Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RRepublicanGA-1 · Representative
62
/ 100
Average
Attendance95
Avg: 96
Independence1
Avg: 4
Bipartisan Tone13
Avg: 16
Ethics Record100
Avg: 99
Transparency100
Avg: 57
Accountability Score — composite of attendance, independence, bipartisan tone, ethics record & transparency.
Methodology
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
RepublicanGA-1 · Representative
Voting Ideologyⓘ
Liberal
Conservative
Conservative (0.555)
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter is a Republican Representative from GA, District 1. He has served 11 years in Congress across 6 terms. Based on his voting record, he is rated as conservative, voting with his party 98.7% of the time.
11
Years in Office
6
Terms Served
119
Current Congress
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Report Card
Performance metrics for the current Congress
98.7%
Party Loyaltyⓘ
7 votes against party
5.4%
Missed Votesⓘ
557 total votes
26
Bills Sponsoredⓘ
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How Earl Compares
vs. the average House member
Party Loyalty+2.8% vs avg
98.7%
Avg: 95.9%
Missed Votes+1.8% vs avg
5.4%
Avg: 3.6%
Bills Sponsored+13.0 vs avg
26
Avg: 13.0
Committee Assignments
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Campaign Finance
2026 cycle · through 2024-12-31
$3,018,930
Cash on Handⓘ
$2,597,666
Total Receiptsⓘ
$1,396,344
Disbursementsⓘ
$719,028
Individual Donors
$1,583,431
PAC Contributionsⓘ
$0
Self-Fundingⓘ
Service History
2015–2027House · GA-1 · RepublicanCurrent
District Demographics
GA-1 · ACS 2023 estimates · These are the people this member represents.
778,015
Population
$66,773
Median Income
36.0
Median Age
27.9%
College Educated
Racial Composition
White 59.1%Black 28.9%Hispanic 8.0%Asian 1.9%