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Telfair County, Georgia

2026 election results. Rick Jackson (R) got 67% of the vote for governor in Telfair County. The margin is 6.0 points more Democratic than the 2024 presidential vote here. Below are also 7 local contests from the state's own results.

2026 results in Telfair County

U.S. Senate

Mike Collins
63.6%2,006
Jon Ossoff
36.4%1,146
100% counted

Statewide: Jon Ossoff wins. Called.

Governor

Rick Jackson
66.7%2,112
Keisha Lance Bottoms
33.3%1,055
100% counted

Statewide: Keisha Lance Bottoms wins. Called.

The leader in Telfair 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, 7:13 PM.

7 local contests in Telfair County

County offices and school boards on Telfair 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 Commissioner - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Craig McDuffie D368100.0%

Craig McDuffie is unopposed.

County Commissioner - District 5

CandidateVotesShare
Christy Dopson Purvis R40063.3%
Casandra S. Battle D23236.7%

Christy Dopson Purvis ahead in Telfair County.

Spec County Commission District 3

CandidateVotesShare
James Sutton R35845.1%
Stephen Lester Dopson R29437.0%
Shirley McDuffie Daniels D9311.7%
Kristen Peterson R496.2%

James Sutton ahead in Telfair County.

Schools

Board of Education - District 1

CandidateVotesShare
Aaron L. Spaulding, III R236100.0%

Aaron L. Spaulding, III is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 2

CandidateVotesShare
Marion Black D279100.0%

Marion Black is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 4

CandidateVotesShare
David A. Altman D324100.0%

David A. Altman is unopposed.

Board of Education - District 7

CandidateVotesShare
Robbie Marchant R487100.0%

Robbie Marchant is unopposed.

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

Compared with 2024

RaceMargin2024 presidentShift
GA SenateR +27.3R +39.4D +12.1
GA GovernorR +33.4R +39.4D +6.0
GA-08R +32.8R +39.4D +6.5

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 Telfair County has voted for president

YearDemocratShareRepublicanShareMarginVotes
2024Kamala Harris30.2%Donald Trump69.5%R +39.34,214
2020Joe Biden34.3%Donald Trump65.2%R +30.94,335
2016Hillary Clinton34.6%Donald Trump64.5%R +30.03,796
2012Barack Obama41.6%Mitt Romney57.2%R +15.64,336
2008Barack Obama42.6%John McCain56.8%R +14.34,374
2004John Kerry42.1%George W. Bush57.5%R +15.43,775
2000Al Gore50.9%George W. Bush48.5%D +2.43,493

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 +41.7.

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.