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Oconee County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 68% of the vote for governor in Oconee County. That's about the same margin as the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Oconee County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
61.1%13,798
Jon Ossoff
38.9%8,794
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
68.2%15,471
Keisha Lance Bottoms
31.8%7,213
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Oconee 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.

8 local contests in Oconee County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and local measures on Oconee 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 - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Chuck Horton R18,582100.0%

Chuck Horton is unopposed.

County Commission - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
B. Amrey Harden R18,569100.0%

B. Amrey Harden is unopposed.

Cities & towns

City Council Post 3 - Watkinsville

CandidateVotesShare
Brett Thomas1,361100.0%

Brett Thomas is unopposed. Watkinsville's page.

City Council Post 4 - Watkinsville

CandidateVotesShare
Christine Tucker88561.5%
Scott Brannon55538.5%

Christine Tucker ahead in Oconee County. Watkinsville's page.

City Council Post 5 - Watkinsville

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Campbell1,348100.0%

Jeff Campbell is unopposed. Watkinsville's page.

Schools

County BOE - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Kathleen "Kate" Patterson R18,477100.0%

Kathleen "Kate" Patterson is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Ryan Oliver Hammock R18,463100.0%

Ryan Oliver Hammock is unopposed.

Local measures

Tsplost

ChoiceVotesShare
No11,83853.3%
Yes10,38046.7%

No ahead with 53.3% in Oconee County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +22.1R +36.3D +14.1
GA GovernorR +36.4R +36.3R +0.2
GA-10R +33.5R +36.3D +2.8

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 Oconee County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris31.6%Donald Trump67.5%R +35.927,287
2020Joe Biden32.5%Donald Trump65.9%R +33.425,176
2016Hillary Clinton27.7%Donald Trump66.6%R +38.920,149
2012Barack Obama24.8%Mitt Romney73.5%R +48.717,817
2008Barack Obama28.2%John McCain70.7%R +42.617,132
2004John Kerry26.7%George W. Bush72.5%R +45.814,170
2000Al Gore28.5%George W. Bush68.2%R +39.611,168

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 +3.7.

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.