The November ballot
Raised so far, filed with the FEC
Not a prediction.
The seat
Buddy Carter
Republican · Holds the seat now
First took office 2015 · Age 69
Not on the November ballot
How to vote in Georgia
- General electionNovember 3, 2026
Register 29 days before the election.
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How they won the primary
First round · 57,159 votes
- Joyce Griggs: 34.5% 19,694
- Amanda Hollowell: 24.7% 14,095
- Sharon Williamson: 14.9% 8,501
- Defonsio Daniels: 9.4% 5,359
- Patrick Wilver: 7.0% 4,003
3 more candidates in the full results at the source named below.
The runoff · 23,824 votes
- Amanda Hollowell Won: 53% 12,618
- Joyce Griggs: 47% 11,206
Primary source: Georgia Secretary of State official primary results portal. Runoff source: Georgia Secretary of State official primary-runoff results.
The primary · 70,692 votes
- Jim Kingston Won: 52.4% 37,025
- Patrick Farrell: 17.2% 12,193
- Kandiss Taylor: 12.6% 8,875
- Brian Montgomery: 10.0% 7,088
- Eugene Yu: 4.4% 3,083
1 more candidate in the full results at the source named below.
Primary source: Georgia Secretary of State official primary results portal.
Primary results as recorded October 12, 2026, ordered by votes. A primary result is a recorded fact about a past contest, not a prediction of November.
The money on this race
- Raised by candidates
- $3.7M
- Outside money
- $1.9M
Outside money, for and against
Independent expenditures; direction is each filer's own declared filing.
Where each candidate's money comes from
Small donors give $200 or less; PACs are political action committees. Shares of each candidate's own receipts on file with the FEC. Outside money is not part of these figures.
Who is spending on this race
The largest groups spending independently here, ranked; open a row for whose race the money went into.
Independent expenditures reported to the FEC; direction is each group's own declared filing.
Also filed for this seat
14 filedNot on the November ballot
- Patrick FarrellRepublican$663K
- Joyce GriggsDemocrat$39K
- Michael McCordDemocrat$225K
- Brian MontgomeryRepublican$249K
- Kandiss TaylorRepublican$117K
Primary candidates who did not advance, committees still on file, and candidacies that ended. Being here is a filing fact, not a mark against anyone.
Ballot status not confirmed
None of these has campaign money on file with the FEC.
Filed with the FEC for this seat. No source on record says whether they qualified for the November ballot: independent and minor-party candidates qualify through the state, often by petition, and the FEC does not track whether they did.
How this seat voted last time
R+24 in 2024
- Buddy Carter Won: 62%
- Patti Hewitt: 38%
355,857 votes for candidates. A past result is a filed fact, not a prediction of November.
Certified returns via MIT Election Data and Science Lab, from the House Clerk's election statistics and state canvasses.
The district
Census context- People
- 787K
- Median household income
- $69K
- Unemployment
- 5.7%
- Living below the poverty line
- 14.7%
- Without health insurance
- 12.6%
U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 2024 5-year estimates. Context about the district, not a statement about any candidate.
Candidates and financing from the FEC, public domain. Candidate totals are each campaign's latest FEC report, ending between March 31, 2026 and June 30, 2026. Outside money is the FEC's processed total of independent expenditures plus the 24- and 48-hour reports filed since each group's latest regular report. It covers this two-year cycle, the same as the candidate totals. Dataset built 2026-10-12. Nothing here is a forecast, a grade, or a ranking of candidates.