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Paulding County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 55% of the vote for governor in Paulding County. The margin is 15.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Paulding County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
50.2%37,388
Jon Ossoff
49.8%37,157
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
54.5%40,700
Keisha Lance Bottoms
45.5%33,966
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Paulding 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.

7 local contests in Paulding County

County offices and school boards on Paulding 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

State Court Solicitor General

CandidateVotesShare
Luana Nolen R52,868100.0%

Luana Nolen is unopposed.

County Commission - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Cole R12,321100.0%

Jeff Cole is unopposed.

County Commission - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Taurus Madric-Morris D10,17059.2%
Virginia Galloway R7,02040.8%

Taurus Madric-Morris ahead in Paulding County.

County Commission - Post 4

CandidateVotesShare
Dean Schneider R15,514100.0%

Dean Schneider is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Nick Chester R39,70453.5%
Rhonda L. Williams D34,45146.5%

Nick Chester ahead in Paulding County.

County BOE - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Jeff Byrd R52,836100.0%

Jeff Byrd is unopposed.

County BOE - District 6

CandidateVotesShare
Tara Buzzelli R39,64853.7%
Matthew Ardis D34,18246.3%

Tara Buzzelli ahead in Paulding County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +0.3R +24.3D +24.0
GA GovernorR +9.0R +24.3D +15.3
GA-14R +4.7R +24.3D +19.6

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 Paulding County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris37.6%Donald Trump61.7%R +24.195,196
2020Joe Biden34.8%Donald Trump63.9%R +29.185,411
2016Hillary Clinton27.8%Donald Trump68.8%R +41.064,890
2012Barack Obama27.6%Mitt Romney71.2%R +43.657,399
2008Barack Obama30.2%John McCain68.8%R +38.556,985
2004John Kerry23.3%George W. Bush76.2%R +52.940,467
2000Al Gore27.8%George W. Bush69.6%R +41.824,260

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 +17.7.

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.