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Georgia’s 7th District

U.S. House · GA-7

Election day November 3, 2026 · forecast of October 15, 2026

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 95% chance of winning, with an average lead of 12.3 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 15%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 56.0%

    Rich McCormick, incumbent

  • Democrat 44.0%

    Tony Kozycki

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
GA-7 56.0%44.0%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+11.7 54.5%−10.5

Simple average of the 435 districts, not weighted by population.

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Polls in this district

2 polls

Each poll as the pollster published it; these are not the Vote-Scope projection. When a pollster tests several ballots (with or without a given candidate), each one is shown as a scenario.

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over7.2% (± 0.3)

Share of all citizens aged 18 and over (ACS 2020–2024 estimate). Not a share of registered or actual voters.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, citizen voting-age population by race and ethnicity, ACS 2020–2024, 119th Congress districts

Current member

Rich McCormick · Republican

Primary results

Held June 16, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Tony Kozycki 67.7% 11,667 votes
Republican primary Rich McCormick 100.0% 83,746 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Rich McCormick

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Tony Kozycki

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 29.7 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 12.3 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • GA-9 Republican, safe seat
  • GA-11 Republican, competitive
  • GA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-5 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-6 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

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The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

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  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated