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Georgia’s 12th District

U.S. House · GA-12

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

Our forecast gives the Republicans a 93% chance of winning, with an average lead of 11.2 points.

Safe seat. Chance of a final gap under 5 points: 19%.

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.4%

    Rick W. Allen, incumbent

  • Democrat 44.7%

    Ceretta Smith

Thin vertical mark: 2024 result.

Compared with the average

Republican Democrat
GA-12 55.4%44.7%
National averageUnited States 44.2%+11.1 54.5%−9.9

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

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Local profile

Latino citizens aged 18 and over4.1% (± 0.2)

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

Rick W. Allen · Republican

Primary results

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

Democratic primary Ceretta Smith 55.8% 16,823 votes
Republican primary Rick W. Allen 83.4% 59,576 votes

Who's running

The candidates

Candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Republican Incumbent

    Rick W. Allen

    source
  • Democrat Challenger

    Ceretta Smith

    source

Previous election (2024)

The Republicans won by 20.6 points.

Our current projection: the Republicans ahead by 11.2 points.

Nearby districts

Party ahead and how sure the projection is.

  • GA-8 Republican, safe seat
  • GA-10 Republican, competitive
  • GA-1 Republican, toss-up
  • GA-13 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-4 Democrat, safe seat
  • GA-9 Republican, 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