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Georgia’s 9th District

U.S. House · GA-9

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a more than 99% chance of winning, with an average lead of 27.5 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: under 1%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 63.7%

    Andrew Clyde, incumbent

  • Democrat 36.3%

    Caitlyn Gegen

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
GA-9 63.7%36.3%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+19.5 54.5%−18.2

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over9.6% (± 0.5)

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

Andrew Clyde · Republican

Primary results

Held May 19, 2026 · Certified official result · Official source

Democratic primary Caitlyn Gegen 60.0% 25,570 votes
Republican primary Andrew Clyde 76.0% 70,083 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Andrew Clyde

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Caitlyn Gegen

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 38.0 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 27.5 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • GA-7 Republican, safe seat
  • GA-10 Republican, competitive
  • GA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-11 Republican, competitive
  • GA-5 Democrat, safe seat

Watch list

The tightest races

The smallest projected gaps between the top two.

  1. AZ-2Republican52%5.7-point gap
  2. KY-6Republican53%5.8-point gap
  3. VA-1Republican58%5.8-point gap
Forecast updated