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2026 results by county, from Georgia's official results file. Lydia Powell 54.6%, Richard Woods 45.4% statewide.

Statewide

Lydia Powell
54.6%2,278,004
Richard Woods
45.4%1,891,971

2,581 of 2,581 precincts reporting

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

By county

159 counties: Lydia Powell has the most votes in 34, Richard Woods has the most votes in 124. The figures for each county are from the same file and add up to the statewide totals.

CountyLydia PowellRichard WoodsVotes
Appling County22.4%77.6%6,161
Atkinson County30.9%69.1%2,226
Bacon County16.1%83.9%3,494
Baker County42.5%57.5%1,127
Baldwin County52.0%48.0%15,009
Banks County14.3%85.7%7,233
Barrow County38.4%61.6%32,838
Bartow County31.0%69.0%42,184
Ben Hill County39.4%60.6%4,875
Berrien County18.5%81.5%5,795
Bibb County65.3%34.7%55,247
Bleckley County24.4%75.6%4,625
Brantley County11.4%88.6%5,491
Brooks County40.9%59.1%5,441
Bryan County38.1%61.9%17,947
Bulloch County40.6%59.4%24,553
Burke County51.2%48.8%8,644
Butts County32.1%67.9%9,565
Calhoun County58.0%42.0%1,627
Camden County36.9%63.1%18,956
Candler County31.7%68.3%3,351
Carroll County35.4%64.6%44,872
Catoosa County27.4%72.6%23,624
Charlton County25.5%74.5%3,209
Chatham County62.6%37.4%111,329
Chattahoochee County50.0%50.0%1,068
Chattooga County22.2%77.8%7,049
Cherokee County34.2%65.8%126,673
Clarke County73.5%26.5%42,487
Clay County55.4%44.6%1,099
Clayton County89.8%10.2%95,584
Clinch County26.2%73.8%1,953
Cobb County61.6%38.4%335,516
Coffee County34.8%65.2%11,835
Colquitt County30.8%69.2%12,393
Columbia County42.0%58.0%67,406
Cook County32.5%67.5%5,465
Coweta County37.4%62.6%66,683
Crawford County28.4%71.6%4,641
Crisp County38.7%61.3%6,267
Dade County21.7%78.3%5,371
Dawson County20.4%79.6%14,405
Decatur County42.8%57.2%8,459
DeKalb County84.6%15.4%319,476
Dodge County28.4%71.6%6,227
Dooly County47.9%52.1%3,281
Dougherty County74.0%26.0%27,142
Douglas County73.4%26.6%59,363
Early County46.2%53.8%3,579
Echols County13.7%86.3%945
Effingham County31.9%68.1%25,375
Elbert County33.1%66.9%7,044
Emanuel County32.0%68.0%7,272
Evans County32.2%67.8%3,100
Fannin County19.6%80.4%11,594
Fayette County52.0%48.0%62,166
Floyd County34.8%65.2%32,126
Forsyth County37.5%62.5%106,928
Franklin County16.6%83.4%8,488
Fulton County74.3%25.7%454,526
Gilmer County21.8%78.2%13,949
Glascock County9.0%91.0%1,210
Glynn County39.5%60.5%33,387
Gordon County24.7%75.3%18,841
Grady County34.9%65.1%7,984
Greene County33.2%66.8%11,121
Gwinnett County66.4%33.6%343,150
Habersham County21.2%78.8%17,399
Hall County34.4%65.6%78,663
Hancock County68.8%31.2%3,373
Haralson County15.6%84.4%11,298
Harris County30.5%69.5%17,148
Hart County25.9%74.1%10,756
Heard County16.8%83.2%4,406
Henry County73.4%26.6%109,394
Houston County50.4%49.6%64,785
Irwin County23.0%77.0%3,276
Jackson County27.7%72.3%35,894
Jasper County23.7%76.3%6,865
Jeff Davis County21.2%78.8%4,115
Jefferson County52.2%47.8%5,941
Jenkins County39.3%60.7%2,512
Johnson County29.3%70.7%3,041
Jones County35.9%64.1%11,946
Lamar County31.2%68.8%7,843
Lanier County31.6%68.4%2,646
Laurens County38.0%62.0%18,012
Lee County34.0%66.0%13,261
Liberty County67.1%32.9%16,863
Lincoln County29.9%70.1%3,862
Long County46.5%53.5%4,955
Lowndes County47.0%53.0%35,580
Lumpkin County22.2%77.8%12,907
Macon County61.5%38.5%3,724
Madison County27.3%72.7%12,455
Marion County39.5%60.5%2,751
McDuffie County42.1%57.9%8,257
McIntosh County38.8%61.2%5,664
Meriwether County39.9%60.1%8,970
Miller County25.6%74.4%1,934
Mitchell County45.5%54.5%6,677
Monroe County28.9%71.1%14,077
Montgomery County27.1%72.9%2,946
Morgan County28.3%71.7%10,477
Murray County20.6%79.4%11,284
Muscogee County66.8%33.2%62,094
Newton County65.2%34.8%47,688
Oconee County31.5%68.5%22,647
Oglethorpe County33.5%66.5%6,818
Paulding County46.1%53.9%74,498
Peach County52.5%47.5%10,616
Pickens County19.0%81.0%15,287
Pierce County13.4%86.6%7,000
Pike County15.4%84.6%9,028
Polk County25.7%74.3%13,235
Pulaski County30.6%69.4%3,321
Putnam County29.6%70.4%10,584
Quitman County44.0%56.0%855
Rabun County24.0%76.0%7,736
Randolph County54.5%45.5%2,336
Richmond County73.2%26.8%66,370
Rockdale County79.6%20.4%38,719
Schley County20.5%79.5%1,749
Screven County41.0%59.0%5,173
Seminole County32.5%67.5%2,879
Spalding County47.9%52.1%25,542
Stephens County22.3%77.7%9,268
Stewart County61.1%38.9%1,405
Sumter County54.2%45.8%9,598
Talbot County58.8%41.2%2,710
Taliaferro County59.5%40.5%781
Tattnall County27.7%72.3%6,177
Taylor County37.9%62.1%2,985
Telfair County33.8%66.2%3,141
Terrell County53.5%46.5%3,413
Thomas County40.9%59.1%16,828
Tift County36.1%63.9%13,242
Toombs County30.0%70.0%7,720
Towns County19.4%80.6%7,073
Treutlen County32.3%67.7%2,219
Troup County43.6%56.4%23,106
Turner County40.5%59.5%2,957
Twiggs County48.5%51.5%3,339
Union County19.4%80.6%14,249
Upson County33.9%66.1%9,728
Walker County25.3%74.7%21,283
Walton County31.8%68.2%44,595
Ware County32.5%67.5%10,207
Warren County54.6%45.4%2,078
Washington County51.5%48.5%7,828
Wayne County24.8%75.2%9,771
Webster County42.4%57.6%1,052
Wheeler County30.4%69.6%1,781
White County17.7%82.3%12,555
Whitfield County39.3%60.7%29,760
Wilcox County27.4%72.6%2,456
Wilkes County45.7%54.3%4,065
Wilkinson County46.1%53.9%3,682
Worth County28.3%71.7%6,740

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.