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Earl "Buddy" Carter
2015 - Present
2027
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Earl Carter (Republican Party) (also known as Buddy) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Georgia's 1st Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2015. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Carter (Republican Party) is running for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Georgia. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Biography
Earl "Buddy" Carter was born in Port Wentworth, Georgia, in 1957.[1] He earned an associate degree from Young Harris College in 1977 and his bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Georgia in 1980.[2][3] His work experience includes being a pharmacist and owning a pharmacy.[4]. He served on the city council of Pooler, Georgia from 1994 to 1995, and as mayor of Pooler, Georgia, from 1996 to 2004. He served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2005 to 2009, and in the Georgia Senate and served in the chamber from 2009-2014.[1]
Committee assignments
U.S. House
2025-2026
Carter was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Communications and Technology
- Health, Chair
- Environment
- House Committee on Budget
2023-2024
Carter was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- House Committee on Budget
- Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Communications & Technology, Vice Chairman
- Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Minerals
- Health
2021-2022
Carter was assigned to the following committees:[Source]
- House Committee on Budget
- Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Communications and Technology
- Environment and Climate Change
- Health
2017-2018
At the beginning of the 115th Congress, Carter was assigned to the following committees:[5]
2015-2016
Carter served on the following committees:[6]
- Education and the Workforce Committee
- Homeland Security Committee
- Oversight and Government Reform Committee
Elections
2026
See also: United States Senate election in Georgia, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for U.S. Senate Georgia
The following candidates are running in the general election for U.S. Senate Georgia on November 3, 2026.
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![]() | Jon Ossoff (D) | |
![]() | Reagan Box (R) ![]() | |
![]() | Earl Carter (R) | |
![]() | Christina Loren Clement (R) | |
Mike Collins (R) | ||
Derek Dooley (R) | ||
Christoph La'Flare Chapman (R) | ||
Rick Temple (R) | ||
![]() | Vinson Watkins (R) ![]() | |
![]() | Elbert Bartell (Independent) ![]() | |
Chris Capparell (Independent) | ||
DeVelle Jackson (Independent) |
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- John King (R)
Endorsements
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2024
See also: Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2024
Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Democratic primary)
Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2024 (May 21 Republican primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Patti Hewitt in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter (R) | 62.0 | 220,576 |
![]() | Patti Hewitt (D) ![]() | 38.0 | 135,281 |
Total votes: 355,857 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Nicholas Brookins (G)
- Joyce Marie Griggs (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Patti Hewitt advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Patti Hewitt ![]() | 100.0 | 25,082 |
Total votes: 25,082 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Palimeno (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter | 100.0 | 51,629 |
Total votes: 51,629 | ||||
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Endorsements
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Pledges
Carter signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Wade Herring in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter (R) | 59.1 | 156,128 |
![]() | Wade Herring (D) | 40.9 | 107,837 |
Total votes: 263,965 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- George Litchfield (Conservative Party)
Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Wade Herring defeated Joyce Marie Griggs in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Wade Herring | 61.9 | 12,880 |
![]() | Joyce Marie Griggs | 38.1 | 7,918 |
Total votes: 20,798 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Joyce Marie Griggs and Wade Herring advanced to a runoff. They defeated Michelle Munroe in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Marie Griggs | 48.6 | 21,891 |
✔ | ![]() | Wade Herring | 38.0 | 17,118 |
![]() | Michelle Munroe ![]() | 13.4 | 6,043 |
Total votes: 45,052 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Palimeno (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter | 100.0 | 80,757 |
Total votes: 80,757 | ||||
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2020
See also: Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020
Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Republican primary)
Georgia's 1st Congressional District election, 2020 (June 9 Democratic primary)
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Joyce Marie Griggs in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter (R) | 58.3 | 189,457 |
![]() | Joyce Marie Griggs (D) ![]() | 41.7 | 135,238 |
Total votes: 324,695 | ||||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Joyce Marie Griggs defeated Lisa Ring in the Democratic primary runoff for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Marie Griggs ![]() | 55.9 | 15,958 |
![]() | Lisa Ring ![]() | 44.1 | 12,594 |
Total votes: 28,552 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Lisa Ring and Joyce Marie Griggs advanced to a runoff. They defeated Barbara Seidman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lisa Ring ![]() | 46.0 | 28,916 |
✔ | ![]() | Joyce Marie Griggs ![]() | 40.7 | 25,593 |
![]() | Barbara Seidman | 13.3 | 8,337 |
Total votes: 62,846 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Daniel Merritt and Ken Yasger in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter | 82.2 | 65,907 |
![]() | Daniel Merritt ![]() | 16.4 | 13,154 | |
Ken Yasger | 1.4 | 1,153 |
Total votes: 80,214 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter defeated Lisa Ring in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter (R) | 57.7 | 144,741 |
![]() | Lisa Ring (D) | 42.3 | 105,942 |
Total votes: 250,683 (100.00% precincts reporting) | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Lisa Ring defeated Barbara Seidman in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Lisa Ring | 67.5 | 20,543 |
![]() | Barbara Seidman | 32.5 | 9,871 |
Total votes: 30,414 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Steve Jarvis (D)
- Adam Bridges (D)
- Rick Jaworski (D)
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1
Incumbent Earl Carter advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 1 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Earl Carter | 100.0 | 35,552 |
Total votes: 35,552 | ||||
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2016
Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated this race as safely Republican. Incumbent Earl "Buddy" Carter (R) defeated Nathan Russo (Write-in) in the general election on November 8, 2016. No Democrats filed to run.[7][8]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
99.6% | 210,243 | |
Write-in | Nathan Russo | 0.4% | 869 | |
Total Votes | 211,112 | |||
Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
2014
Carter was a 2014 Republican candidate for Georgia's 1st Congressional District.[9] He advanced past the Republican primary on May 20, 2014. He defeated Bob Johnson in the Republican runoff primary on July 22, 2014. He defeated Brian Reese (D) in the general election.
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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Republican | ![]() |
60.91% | 95,337 | |
Democratic | Brian Reese | 39.09% | 61,175 | |
Total Votes | 156,512 | |||
Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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36.2% | 18,971 | ||
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22.7% | 11,890 | ||
John McCallum | 20.5% | 10,715 | ||
Jeff Chapman | 13.2% | 6,918 | ||
Darwin Carter | 5.4% | 2,819 | ||
Earl Martin | 2% | 1,063 | ||
Total Votes | 52,376 | |||
Source: Georgia Secretary of State |
Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
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53.8% | 22,861 | ||
Bob Johnson | 46.2% | 19,621 | ||
Total Votes | 42,482 | |||
Source: Results via Associated Press |
2012
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2012
Carter ran in the 2012 election for Georgia State Senate District 1. Carter ran unopposed in the Republican primary on July 31, 2012. No Democratic candidate filed to run for this seat. The general election took place on November 6, 2012.[10][11] Carter won the seat in the general election running unopposed.[12]
Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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100% | 53,821 | |
Total Votes | 53,821 |
2010
- See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2010
Carter won re-election to the 1st District seat in 2010. He was unopposed in the July 20 primary and defeated Cary Smith (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[13]
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Carry Smith (D) | 14,723 | 29.7% |
2008
On November 4, 2008, Carter won re-election to the 159th District Seat in the Georgia House of Representatives. Carter was unopposed and raised $37,777 for his campaign.[14]
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Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2014
Carter's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[15]
- National Debt
- Excerpt: "We do need major spending cuts, but we also need economic growth to fix our current national debt problem. To create economic growth, Buddy will support major tax relief plans that will transform our current, failing income tax. Either the Fair Tax or the Flat Tax would be a major improvement and both would create major economic growth."
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "To create economic growth, Buddy will support major tax relief plans that will to change our current, failing income tax system and replace it with either a Flat Tax or a Fair Tax system. The Fair Tax or the Flat Tax would be a major improvement, and both would create major economic growth."
- Healthcare
- Excerpt: "Businesses can deduct the cost of health care premiums on their taxes – but taxpaying families with individual plans cannot. That’s not fair. As a Congressman, Buddy Carter will support allowing families to deduct from their taxes the unfair health care costs that have been created by Obamacare."
- Agriculture
- Excerpt: "Buddy Carter supports tax relief for farmers in the form of income tax credits to offset the cost of insurance against severe drought or flood. Carter’s proposed tax relief for farmers would be targeted to small family farms with income of $250,000 annually or less."
- Right to Life
- Excerpt: "I will support efforts to prevent abortion. As our Congressman I will continue to oppose the use of taxpayer funds to pay for abortion. I will continue to oppose taxpayer funds being given to organizations like Planned Parenthood. I will support efforts for federal recognition of unborn human life and to support Constitutional protections of unborn life."
- Middle East and Israel
- Excerpt: "Buddy Carter believes that it is dangerous for America to be perceived as equivocating on our support for Israel. As our Congressman, Buddy Carter will support efforts to strengthen Israel and help keep it safe from violent rogue nations and terrorists."
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Notable endorsements
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Key votes
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Key votes: 118th Congress, 2023-2025
The 118th United States Congress began on January 3, 2023, and ended on January 3, 2025. At the start of the session, Republicans held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-212), and Democrats held the majority in the U.S. Senate (51-49). Joe Biden (D) was the president and Kamala Harris (D) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
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Key votes: 117th Congress, 2021-2023The 117th United States Congress began on January 3, 2021 and ended on January 3, 2023. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (222-213), and the U.S. Senate had a 50-50 makeup. Democrats assumed control of the Senate on January 20, 2021, when President Joe Biden (D) and Vice President Kamala Harris (D), who acted as a tie-breaking vote in the chamber, assumed office. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
Key votes: 116th Congress, 2019-2021The 116th United States Congress began on January 9, 2019, and ended on January 3, 2021. At the start of the session, Democrats held the majority in the U.S. House of Representatives (235-200), and Republicans held the majority in the U.S. Senate (53-47). Donald Trump (R) was the president and Mike Pence (R) was the vice president. We identified the key votes below using Congress' top-viewed bills list and through marquee coverage of certain votes on Ballotpedia.
Key votes: 115th Congress, 2017-2018
114th CongressThe first session of the 114th Congress enacted into law six out of the 2,616 introduced bills (0.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 1.3 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the first session. In the second session, the 114th Congress enacted 133 out of 3,159 introduced bills (4.2 percent). Comparatively, the 113th Congress had 7.0 percent of introduced bills enacted into law in the second session.[143][144] For more information pertaining to Carter's voting record in the 114th Congress, please see the below sections.[145] Economic and fiscalTrade Act of 2015Trade adjustment assistance Defense spending authorization
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State legislative tenure
Committee assignments
2013-2014
At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Carter served on the following committees:
Georgia committee assignments, 2013 |
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• Public Safety, Chair |
• Appropriations |
• Health and Human Services |
• Higher Education |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Carter served on the following committees:
Georgia committee assignments, 2011 |
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• State Institutions and Property, Chair |
• Health and Human Services, Vice Chair |
• Appropriations |
• Ethics |
• Regulated Industries and Utilities |
• Special Judiciary |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Carter served on the following committees:
Georgia committee assignments, 2009 |
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• Government Oversight |
• Public Safety |
• Regulated Industries and Utilities |
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2014
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2013
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In 2012, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 9 through March 29.
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Noteworthy events
Electoral vote certification on January 6-7, 2021
Congress convened a joint session on January 6-7, 2021, to count electoral votes by state and confirm the results of the 2020 presidential election. Carter voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania. The House rejected both objections by a vote of 121-303 for Arizona and 138-282 for Pennsylvania.
See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Officeholder U.S. House Georgia District 1 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 United States Congress, "CARTER, Buddy," accessed June 27, 2025
- ↑ Young Harris College, "YHC Alum, U.S. Rep. Buddy Carter to receive YHC Medallion Award ," April 18, 2024
- ↑ Pharmacy Times, "Q&A with US Representative Buddy Carter, the Only Pharmacist in Congress," February 12, 2016
- ↑ Buddy Carter for Congress, "Meet Buddy," accessed February 3, 2015
- ↑ U.S. House Clerk, ""Official Alphabetical List of the House of Representatives of the United States One Hundred Fifteenth Congress,"" accessed February 2, 2017
- ↑ U.S. House of Representatives, Office of the Clerk, "Committee Information," accessed February 18, 2015
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