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Rabun County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 77% of the vote for governor in Rabun County. The margin is 3.6 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Rabun County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
70.9%5,492
Jon Ossoff
29.1%2,250
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
76.8%5,946
Keisha Lance Bottoms
23.2%1,799
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Rabun 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 3, 6:50 PM.

7 local contests in Rabun County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and local measures on Rabun 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 4

CandidateVotesShare
Kent A. Woerner R6,524100.0%

Kent A. Woerner is unopposed.

County Commission - Post 5

CandidateVotesShare
Scott Crane R6,398100.0%

Scott Crane is unopposed.

Cities & towns

Special Councilmember Post 4 - Clayton

CandidateVotesShare
Jordan B. Green34453.5%
Charles A. Mobley29946.5%

Jordan B. Green ahead in Rabun County. Clayton's page.

City Councilperson - Sky Valley 2 seats

CandidateVotesShare
Steve Heher18234.5%
Grace Guess14026.5%
Richard Pechota11822.3%
Lise Rozier7414.0%
Jerri Smith71.3%
Jonathon Smith71.3%

Steve Heher and Grace Guess ahead in Rabun County. Sky Valley's page.

Schools

County BOE - Post 1

CandidateVotesShare
Scott A. Horton R6,503100.0%

Scott A. Horton is unopposed.

County BOE - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Mark J. Beck R6,497100.0%

Mark J. Beck is unopposed.

Local measures

Package Sales of Distilled Spirits - Dillard

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes8867.7%
No4232.3%

Yes ahead with 67.7% in Rabun County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +41.9R +57.2D +15.3
GA GovernorR +53.5R +57.2D +3.6
GA-09R +48.2R +57.2D +8.9

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 Rabun County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris21.3%Donald Trump78.2%R +56.910,423
2020Joe Biden20.7%Donald Trump78.1%R +57.49,569
2016Hillary Clinton18.1%Donald Trump78.7%R +60.67,992
2012Barack Obama20.9%Mitt Romney77.1%R +56.27,463
2008Barack Obama26.3%John McCain72.2%R +45.97,599
2004John Kerry29.0%George W. Bush70.2%R +41.26,625
2000Al Gore33.3%George W. Bush64.6%R +31.45,341

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 +25.5.

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.