2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

U.S. House, Georgia District 12

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Georgia requires a majority to win a general election; if no candidate gets more than 50%, the top two meet in a runoff (Dec. 1, 2026).

Candidates

Rick Allen

RepublicanIncumbent

Current office: U.S. Representative, Georgia District 12

Republican member of the U.S. House of Representatives representing Georgia's 12th congressional district, serving since 2015. House committee assignments: Committee on Education and Workforce; Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Campaign website

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House Member Data (MemberData.xml) (Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives, Public domain (U.S. government work))
congress-legislators: legislators-current.json (service dates) (@unitedstates project, CC0 1.0)
Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (U.S. Congress, Public domain (U.S. government work))
Rick Allen (politician) (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Ceretta Smith

Democratic

Ceretta Smith is described in Wikipedia's coverage of this race as: Grovetown city councilor.

Campaign website

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2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Candidate list and race details

2026 United States House of Representatives elections (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)
2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0)

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