KNOW YOUR SENATOR

2026 race — Georgia — 1st District

14 candidates have filed with the FEC for this seat, including the incumbent, Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (R). The seat was a wide margin last time (24.0 points in 2024).

Who is running

Statutory candidates on file with the FEC. Challengers keep filing all cycle and primaries run into September, so this is a snapshot of who has filed — not a final ballot.

D Democratic (6)

R Republican (8)

How the incumbent has voted, by issue

Every roll call Earl L. "Buddy" Carter cast this Congress, grouped by the bill's official policy area (the Congressional Research Service subject assigned on congress.gov). These are votes, not stated positions — no stance is inferred from them.

Congress130 yea · 23 nay of 153
  • YeaH.R. 7008 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
  • AyeH.Res. 1438 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
  • AyeH.Res. 1423 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.Res. 1399 — On Agreeing to the Resolution (Jun 2026)
Economics and Public Finance44 yea · 25 nay of 69
Armed Forces and National Security44 yea · 17 nay of 61
  • YeaH.R. 8800 — On Passage (Jul 2026)
  • NayH.R. 9237 — On Motion to Recommit (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 5362 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Jul 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 9238 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Jun 2026)
Energy27 yea · 9 nay of 36
  • YeaH.R. 5587 — On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 4690 — On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • YeaS. 1020 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass (Apr 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 4758 — On Passage (Feb 2026)
Crime and Law Enforcement25 yea · 5 nay of 30
Environmental Protection14 yea · 15 nay of 29
  • YeaH.R. 2860 — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended (Jun 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 1346 — On Passage (May 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 6387 — On Passage (Apr 2026)
  • YeaH.R. 6398 — On Passage (Apr 2026)

Full record for Earl L. "Buddy" Carter ↗

Why challengers have no voting record here

Only people who have held the office have cast roll-call votes, so a voting record exists for the incumbent alone. We do not fill that gap with campaign-website summaries or third-party scorecards: deciding which vote counts as “the” vote on an issue is an editorial act, and two advocacy groups routinely produce opposite grades from the same record.

What is on the record for every candidate equally is money — who funds them, and who is spending independently for or against them. Each name above links to that candidate's FEC filings.

Last time this seat was contested (2024)

  • EARL L "BUDDY" CARTER (R) — 220,576 votes
  • PATTI HEWITT (D) — 135,281 votes

355,857 ballots cast out of an estimated 577,765 eligible voters — 62% turnout.

Sources: FEC candidate filings (who is running), House Clerk and Senate roll-call records with congress.gov policy areas (the voting record), and MEDSL/MIT Election Lab official returns with Census citizen voting-age population (the last result). All public records.