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Georgia · U.S. House

Georgia 2nd District

Sanford Bishop wins. Called.

99% counted
CandidateVotesShare
Sanford Bishop D won 148,193 60.9%
Matthew Day R 95,263 39.1%
Total243,456

219 of 219 precincts reporting. Precincts reporting is not the same as ballots counted. Last vote update Nov 5, 2:55 PM. Polls closed Nov 3, 5:00 PM.

By county

PlaceVotes Margin2024 president ShiftCounted
Muscogee 50,644 D +48.0 D +32.8 D +15.1 100%
Bibb 33,909 D +53.0 D +40.7 D +12.2 100%
Dougherty 27,122 D +51.8 D +41.3 D +10.5 100%
Thomas 16,820 R +12.9 R +24.2 D +11.2 100%
Houston 14,298 D +32.0 D +14.4 D +17.7 100%
Lee 13,277 R +27.3 R +43.7 D +16.4 100%
Peach 10,627 D +10.6 R +6.1 D +16.7 100%
Sumter 9,625 D +13.7 D +2.2 D +11.5 100%
Decatur 8,450 R +9.1 R +24.0 D +14.9 100%
Grady 7,992 R +24.5 R +38.4 D +13.8 100%
Mitchell 6,692 R +1.1 R +16.4 D +15.3 100%
Crawford 4,652 R +37.7 R +50.0 D +12.3 100%
Macon 3,733 D +26.5 D +18.0 D +8.6 100%
Early 3,583 Even R +11.5 D +11.5 100%
Terrell 3,433 D +12.4 D +4.1 D +8.3 100%
Dooly 3,286 D +1.3 R +7.7 D +9.0 100%
Taylor 2,996 R +18.8 R +31.1 D +12.3 100%
Marion 2,761 R +15.5 R +30.4 D +14.9 100%
Talbot 2,721 D +19.8 D +12.0 D +7.8 100%
Seminole 2,499 R +21.0 R +40.5 D +19.5 100%
Randolph 2,347 D +16.3 D +7.7 D +8.7 100%
Miller 1,950 R +39.8 R +50.6 D +10.8 100%
Schley 1,754 R +52.9 R +62.6 D +9.7 100%
Calhoun 1,630 D +28.1 D +12.3 D +15.8 100%
Stewart 1,420 D +25.5 D +16.3 D +9.2 100%

Shift is this race's margin minus the 2024 presidential margin in the same place. Places with votes that look copied or wildly out of line are flagged and left out of the race's overall shift.

Vote updates

TimeUpdateTotal votesMargin
+11,445 votes243,456D +21.7
+4,746 votes232,011D +19.7
+35 votes227,265D +19.0
+494 votes227,230D +19.0
+1,132 votes226,736D +19.1
+30 votes225,604D +19.2
+11,936 votes225,574D +19.3
+3,470 votes213,638D +19.1
+1,267 votes210,168D +18.7
+12,194 votes208,901D +18.8
+6,805 votes196,707D +17.8
+3,750 votes189,902D +16.8