Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
- Republican · Holds US House, Georgia District 1
- Years in Congress
- 11
- Age
- 69
- Races
- Won 11 of 11
Spectrum
Centrist is the middle of the scale, not of Congress. How this works
By donors (CFscore, 2024 cycle)
Research estimate from Stanford DIME 4.0. Source
Method and limits
Published score 1.120 on a scale from −2.0 to 2.0, where 0 is the center. 1,537 donors. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Places a candidate by who gave them money; candidates who share donors sit close together.
Reflects the donor network, not votes or views, and comes from past cycles, not a 2026 reading.
Now
Not the Republican nominee in 2026
Career
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | US House, GA-01 | Won | 62% | |
| 2022 | US House, GA-01 | Won · primary won 100% | 59.1% | |
| 2020 | US House, GA-01 | Won · primary won 82.2% | 58.3% | |
| 2018 | US House, GA-01 | Won · primary won 100% | 57.7% | |
| 2016 | US House, GA-01 | Won · primary won 100% | 99.6% | |
| 2014 | US House, GA-01 | Won · primary won 36.2% | 60.9% | |
| 2012 | State Senate, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 2010 | State Senate, GA | Won | 70.3% |
Earlier races (3 more races)
| Year | Race | Result | Share | Lost to, or other round |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | State House, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 2006 | State House, GA | Won | 100% | |
| 2004 | State House, GA | Won | 100% |
Filed with the FEC, no race in our files: 2026 US House, GA-01; 2026 US Senate, GA.
About this list
Races in our results files. Other offices, earlier years and most primaries can be missing. A general that went to a runoff counts as neither a win nor a loss.
House votes
119th Congress, through Sept 16, 2026676 roll calls. Yea 497, Nay 139, Present 2, Not voting 37.
- Roll calls missed
- 5.5%
- Voted with own party when parties split
- 98.9%
How these are counted
Missed is Not Voting divided by every roll call the member was listed on, including quorum calls and procedural votes. It covers any absence, including illness and leave.
Party split: a roll call counts when the Democratic majority and the Republican majority voted opposite ways. That was 449 roll calls, and the member matched their own party on 444. We pick no votes ourselves.
Showing the newest 3 of 676
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 314
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass · S 2403
Retire through Ownership Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 401 to 14
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 313
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9497
Water Resources Development Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 415 to 9
Sep 16, 2026 · House roll call 312
On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended · H R 9340
Ratepayer Protection Act
Vote: YeaPassed, 417 to 3
Legislation
119th Congress, congress.gov, as of Oct 30, 2026Sponsored 44 bills and 20 resolutions. Cosponsored 333 bills and 81 resolutions. Amendments are not counted.
Latest bills Earl L. "Buddy" Carter sponsored
- Chief Chris Eddy’s LawH.R. 9266, introduced Jun 11, 2026
- Zero Tolerance for Political Violence Act of 2026H.R. 8678, introduced May 7, 2026
- Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026H.R. 8538, introduced Apr 28, 2026
- Rural and Underserved Health Care Staffing ActH.R. 7686, introduced Feb 25, 2026
- GAP Supply ActH.R. 7528, introduced Feb 12, 2026
More about Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Offices held (6 terms and offices)
- 2015 to nowUS House, Georgia District 1Republican
Committees (5 assignments)
House Committee on Energy and Commerce
- Environment subcommittee
- Communications and Technology subcommittee
- Health subcommittee
House Committee on the Budget
Official pages (6 links)
Sources (10 sources)
unitedstates/congress-legislators (current)
Office, terms, committees, official links, age. Retrieved Oct 28, 2026. License: CC0-1.0.
Compiled by the @unitedstates project volunteers (rosters from official congressional sources) from official returns. Not an official source.
Stanford DIME public v4.0, recipients file (CFscores)
CFscores for candidates and officials; web/data/ideology/dime.json and aggregate.json. A research estimate by Adam Bonica, not an official measure. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
Compiled by Adam Bonica, Stanford University Libraries (built from campaign finance filings) from official returns. Not an official source.
Bonica, Adam. 2024. Database on Ideology, Money in Politics, and Elections: Public version 4.0 [Computer file]. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Libraries. https://data.stanford.edu/dime .
Clerk of the House: roll call votes, 119th Congress
House roll calls. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work.
Congress.gov API: sponsored and cosponsored legislation, nominations
Bills and resolutions. Retrieved Oct 30, 2026. License: US government work.
unitedstates/congress-legislators
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld state legislative returns (web/data/results/sld); each row names its upstream source
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
FEC candidate master file (cnYY.zip bulk download)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: US government work, public domain.
Stanford DIME v4.0 recipients file
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: ODC-BY 1.0.
MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House 1976-2024
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: CC0 1.0.
Election Wrld officials files (web/data/officials)
Race record. Retrieved Oct 29, 2026. License: see sources.json.
- Age: unitedstates/congress-legislators (CC0), official birthday field, counted to Nov 3, 2026. We show the age, never the birth date.
- Took office in Congress 2015-01-06. Basis: congress-legislators terms (CC0).
Officials files, 2026 candidate files, returns files, DIME, FEC candidate master and congress-legislators terms, as of 2026-10-29. Nothing about jobs, retirement, or reasons is recorded or inferred.
DataDownload votes (JSON)Sources: House Clerk, congress.gov, DIME (ODC-BY), Results filesData as of Oct 29, 2026Photo credits