8,440100.0%

Shakila Henderson-Baker is unopposed.

BOE - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Adam A. Phyall, III D4,94050.3%
D. Alan Fowler R4,87449.7%

Adam A. Phyall, III ahead in Newton County.

Local measures

Homestead Exemption

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes4,51882.0%
No99118.0%

Yes ahead with 82.0% in Newton County.

Districts

Soil and Water 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Tim Anderson33,498100.0%

Tim Anderson is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +36.9D +15.2D +21.6
GA GovernorD +30.9D +15.2D +15.7
GA-10 part of the countyR +6.9R +23.6D +16.6
GA-13 part of the countyD +59.8D +43.9D +15.9

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 Newton County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris57.3%Donald Trump42.2%D +15.159,051
2020Joe Biden54.9%Donald Trump44.0%D +10.954,238
2016Hillary Clinton49.9%Donald Trump47.5%D +2.343,987
2012Barack Obama50.5%Mitt Romney48.5%D +2.043,234
2008Barack Obama50.3%John McCain49.1%D +1.241,435
2004John Kerry37.5%George W. Bush62.0%R +24.529,166
2000Al Gore36.5%George W. Bush60.6%R +24.118,375

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 +39.2.

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.