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Georgia

U.S. Senate · Georgia

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of November 2, 2026

Our forecast gives the Democrats a 96% chance of winning, with an average lead of 10.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 17%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Democrat 54.9%

    Jon Ossoff, incumbent

  • Republican 44.7%

    Mike Collins

What Orbit says

Orbit, our experimental model, picks the same favourite as our main forecast: the Democrat, with a 78% chance (96% according to Harfang des neiges).

ModelFavouriteChance
Harfang des neigesDemocrat96%
OrbitDemocrat78%
50/50 blendDemocrat87%

Figures as of November 2, 2026. The blend averages the two chances; in replays of the 2018 and 2022 Quebec elections, it beat our main forecast on its own.

Every race according to Orbit

Compared with the average

Democrat Republican Other
Georgia 54.9%44.7%0.4%
National averageUnited States 46.0%+8.9 48.3%−3.6 5.7%−5.3

Simple average of the 100 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

26 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Current member

Jon Ossoff · Democrat

Primary results

Held June 16, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Jon Ossoff 100.0% 1,042,331 votes
Republican primary Mike Collins 55.5% 390,174 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Incumbent

    Jon Ossoff

    source
  • Republican Challenger

    Mike Collins

    source

Other races in the region

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. IowaRepublican52%4.3-point gap
  2. South CarolinaRepublican53%4.5-point gap
  3. TexasDemocrat67%4.6-point gap
Forecast updated