Cobb County voters turned out in force on Tuesday and helped shape the kind of split-ticket night that can decide a state’s political map. The declared Republican Rep. Rich McCormick the winner over Democrat Tony Kozycki in the 7th Congressional District on Tuesday night, while Democratic Rep. Lucy McBath secured re-election in the 6th Congressional District.
McCormick’s win was built across several northern counties in the district, but Kozycki did find an advantage in Fulton County, a reminder that the race was competitive even as the district broke McCormick’s way. McBath, meanwhile, built a dominant lead across Cobb, Fulton and Douglas counties, giving Democrats one of their clearest congressional successes of the night.
For voters searching Cobb County Election Results, the reason the county matters is simple: its ballots were part of the margin in races that were still moving as the night ended. Local voters also weighed in on the 11th Congressional District matchup between Republican Rep. John Cowan and Democrat Chris Harden, while ballots were still being counted early Wednesday in Georgia’s statewide contests.
That broader count showed Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms opening a commanding lead over Republican Rick Jackson in the race for Georgia governor. Democratic nominees also pulled ahead in the contests for lieutenant governor with Josh McLaurin, secretary of state with Penny Brown Reynolds and attorney general with Tanya Miller, while Democratic challengers gained in races for state school superintendent, labor commissioner, agriculture commissioner and insurance commissioner.
The local ballot was crowded beyond the top races. Cobb County voters faced a slate of General Assembly contests, including state Senate races featuring Republican Kay Kirkpatrick against Democrat Michael Hettig and Republican Ed Setzler against Democrat Darcy Castro. Republican John Albers defended his state Senate seat against Democrat Patrick Thompson across shared county lines, and voters also cast ballots across eleven state House districts.
Two county administrative offices and an infrastructure sales tax referendum were also on the ballot, making Tuesday a full-court test of turnout rather than a single-race exercise. The results gathered from Cobb County election filings and the Georgia Secretary of State's office show why the county remains one of the most consequential voting blocs in Georgia: when its voters show up, they do not just register a preference, they help decide who leads in Washington and in Atlanta.
What remains now is the final accounting in the closer statewide races and the down-ballot contests that were still being tallied early Wednesday. McCormick and McBath already have their wins, but the rest of the night’s map will be written in the official count.
