Nearly Half of Fayette Voters Cast Ballots Early, Democrats Lead Statewide Races

November 3, 2026 | Election results as of 8 p.m.

Nearly half of Fayette County’s registered voters cast ballots before Election Day, with Democrats leading every statewide race in the county’s early voting results on November 3.

As of 8 p.m. Tuesday, 46,091 of Fayette County’s 93,294 registered voters had voted, representing 49.40% turnout before Election Day ballots were counted.

The figures were provided directly to The Citizen by the Fayette County Board of Elections. They include 44,117 advance in-person votes and 1,974 absentee mail ballots. Election Day votes were not yet included in the report.

In neighboring Coweta County, early voter turnout was approximately 35%, significantly below Fayette County’s rate. Coweta had not yet posted its election results as of 8 p.m.

Ossoff reelected as Democrats lead statewide races

In Fayette County, incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff received 27,556 early votes, compared with 18,197 for Republican challenger Mike Collins.

Several major national news outlets have called the statewide race for Ossoff, who will serve a second term in the U.S. Senate.

In the governor’s race, Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms received 25,528 early votes in Fayette County, compared with 20,238 for Republican Rick Jackson.

Democrats also led every other statewide contest in Fayette County, including lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, agriculture commissioner, insurance commissioner, state school superintendent, labor commissioner, and both Public Service Commission seats.

Across Georgia, Democrats were leading every statewide contest in the results available at 8 p.m.

Congressional races show different results locally and districtwide

In Georgia’s 3rd Congressional District, incumbent Republican Brian Jack was leading Democrat Maura Keller districtwide, with 53.44% of the vote compared with Keller’s 46.56%, as of 8 p.m.

Fayette County’s early returns showed the opposite result. Keller received 20,895 votes from Fayette voters, compared with 17,910 for Jack.

In Georgia’s 6th Congressional District, incumbent Democrat Lucy McBath received 5,432 Fayette County early votes, compared with 1,473 for Republican Kevin E. Martin.

Republicans hold leads in several legislative races

In State Senate District 16, incumbent Republican Marty Harbin was narrowly leading Democrat Sonya Wimberly Hawkins across the district, with 50.89% of the vote compared with Hawkins’ 49.11%.

Fayette’s early vote showed Harbin receiving 16,913 votes, compared with 16,146 for Hawkins.

In State Senate District 6, incumbent Republican Matt Brass was leading Democrat JerMarkus Jacobs with 61.2% of the vote compared with Jacobs’ 38.8%, as of 8 p.m.

Republicans also led in two contested State House races involving Fayette voters.

In District 73, incumbent Republican Josh Bonner received 5,853 Fayette County early votes, compared with 4,796 for Democrat Tim Wilkinson.

In State House District 82, incumbent Republican Karen Mathiak was narrowly leading Democrat Anthony Dickson across the district, with 51.24% of the vote as of 8 p.m. The district includes portions of southern Fayette County and Spalding County. In Fayette County’s early returns, Mathiak received 4,815 votes, compared with 3,546 for Dickson.

Democrats Kenya Wicks, Timoria McQueen Saba, and incumbent Debra Bazemore were unopposed in their respective legislative contests.

Fayette County Commission and school board races

In the Fayette County Commission District 3 race, Republican James W. Clifton led Democrat Chandra C. Wright, receiving 6,319 early votes compared with Wright’s 5,042.

Incumbent Democrat Charles Rousseau was unopposed for County Commission District 4.

One of the closest local contests was the Fayette County Board of Education District 2 race, where incumbent Republican Roy Rabold received 5,684 votes, compared with 5,204 for Democrat Ashley Smith.

That gave Rabold an early lead of just 480 votes before Election Day ballots were added.

Incumbent Democrat Regina Daigre was unopposed for Board of Education District 4.

Fayette voters support property tax exemptions

Fayette County’s early voters also favored all three statewide constitutional amendments, as well as the local homestead exemption proposals.

The county’s school property tax homestead exemption received 28,247 yes votes compared with 14,877 no votes.

A separate county homestead property tax exemption received 27,508 yes votes compared with 15,498 no votes.

In Fayetteville, voters also supported the city’s FLOST homestead exemption proposal, with 4,556 voting yes and 2,634 voting no.

The Fayette County figures represent early votes only. Additional ballots cast on Election Day could change the margins in races that have not been decided.

Readers can follow updated results through the Georgia Secretary of State election results website.