All racesGeorgia U.S. House, 13th districtFEED 8:13 PM ET, 0s AGO
Georgia runoff, August 25, 2026

U.S. House, 13th district

Democratic runoff
Polls close 7:00 PM ET
Too close to call, ahead
52.2%Everton Blair+4.4 over Scott
Votes counted
10,459of about 17,588 expected
Share of expected vote in
59.5%45 of 147 precincts have reported
Lead holds
69%modeled from the margin and 59.5% counted, not a poll

The field

2 on the ballot, ordered by vote.

Everton Blair52.2%5,457 votes
Marcye Scott47.8%5,002 votes

How the vote was cast

Of the 10,459 votes counted so far, 8,109 come with the ballot type published. Mail ballots are usually counted first and election-day ballots last, so a lead built on one can move as the others land. Each bar below is that way of voting on its own: who won it, and by how much.

Ballots counted so far, by type
Mail and absentee4.6%375 votesEarly in person75.3%6,108 votesElection day20.1%1,626 votes
Mail and absentee375 votes, 5% of the count
Scott62.9%236Blair37.1%139
Scott won mail and absentee ballots by 25.9 points over Blair, though Blair leads the race overall.
Early in person6,108 votes, 75% of the count
Blair57.5%3,512Scott42.5%2,596
Blair won early in person ballots by 15.0 points over Scott.
Election day1,626 votes, 20% of the count
Blair57.3%931Scott42.7%695
Blair won election day ballots by 14.5 points over Scott.

Registered voters across the counties in this race: 579,494 in total, which this state does not break down by party. Registration is the whole electorate, not the primary electorate, so it sets the scale rather than predicting the result.

What is left to count

0 of 6 counties finished, 6 reporting anything. About 7,129 votes still outstanding, concentrated here.

Where the vote is coming from

Shaded for whoever leads each county, deeper where the margin is wider. Click one to pin it below.

BlairScott

The map is framed on the 6 counties this district covers, with the rest of Georgia drawn around them.

Every county

6 counties in this race. Every county has reported something. Click any of them to break it down above.

Returns from Decision Desk HQ. Percentages are shares of this contest. Where a county reports no precinct count, progress is its vote against the expected total instead. Lead confidence reflects how much of the vote is still out, not a poll. Unofficial until certified.