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Georgia's 12th Congressional District
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Democratic primary
Republican primary
General election
Election details
Filing deadline: March 8, 2024
Primary: May 21, 2024
Primary runoff: June 18, 2024
General: November 5, 2024
General runoff: December 3, 2024
How to vote
Poll times: 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.
Voting in Georgia
Race ratings
Cook Political Report: Solid Republican
DDHQ and The Hill: Safe Republican
Inside Elections: Solid Republican
Sabato's Crystal Ball: Safe Republican
Ballotpedia analysis
U.S. Senate battlegrounds
U.S. House battlegrounds
Federal and state primary competitiveness
Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2024
See also
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All U.S. House districts, including the 12th Congressional District of Georgia, held elections in 2024. The general election was November 5, 2024. The primary was May 21, 2024, and a primary runoff was June 18, 2024. A general runoff was December 3, 2024. The filing deadline was March 8, 2024.

This race was one of 75 races in 2024 that was a rematch of the 2022 election. In 2024, Democrats won 39 of these matches, while Republicans won 36 of them. Democrats won 38 of those districts in 2022, and Republicans won 37.

The outcome of this race affected the partisan balance of the U.S. House of Representatives in the 119th Congress. All 435 House districts were up for election.

At the time of the election, Republicans held a 220-212 majority with three vacancies.[1] As a result of the election, Republicans retained control of the U.S. House, winning 220 seats to Democrats' 215.[2] To read more about the 2024 U.S. House elections, click here.

In the 2022 election in this district, the Republican candidate won 59.6%-40.4%. Daily Kos calculated what the results of the 2020 presidential election in this district would have been following redistricting. Donald Trump (R) would have defeated Joe Biden (D) 54.5%-44.3%.[3]

Georgia conducted redistricting between the 2022 and 2024 elections. As a result, district lines in this state changed. To review how redistricting took place in Georgia and to see maps of the new districts, click here. For a list of all states that drew new district lines between 2022 and 2024, click here.

For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:

Candidates and election results

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen defeated Liz Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen (R)
 
60.3
 
205,849
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson (D)
 
39.7
 
135,417

Total votes: 341,266
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Liz Johnson defeated Daniel Jackson in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson
 
59.0
 
23,358
Image of Daniel Jackson
Daniel Jackson Candidate Connection
 
41.0
 
16,238

Total votes: 39,596
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen
 
100.0
 
49,806

Total votes: 49,806
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Candidate profiles

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Voting information

See also: Voting in Georgia

Election information in Georgia: Nov. 5, 2024, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 7, 2024
  • By mail: Postmarked by Oct. 7, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 7, 2024

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

Yes

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

  • In-person: Oct. 25, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Oct. 25, 2024
  • Online: Oct. 25, 2024

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

  • In-person: Nov. 5, 2024
  • By mail: Received by Nov. 5, 2024

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Oct. 15, 2024 to Nov. 1, 2024

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

7:00 a.m. - 7:00 p.m. (EST)

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Campaign finance

Name Party Receipts* Disbursements** Cash on hand Date
Rick Allen Republican Party $1,224,021 $908,308 $1,174,957 As of December 31, 2024
Daniel Jackson Democratic Party $0 $0 $0 As of March 31, 2023
Liz Johnson Democratic Party $11,112 $3,077 $8,135 As of May 1, 2024

Source: Federal Elections Commission, "Campaign finance data," 2024. This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).

* According to the FEC, "Receipts are anything of value (money, goods, services or property) received by a political committee."
** According to the FEC, a disbursement "is a purchase, payment, distribution, loan, advance, deposit or gift of money or anything of value to influence a federal election," plus other kinds of payments not made to influence a federal election.

General election race ratings

See also: Race rating definitions and methods

Ballotpedia provides race ratings from four outlets: The Cook Political Report, Inside Elections, Sabato's Crystal Ball, and DDHQ/The Hill. Each race rating indicates if one party is perceived to have an advantage in the race and, if so, the degree of advantage:

  • Safe and Solid ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge and the race is not competitive.
  • Likely ratings indicate that one party has a clear edge, but an upset is possible.
  • Lean ratings indicate that one party has a small edge, but the race is competitive.[4]
  • Toss-up ratings indicate that neither party has an advantage.

Race ratings are informed by a number of factors, including polling, candidate quality, and election result history in the race's district or state.[5][6][7]

Race ratings: Georgia's 12th Congressional District election, 2024
Race trackerRace ratings
November 5, 2024October 29, 2024October 22, 2024October 15, 2024
The Cook Political Report with Amy WalterSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Decision Desk HQ and The HillSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Inside Elections with Nathan L. GonzalesSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid RepublicanSolid Republican
Larry J. Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe RepublicanSafe Republican
Note: Ballotpedia reviews external race ratings every week throughout the election season and posts weekly updates even if the media outlets have not revised their ratings during that week.

Ballot access

The table below details filing requirements for U.S. House candidates in Georgia in the 2024 election cycle. For additional information on candidate ballot access requirements in Georgia, click here.

Filing requirements for U.S. House candidates, 2024
State Office Party Signatures required Filing fee Filing deadline Source
Georgia U.S. House Ballot-qualified party N/A $5,220.00 3/8/2024 Source
Georgia U.S. House Unaffiliated 27,992[8] $5,220.00 7/9/2024 Source

District analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about voter composition, past elections, and demographics in both the district and the state.

  • District map - A map of the district before and after redistricting ahead of the 2024 election.
  • Competitiveness - Information about the competitiveness of 2024 U.S. House elections in the state.
  • Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the district and the state.
  • State party control - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.


Below is the district map used in the 2022 election next to the map in place for the 2024 election. Click on a map below to enlarge it.

2022

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2024

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See also: Primary election competitiveness in state and federal government, 2024

This section contains data on U.S. House primary election competitiveness in Georgia.

Georgia U.S. House competitiveness, 2014-2024
Year Districts/
offices
Seats Open seats Candidates Possible primaries Contested Democratic primaries Contested Republican primaries % of contested primaries Incumbents in contested primaries % of incumbents in contested primaries
2024 14 14 1 54 28 8 4 42.9% 3 23.1%
2022 14 14 2 82 28 8 9 60.7% 8 61.5%
2020 14 14 3 77 28 8 8 57.1% 5 45.5%
2018 14 14 0 48 28 8 5 46.4% 5 35.7%
2016 14 14 1 44 28 2 7 32.1% 5 38.5%
2014 14 14 3 49 28 3 8 39.3% 5 45.5%

Post-filing deadline analysis

The following analysis covers all U.S. House districts up for election in Georgia in 2024. Information below was calculated on April 2, 2024, and may differ from information shown in the table above due to candidate replacements and withdrawals after that time.

Fifty-five candidates ran for Georgia’s 14 U.S. House districts, including 30 Democrats and 25 Republicans. That’s 3.9 candidates per district, lower than the 5.9 candidates per district in 2022 and the 5.5 in 2020.

This was the first election to take place after Georgia Governor Brian Kemp (R) signed revised congressional maps into law on Dec. 8, 2023.

The 3rd Congressional District was the only open district in 2024, meaning no incumbents filed to run. That’s one less than in 2022, when two seats were open. There were three open seats in 2020, none in 2018, one in 2016, and three in 2014.

Incumbent Drew Ferguson (R-3rd) did not run for re-election because he retired from public office.

As a result of redistricting in Georgia, two incumbents ran for re-election in different districts than the ones they represented. Lucy McBath (D-7th) ran in the 6th Congressional District and Rich McCormick (R-6th) ran in the 7th Congressional District.

Nine candidates—seven Democrats and two Republicans—ran for the 13th Congressional District, the most candidates that ran for a seat in 2024.

Twelve primaries—eight Democratic and four Republican—were contested in 2024. Seventeen primaries were contested in 2022, 16 primaries were contested in 2020, and 13 were in 2018.

Three incumbents—two Democrats and one Republican—were in contested primaries, the fewest this decade.

Candidates filed to run in the Republican and Democratic primaries in all 14 districts, meaning no seats were guaranteed to either party.

Partisan Voter Index

See also: The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Heading into the 2024 elections, based on results from the 2020 and 2016 presidential elections, the Cook Partisan Voter Index for this district was R+8. This meant that in those two presidential elections, this district's results were 8 percentage points more Republican than the national average. This made Georgia's 12th the 172nd most Republican district nationally.[9]

2020 presidential election results

The table below shows what the vote in the 2020 presidential election would have been in this district. The presidential election data was compiled by Daily Kos.

2020 presidential results in Georgia's 12th based on 2024 district lines
Joe Biden Democratic Party Donald Trump Republican Party
44.3% 54.5%

Inside Elections Baselines

See also: Inside Elections

Inside Elections' Baseline is a figure that analyzes all federal and statewide election results from the district over the past four election cycles. The results are combined in an index estimating the strength of a typical Democratic or Republican candidate in the congressional district.[10] The table below displays the Baseline data for this district.

Inside Elections Baseline for 2024
Democratic Baseline Democratic Party Republican Baseline Republican Party Difference
41.6 57.5 R+15.9

Presidential voting history

See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2020

Georgia presidential election results (1900-2020)

  • 20 Democratic wins
  • 10 Republican wins
  • 1 other win
Year 1900 1904 1908 1912 1916 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1940 1944 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020
Winning Party D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D D R AI[11] R D D R R D R R R R R R D
See also: Party control of Georgia state government

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Georgia's congressional delegation as of May 2024.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Georgia
Party U.S. Senate U.S. House Total
Democratic 2 5 7
Republican 0 9 9
Independent 0 0 0
Vacancies 0 0 0
Total 2 14 16

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Georgia's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.

State executive officials in Georgia, May 2024
Office Officeholder
Governor Republican Party Brian Kemp
Lieutenant Governor Republican Party Burt Jones
Secretary of State Republican Party Brad Raffensperger
Attorney General Republican Party Chris Carr

State legislature

Georgia State Senate

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 23
     Republican Party 32
     Other 0
     Vacancies 1
Total 56

Georgia House of Representatives

Party As of February 2024
     Democratic Party 78
     Republican Party 100
     Independent 0
     Other 0
     Vacancies 2
Total 180

Trifecta control

The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.

Georgia Party Control: 1992-2024
Eleven years of Democratic trifectas  •  Twenty years of Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year 92 93 94 95 96 97 98 99 00 01 02 03 04 05 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24
Governor D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
Senate D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R
House D D D D D D D D D D D D D R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R R

District history

The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.

2022

See also: Georgia's 12th Congressional District election, 2022

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen defeated Liz Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen (R)
 
59.6
 
158,047
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson (D)
 
40.4
 
107,148

Total votes: 265,195
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Liz Johnson advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson
 
100.0
 
44,537

Total votes: 44,537
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen
 
100.0
 
81,151

Total votes: 81,151
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2020

See also: Georgia's 12th Congressional District election, 2020

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen defeated Liz Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen (R)
 
58.4
 
181,038
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson (D) Candidate Connection
 
41.6
 
129,061

Total votes: 310,099
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Liz Johnson defeated Dan Steiner in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Liz Johnson
Liz Johnson Candidate Connection
 
83.6
 
48,685
Dan Steiner
 
16.4
 
9,525

Total votes: 58,210
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen
 
100.0
 
74,520

Total votes: 74,520
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2018

See also: Georgia's 12th Congressional District election, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen defeated Francys Johnson in the general election for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen (R)
 
59.5
 
148,986
Image of Francys Johnson
Francys Johnson (D)
 
40.5
 
101,503
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
3

Total votes: 250,492
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Francys Johnson defeated Robert Ingham and Trent Nesmith in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Francys Johnson
Francys Johnson
 
52.9
 
16,991
Robert Ingham
 
31.1
 
10,011
Image of Trent Nesmith
Trent Nesmith
 
16.0
 
5,139

Total votes: 32,141
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12

Incumbent Rick Allen defeated Eugene Yu in the Republican primary for U.S. House Georgia District 12 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rick Allen
Rick Allen
 
76.0
 
37,776
Image of Eugene Yu
Eugene Yu
 
24.0
 
11,938

Total votes: 49,714
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Footnotes

  1. A majority in the U.S. House when there are no vacancies is 218 seats.
  2. These figures include the seat of Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.), who resigned on Nov. 13, 2024, after winning re-election.
  3. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2020 presidential results by congressional district, for new and old districts," accessed September 15, 2022
  4. Inside Elections also uses Tilt ratings to indicate an even smaller advantage and greater competitiveness.
  5. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Nathan Gonzalez," April 19, 2018
  6. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Kyle Kondik," April 19, 2018
  7. Amee LaTour, "Email correspondence with Charlie Cook," April 22, 2018
  8. Average of all congressional districts.
  9. Cook Political Report, "The 2022 Cook Partisan Voting Index (Cook PVI℠)," accessed January 10, 2024
  10. Inside Elections, "Methodology: Inside Elections’ Baseline by Congressional District," December 8, 2023
  11. American Independent Party


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