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Pickens County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 81% of the vote for governor in Pickens County. The margin is 3.3 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Pickens County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
75.7%11,550
Jon Ossoff
24.3%3,717
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
81.4%12,502
Keisha Lance Bottoms
18.6%2,849
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Pickens 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 Pickens County

County offices, school boards, local measures and districts on Pickens 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
Josh Tippens R6,486100.0%

Josh Tippens is unopposed.

Schools

County BOE - Post 2

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Lowe R13,205100.0%

Steve Lowe is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Brian Cleghorn R13,263100.0%

Brian Cleghorn is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 5

CandidateVotesShare
Joe Wigington R13,283100.0%

Joe Wigington is unopposed.

Local measures

Senior Tax Exemption Amendment

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes12,05080.7%
No2,87919.3%

Yes ahead with 80.7% in Pickens County.

Pickens Co Package Sale of Distilled Spirits Referendum

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes9,93667.7%
No4,74732.3%

Yes ahead with 67.7% in Pickens County.

Districts

Limestone Valley Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
John Lewis Tatum12,753100.0%

John Lewis Tatum is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +51.3R +66.1D +14.8
GA GovernorR +62.9R +66.1D +3.3
GA-11R +59.3R +66.1D +6.9

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 Pickens County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris16.8%Donald Trump82.6%R +65.820,915
2020Joe Biden16.4%Donald Trump82.2%R +65.817,112
2016Hillary Clinton14.1%Donald Trump83.0%R +68.914,038
2012Barack Obama15.6%Mitt Romney83.2%R +67.612,680
2008Barack Obama20.3%John McCain78.2%R +57.912,786
2004John Kerry23.0%George W. Bush76.4%R +53.410,627
2000Al Gore30.3%George W. Bush66.9%R +36.68,201

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 +29.2.

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.