Disclaimer: The following results are based on vote totals listed on the Georgia Secretary of State’s website as of Wednesday morning, November 5, 2025, at 8:00 a.m. View the official results here.
The City of Statesboro held municipal elections on Tuesday, November 4, 2025, for the offices of Mayor and City Council Districts 1 and 4. All three incumbents on the ballot were re-elected to their seats. Bulloch County voters also approved two sales-tax measures. Below are the confirmed vote tallies for each contest and referendum:
Mayor:
Incumbent Jonathan McCollar has been re-elected to a third term, receiving 1,851 votes (69.64 %), while challenger Raymond Harris received 807 votes (30.36 %).
City Council District 1:
Incumbent Councilmember Tangie Reese Johnson has been elected to a full four-year term, receiving 635 votes (71.51 %), while John Grotheer received 253 votes (28.49 %). Councilmember Johnson was previously elected in a 2024 special election to complete the remainder of an unexpired term.
City Council District 4:
Incumbent John Conner Riggs ran unopposed and received 228 votes.
Voter Turnout and Referendums:
Across Bulloch County, 9,250 ballots were cast, representing approximately 17.2% of the county’s 53,740 registered voters. Countywide, voters approved two sales-tax measures:
The Floating Local Option Sales Tax (FLOST) passed with 6,599 “Yes” votes (71.67 %) and 2,608 “No” votes (28.33 %). This new 1% sales tax will begin in January and fund property tax rollbacks across Bulloch County municipalities.
The Education Special Purpose Local Option Sales Tax (E-SPLOST 6) passed with 6,158 “Yes” votes (66.57 %) and 3,092 “No” votes (33.43 %). The measure will continue funding for educational facilities and infrastructure from October 2028 through September 2033.
The new terms for Mayor McCollar and Councilmembers Johnson and Riggs will begin in January 2026.