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Georgia Public Service Commission, District 5

2026 results by county, from Georgia's official results file. Shelia Edwards 55.3%, Josh Tolbert 44.7% statewide.

Statewide

Shelia Edwards
55.3%2,299,941
Josh Tolbert
44.7%1,856,565

2,581 of 2,581 precincts reporting

The state's unofficial totals. Winners aren't marked here.

By county

159 counties: Shelia Edwards has the most votes in 34, Josh Tolbert has the most votes in 125. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyShelia EdwardsJosh TolbertVotes
Appling County23.0%77.0%6,157
Atkinson County31.6%68.4%2,213
Bacon County16.5%83.5%3,478
Baker County43.0%57.0%1,117
Baldwin County52.4%47.6%14,970
Banks County14.5%85.5%7,223
Barrow County38.8%61.2%32,756
Bartow County31.3%68.7%42,098
Ben Hill County40.9%59.1%4,875
Berrien County19.1%80.9%5,790
Bibb County66.0%34.0%55,139
Bleckley County24.6%75.4%4,621
Brantley County11.3%88.7%5,475
Brooks County41.2%58.8%5,426
Bryan County38.6%61.4%17,868
Bulloch County41.2%58.8%24,434
Burke County51.5%48.5%8,619
Butts County32.4%67.6%9,547
Calhoun County59.3%40.7%1,623
Camden County37.2%62.8%18,886
Candler County32.0%68.0%3,364
Carroll County35.8%64.2%44,756
Catoosa County27.7%72.3%23,544
Charlton County25.8%74.2%3,203
Chatham County64.0%36.0%111,005
Chattahoochee County49.4%50.6%1,065
Chattooga County23.3%76.7%7,044
Cherokee County34.8%65.2%126,116
Clarke County74.7%25.3%42,338
Clay County55.9%44.1%1,098
Clayton County90.4%9.6%95,450
Clinch County26.7%73.3%1,953
Cobb County62.2%37.8%334,088
Coffee County35.2%64.8%11,797
Colquitt County31.1%68.9%12,385
Columbia County42.4%57.6%67,188
Cook County32.8%67.2%5,440
Coweta County37.9%62.1%66,472
Crawford County28.6%71.4%4,614
Crisp County39.3%60.7%6,240
Dade County21.8%78.2%5,347
Dawson County20.9%79.1%14,353
Decatur County43.3%56.7%8,431
DeKalb County85.7%14.3%318,494
Dodge County28.7%71.3%6,200
Dooly County48.4%51.6%3,274
Dougherty County74.6%25.4%27,095
Douglas County74.3%25.7%59,234
Early County46.6%53.4%3,567
Echols County14.1%85.9%948
Effingham County32.4%67.6%25,088
Elbert County33.9%66.1%7,032
Emanuel County32.2%67.8%7,259
Evans County32.5%67.5%3,099
Fannin County20.2%79.8%11,555
Fayette County52.8%47.2%61,959
Floyd County35.7%64.3%32,027
Forsyth County38.4%61.6%106,451
Franklin County16.7%83.3%8,479
Fulton County75.3%24.7%452,365
Gilmer County22.0%78.0%13,943
Glascock County8.6%91.4%1,207
Glynn County40.2%59.8%33,285
Gordon County25.1%74.9%18,757
Grady County35.3%64.7%7,968
Greene County33.8%66.2%11,102
Gwinnett County67.5%32.5%342,156
Habersham County21.7%78.3%17,343
Hall County34.7%65.3%78,350
Hancock County69.4%30.6%3,371
Haralson County15.7%84.3%11,270
Harris County30.8%69.2%17,099
Hart County26.1%73.9%10,723
Heard County17.2%82.8%4,376
Henry County73.9%26.1%109,196
Houston County51.2%48.8%64,653
Irwin County25.3%74.7%3,254
Jackson County28.4%71.6%35,793
Jasper County23.9%76.1%6,848
Jeff Davis County21.7%78.3%4,093
Jefferson County52.9%47.1%5,934
Jenkins County39.1%60.9%2,499
Johnson County29.1%70.9%3,035
Jones County36.8%63.2%11,916
Lamar County31.3%68.7%7,813
Lanier County32.5%67.5%2,644
Laurens County38.4%61.6%17,993
Lee County34.2%65.8%13,238
Liberty County67.7%32.3%16,811
Lincoln County30.3%69.7%3,841
Long County47.1%52.9%4,944
Lowndes County47.5%52.5%35,523
Lumpkin County22.4%77.6%12,826
Macon County62.0%38.0%3,718
Madison County27.5%72.5%12,423
Marion County39.8%60.2%2,739
McDuffie County42.5%57.5%8,240
McIntosh County38.9%61.1%5,639
Meriwether County40.4%59.6%8,949
Miller County26.2%73.8%1,938
Mitchell County46.1%53.9%6,692
Monroe County29.3%70.7%14,047
Montgomery County27.9%72.1%2,937
Morgan County29.1%70.9%10,452
Murray County21.2%78.8%11,257
Muscogee County67.4%32.6%61,913
Newton County65.9%34.1%47,602
Oconee County32.7%67.3%22,528
Oglethorpe County34.1%65.9%6,801
Paulding County46.5%53.5%74,269
Peach County53.4%46.6%10,586
Pickens County19.5%80.5%15,230
Pierce County13.6%86.4%6,999
Pike County15.5%84.5%9,046
Polk County25.9%74.1%13,204
Pulaski County31.0%69.0%3,308
Putnam County30.0%70.0%10,537
Quitman County43.5%56.5%848
Rabun County24.6%75.4%7,701
Randolph County54.7%45.3%2,326
Richmond County73.6%26.4%66,247
Rockdale County80.3%19.7%38,641
Schley County21.3%78.7%1,738
Screven County41.1%58.9%5,144
Seminole County33.1%66.9%2,876
Spalding County48.2%51.8%25,497
Stephens County22.5%77.5%9,242
Stewart County61.3%38.7%1,397
Sumter County54.8%45.2%9,576
Talbot County58.4%41.6%2,697
Taliaferro County60.0%40.0%777
Tattnall County28.2%71.8%6,156
Taylor County38.2%61.8%2,986
Telfair County34.5%65.5%3,138
Terrell County54.1%45.9%3,407
Thomas County41.6%58.4%16,791
Tift County37.0%63.0%13,185
Toombs County30.5%69.5%7,691
Towns County19.9%80.1%7,027
Treutlen County32.2%67.8%2,215
Troup County43.9%56.1%23,080
Turner County41.4%58.6%2,950
Twiggs County49.3%50.7%3,334
Union County19.8%80.2%14,178
Upson County34.4%65.6%9,704
Walker County25.9%74.1%21,207
Walton County32.2%67.8%44,445
Ware County32.8%67.2%10,181
Warren County55.2%44.8%2,068
Washington County52.1%47.9%7,801
Wayne County25.1%74.9%9,762
Webster County42.3%57.7%1,045
Wheeler County30.2%69.8%1,783
White County18.1%81.9%12,500
Whitfield County39.6%60.4%29,654
Wilcox County27.5%72.5%2,451
Wilkes County45.9%54.1%4,057
Wilkinson County46.1%53.9%3,672
Worth County28.3%71.7%6,741

The share with the most votes in each place is in bold. That's the count, not a result.

Sources & scope

Georgia's official results, file posted Nov 13, 6:28 AM. Unofficial until certified. Georgia's page has its other statewide offices, ballot measures and legislature.