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Sumter County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 54% of the vote for governor in Sumter County. The margin is 5.8 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 6 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Sumter County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
57.3%5,505
Mike Collins
42.7%4,107
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
54.0%5,192
Rick Jackson
46.0%4,423
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Sumter 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, 3:46 PM.

6 local contests in Sumter County

County offices and school boards on Sumter 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 2

CandidateVotesShare
Shirley H. Latimore D1,15351.4%
Tripp Riddle R1,09248.6%

Shirley H. Latimore ahead in Sumter County.

County Commission - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
David Baldwin R1,042100.0%

David Baldwin is unopposed.

Schools

Board of Education - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Abbis Yvette Bivins71653.9%
Valerie Thomas Roberts61346.1%

Abbis Yvette Bivins ahead in Sumter County.

Board of Education - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Edward F. Jackson, Jr.75152.8%
Brenda R. Jennings67147.2%

Edward F. Jackson, Jr. ahead in Sumter County.

Board of Education - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Carolyn Cheatham Hamilton87867.6%
Fanesia M. Johnson42032.4%

Carolyn Cheatham Hamilton ahead in Sumter County.

Board of Education - District 7

CandidateVotesShare
Cheryl Turner Fletcher61956.5%
Dwight Bernard Harris47643.5%

Cheryl Turner Fletcher ahead in Sumter County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +14.5D +2.2D +12.3
GA GovernorD +8.0D +2.2D +5.8
GA-02D +13.7D +2.2D +11.5

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 Sumter County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris50.9%Donald Trump48.7%D +2.212,049
2020Joe Biden52.0%Donald Trump47.2%D +4.812,148
2016Hillary Clinton50.3%Donald Trump48.1%D +2.210,974
2012Barack Obama53.9%Mitt Romney45.5%D +8.411,831
2008Barack Obama52.8%John McCain46.7%D +6.012,235
2004John Kerry49.3%George W. Bush50.4%R +1.111,287
2000Al Gore49.0%George W. Bush50.0%R +1.09,697

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 D +3.2.

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.