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Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
U.S. Representative, GA-1
Office record: unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
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Issue areas
Derived from issue-tagged bills they sponsored and stated positions — each links to the underlying record. AI-derived tags
Offices & terms
| Office | Party | From | To | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| U.S. Representative, GA-1 current
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 3, 2025 | Jan 3, 2027 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, GA-1
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 3, 2023 | Jan 3, 2025 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, GA-1
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 3, 2021 | Jan 3, 2023 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, GA-1
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 3, 2019 | Jan 3, 2021 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, GA-1
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 3, 2017 | Jan 3, 2019 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
| U.S. Representative, GA-1
Georgia |
Republican | Jan 6, 2015 | Jan 3, 2017 | unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0 |
Committee assignments
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Communications and Technology unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Environment unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on Energy and Commerce — Health unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
- House Committee on the Budget unitedstates/congress-legislators CC0-1.0
Ideology — academic context, not a GovTally claim
DW-NOMINATE coordinates (Congress 119): economic dim. 0.555, social dim. 0.328. Voteview DW-NOMINATE Voteview-academic
Roll-call votes (583 recorded)
| Vote | Position | Date | Result | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Nay | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Nay | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Nay | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Yea | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3838 — Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 | Nay | Sep 10, 2025 | Agreed to | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 682 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the… | Yea | Sep 9, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HRES 682 — Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3838) to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the… | Yea | Sep 9, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3425 — Personnel Oversight and Shift Tracking Act of 2025 | Not voting | Sep 8, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 3424 — SPACE Act of 2025 | Not voting | Sep 8, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 4, 2025 | Passed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 4, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Nay | Sep 4, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 4, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
| HR 4553 — Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026 | Yea | Sep 4, 2025 | Failed | U.S. House Clerk roll-call votes US-GOV-PD |
Campaign funding
1,002 recorded contributions totalling $2,425,389. Amounts and dates come straight from FEC filings; funding-type labels are software-classified from those filings classified — 150 of 1002 classified so far.
| Funding type | Contributions | Total | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Big donor | 134 | $384,368 | 16% |
| Corporate PAC | 14 | $280,995 | 12% |
| Super PAC | 2 | $0 | 0% |
| Unclassified | 852 | $1,760,026 | 73% |
Largest contributions
| Amount | Donor | To committee | Type | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| $47,469 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $44,758 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $35,000 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $29,477 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jun 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $25,677 | AMERIS BANK | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Dec 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $19,352 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $16,288 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Dec 14, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $13,323 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $10,174 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 31, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,458 | AMERIS BANK | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Jun 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,298 | AMERIS BANK | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Mar 27, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,254 | AMERIS BANK | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $8,231 | AMERIS BANK | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Dec 27, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $6,236 | TEAM BUDDY | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | Corporate PAC | Sep 30, 2023 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX) |
| $5,000 | POET PAC | BUDDY CARTER FOR SENATE | unclassified | Sep 20, 2024 | FEC openFEC API US-GOV-PD |
Largest by amount; not the full set. FEC contributor data may not be used for commercial solicitation.
Social media
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