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Talbot County, Georgia

2026 election results. Keisha Lance Bottoms (D) got 58% of the vote for governor in Talbot County. The margin is 4.1 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 8 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Talbot County

U.S. Senate

Jon Ossoff
60.4%1,646
Mike Collins
39.6%1,077
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Keisha Lance Bottoms
58.1%1,585
Rick Jackson
41.9%1,145
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Talbot 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.

8 local contests in Talbot County

County offices, city and town races, school boards and local measures on Talbot 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 1

CandidateVotesShare
Walter Wilson, Jr. D25452.7%
Andrew Hall I22847.3%

Walter Wilson, Jr. ahead in Talbot County.

County Commission - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Ken Chapman D403100.0%

Ken Chapman is unopposed.

County Commission - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Anthony Couch D28053.2%
Dormarco J. Howard I24646.8%

Anthony Couch ahead in Talbot County.

Cities & towns

Special City of Talbotton City Council - Post 3

CandidateVotesShare
Tracey Banks270100.0%

Tracey Banks is unopposed. Talbotton's page.

Schools

County BOE - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Danny W. Barron, Sr. R29956.2%
James E. Leonard D23343.8%

Danny W. Barron, Sr. ahead in Talbot County.

County BOE - District 3

CandidateVotesShare
Carolyn Dewberry Parker D411100.0%

Carolyn Dewberry Parker is unopposed.

Special Board of Education - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
Walter Swan, Sr.467100.0%

Walter Swan, Sr. is unopposed.

Local measures

Splost

ChoiceVotesShare
Yes1,51857.5%
No1,12242.5%

Yes ahead with 57.5% in Talbot County.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateD +20.9D +12.0D +8.9
GA GovernorD +16.1D +12.0D +4.1
GA-02D +19.8D +12.0D +7.8

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 Talbot County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris55.9%Donald Trump43.9%D +12.03,379
2020Joe Biden60.0%Donald Trump39.5%D +20.53,522
2016Hillary Clinton61.7%Donald Trump36.8%D +24.83,246
2012Barack Obama64.9%Mitt Romney34.4%D +30.43,491
2008Barack Obama64.0%John McCain35.2%D +28.93,700
2004John Kerry62.2%George W. Bush37.5%D +24.72,943
2000Al Gore65.7%George W. Bush33.3%D +32.32,531

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 +20.3.

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.