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Putnam County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 71% of the vote for governor in Putnam County. The margin is 0.9 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Putnam County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
65.8%6,987
Jon Ossoff
34.2%3,631
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
70.8%7,529
Keisha Lance Bottoms
29.2%3,111
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Putnam 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.

6 local contests in Putnam County

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

Commissioner Chairman

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Hersey R5,33652.9%
Lenwood Pickens I4,75147.1%

Steve Hersey ahead in Putnam County.

County Commissioner - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Erin Olson R2,83392.0%
Charles Gray2458.0%

Erin Olson ahead in Putnam County.

Schools

BOE - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Doris J. Clemons D1,218100.0%

Doris J. Clemons is unopposed.

BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Simone N. Jones D1,212100.0%

Simone N. Jones is unopposed.

Local measures

Transportation Sales and Use Tax

ChoiceVotesShare
No6,55463.3%
Yes3,79636.7%

No ahead with 63.3% in Putnam County.

Districts

Soil and Water District Supervisor

CandidateVotesShare
Heck Davis8,845100.0%

Heck Davis is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +31.6R +42.4D +10.8
GA GovernorR +41.5R +42.4D +0.9
GA-10R +38.3R +42.4D +4.1

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 Putnam County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris28.7%Donald Trump70.9%R +42.212,877
2020Joe Biden29.1%Donald Trump69.9%R +40.911,853
2016Hillary Clinton29.1%Donald Trump69.0%R +39.99,488
2012Barack Obama31.7%Mitt Romney67.4%R +35.79,222
2008Barack Obama34.0%John McCain65.3%R +31.49,132
2004John Kerry35.5%George W. Bush64.0%R +28.58,107
2000Al Gore41.5%George W. Bush57.1%R +15.66,299

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 +26.6.

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.