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2026 results · Georgia · Georgia 12th District

Rick W. Allen, the Republican, wins re-election in Georgia's 12th District

Donald Trump carried the district by 13.6 points in 2024; this year's count is a 9.4-point move toward the Democrats.

Georgia 12th District: votes counted for each candidate
CandidateVotesShareShare of the vote
Rick W. AllenRepublican, incumbent140,86952.1%
Ceretta SmithDemocrat129,58247.9%

Called by Call the Map, Nov 3, 9:50 PM EST · 96% counted.

About 96% of the expected vote counted270,451 votesCount last changed Nov 6, 8:09 PM EST · checked Nov 7, 4:59 PM ESTSource: Georgia Secretary of State

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About the seat

Georgia's 12th District takes in all or part of 24 counties. The Republicans held it before this election. Its voters went R+13.6 for president in 2024. Its move from that vote, 9.4 points toward the Democrats, ranks 13 of 14 among the state's districts, counting from the largest move toward the Democrats.

2024 president
R+13.6
2024 House race, same lines
R+20.6
Move from 2024, rank in state
13 of 14
  1. Columbia County25%
  2. Richmond County25%
  3. Bulloch County9%
  4. Laurens County7%
  5. Burke County3%
  6. McDuffie County3%
  7. Washington County3%
  8. Toombs County3%
  9. 16 more23%

Shares are of the votes counted this year. The 2024 House figure is the same district, on the same lines.

What the count shows

Added together, the 24 counties compared moved 9.4 points toward the Democrats from the 2024 presidential vote.

The counties compared cast 76% as many votes as in 2024, from 86% in Tattnall County to 62% in Effingham County.

Burke County moved most: R+9.1 for president in 2024, D+2.4 this year

The 10 counties with the largest moves from the 2024 presidential vote, among those with 2,000 or more votes for president in 2024 and a quarter of that counted, and at least half a percent of the state's 2024 vote. Each line runs from the 2024 margin to this year’s.

CountyR+50EvenD+50Move
Burke County8,654 votes11.5 pts → D
Bulloch County24,594 votes10.2 pts → D
Richmond County66,555 votes10.2 pts → D
Columbia County67,456 votes10.0 pts → D
Effingham County7,220 votes9.6 pts → D
Toombs County7,727 votes9.5 pts → D
McDuffie County8,260 votes8.7 pts → D
Candler County3,384 votes8.4 pts → D
Wilkes County3,360 votes8.1 pts → D
Jenkins County2,516 votes7.9 pts → D

2024 president 2026

Columbia County added 11,777 net votes for Smith against the 2024 margin, 32% of the district's change

Across the 24 counties compared, the margin moved by 36,775 votes toward Smith: this year’s lead in votes against the 2024 presidential lead in votes, county by county. The figure counts voters who changed sides and differences in who turned out alike; the count cannot tell them apart.

  1. Columbia County+11,777 Smith
  2. Bulloch County+4,987 Smith
  3. Effingham County+2,851 Smith
  4. Toombs County+2,426 Smith
  5. Laurens County+2,285 Smith
  6. Emanuel County+1,586 Smith
  7. McDuffie County+1,324 Smith
  8. Burke County+1,235 Smith

3 counties Donald Trump carried in 2024 are led by Smith this year

Striped on the map above. Largest first.

  • Burke CountyR+9.1D+2.4
  • Washington CountyR+1.8D+2.7
  • Jefferson CountyR+1.1D+4.9

How the vote came in

Smith did best among provisional ballots (D+54.2) and Allen among Election Day votes(R+17.4).

  1. Advance Voting153,486 votes, 57% of the countD+2.6
  2. Election Day106,543 votes, 39% of the countR+17.4
  3. Absentee by Mail10,339 votes, 4% of the countD+31.7
  4. Provisional83 votes, 0% of the countD+54.2

The office’s own categories, as it reports them. Margins are within each kind of vote.

Georgia’s ballot

All of Georgia’s resultsThe state legislatureBallot measures

The seats that changed party

StatewideDemocrats won all 10 of Georgia's statewide races.

  1. U.S. SenateJon OssoffD+18.0
  2. GovernorKeisha Lance BottomsD+8.7Flip
  3. Attorney GeneralTanya MillerD+11.1Flip
  4. Commissioner of AgricultureKatherine E. Juhan-ArnoldD+7.7
  5. Commissioner of InsuranceKeisha Sean WaitesD+8.6
  6. Commissioner of LaborNikki PorcherD+9.3
  7. Lieutenant GovernorJosh McLaurinD+11.9
  8. PSC, District 3Peter HubbardD+12.8
  9. PSC, District 5Shelia EdwardsD+10.7
  10. Secretary of StatePenny Brown ReynoldsD+11.4Flip

U.S. HouseBefore the election R 9–5, now R 9–5

  1. R+2.8Kingston
  2. D+21.6Bishop
  3. R+17.2Jack
  4. D+65.3Johnson
  5. D+80.4Williams
  6. D+61.8McBath
  7. R+12.4McCormick
  8. R+20.8Scott
  9. R+18.6Clyde
  10. R+7.2Gaines
  11. R+10.7Cowan
  12. R+4.2Allen
  13. D+59.7Clark
  14. R+17.6Fuller

won leads, still counting changed party. Margins are the leader’s share minus the runner-up’s, in points.

Every count on this page is the official count published by the Georgia Secretary of State. Counts are unofficial until the state certifies them. The 2024 comparison is the presidential vote, Kamala Harris against Donald Trump, on the same ground. Margins are the Democrat minus the Republican, in points of all votes.