Georgia's 12th congressional district

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Georgia's 12th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Rick Allen R–Augusta
Distribution	59.96% urban[1] 40.04% rural
Population (2023)	779,898[2]
Median household income	$60,966[2]
Ethnicity	52.1% White 36.1% Black 5.6% Hispanic 3.6% Two or more races 1.8% Asian 0.7% other
Cook PVI	R+8[3]

Georgia's 12th congressional district is a congressional district in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is represented by Republican Rick Allen. The district's boundaries have been redrawn following the 2010 census, which granted an additional congressional seat to Georgia.^[4] The first election using the new district boundaries (listed below) were the 2012 congressional elections.

The district covers portions of the eastern and southeastern parts of the state. It includes the cities of Augusta, Dublin, Douglas, and Statesboro.^[5]

Composition

#	County	Seat	Population
31	Bulloch	Statesboro	84,327
33	Burke	Waynesboro	24,438
43	Candler	Metter	11,059
73	Columbia	Appling (de jure), Evans (de facto)	165,162
103	Effingham	Springfield	64,769
107	Emanuel	Swainsboro	23,119
109	Evans	Claxton	10,754
125	Glascock	Gibson	2,954
163	Jefferson	Louisville	15,183
165	Jenkins	Millen	8,627
167	Johnson	Wrightsville	9,282
175	Laurens	Dublin	49,941
181	Lincoln	Lincolnton	7,879
189	McDuffie	Thomson	21,799
209	Montgomery	Mount Vernon	8,761
245	Richmond	Augusta	205,414
251	Screven	Sylvania	14,174
267	Tattnall	Reidsville	24,296
279	Toombs	Lyons	27,040
283	Treutlen	Soperton	6,341
301	Warren	Warrenton	5,106
303	Washington	Sandersville	19,820
309	Wheeler	Alamo	7,081
317	Wilkes	Washington	9,518

Cities with 10,000 or more people

• Augusta – 202,081
• Evans – 34,536
• Martinez – 34,535
• Statesboro – 33,438
• Dublin – 15,946
• Grovetown – 15,577
• Vidalia – 10,785

2,500-10,000 people

• Swainsboro – 7,425
• Thomson – 6,814
• Sandersville – 5,813
• Waynesboro – 5,472
• Lyons – 4,239
• Metter – 4,004
• Glennville – 3,834
• Hephzibah – 3,830
• Washington – 3,754
• Harlem – 3,571
• Wrightsville – 3,449
• Millen – 2,966
• Soperton – 2,889
• Springfield – 2,703
• Sylvania – 2,634
• Claxton – 2,602
• Reidsville – 2,515

Election results from statewide races

Year	Office	Result
2004	President	John Kerry 52% - George W. Bush 46%
2008	President	Barack Obama 54% - John McCain 45%
2012	President	Mitt Romney 55% - Barack Obama 44%
2016	President	Donald Trump 57% - Hillary Clinton 41%
2018	Governor	Brian Kemp 58% - Stacey Abrams 42%
2020	President	Donald Trump 56% - Joe Biden 43%

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1913
Dudley M. Hughes[6] (Danville)	Democratic	March 4, 1913 – March 3, 1917	63rd 64th	Redistricted from the 3rd district and re-elected in 1912. Re-elected in 1914. Lost renomination.	1913 – 1933 [data missing]
William W. Larsen[7] (Dublin)	Democratic	March 4, 1917 – March 3, 1933	65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st 72nd	Elected in 1916. Re-elected in 1918. Re-elected in 1920. Re-elected in 1922. Re-elected in 1924. Re-elected in 1926. Re-elected in 1928. Re-elected in 1930. Retired.
District eliminated March 3, 1933
District re-established January 3, 2003
Max Burns[8] (Sylvania)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005	108th	Elected in 2002. Lost re-election.	2003 – 2007 Bulloch, Burke, Clarke, Effingham, Glascock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Screven, Taliaferro, and Warren counties and parts of Bryan, Chatham, Oglethorpe, and Richmond counties.
John Barrow[9] (Savannah)	Democratic	January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2015	109th 110th 111th 112th 113th	Elected in 2004. Re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Re-elected in 2010. Re-elected in 2012. Lost re-election.
					2007 – 2013 Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Effingham, Emanuel, Evans, Glascock, Hancock, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Montgomery, Screven, Taliaferro, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, Warren, and Washington counties and parts of Baldwin, Chatham, and Richmond counties.
					2013–2023 Appling, Bulloch, Burke, Candler, Coffee, Emanuel, Evans, Jeff Davis, Jenkins, Laurens, Montgomery, Richmond, Screven, Tattnall, Toombs, Treutlen, and Wheeler counties and parts of Columbia and Effingham counties.
Rick Allen (Augusta)	Republican	January 3, 2015 – present	114th 115th 116th 117th 118th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.
					2023–2025

Election results

2012

Georgia's 12th Congressional District Election (2012)^[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Barrow (Incumbent)	139,148	53.70
	Republican	Lee Anderson	119,973	46.30
Total votes			259,121	100.00
	Democratic hold

2014

Georgia's 12th congressional district election, 2014^[11]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Allen	91,336	54.7
	Democratic	John Barrow (incumbent)	75,478	45.3
Total votes			166,814	100.0
	Republican gain from Democratic

2016

Georgia's 12th congressional district, 2016 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick Allen (incumbent)	159,492	61.6
	Democratic	Patricia C. McCracken	99,420	38.4
Total votes			258,912	100.0
	Republican hold

2018

Georgia's 12th congressional district, 2018^[13]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick W. Allen (incumbent)	148,986	59.5
	Democratic	Francys Johnson	101,503	40.5
Total votes			250,489	100.0
	Republican hold

2020

Georgia's 12th congressional district, 2020^[14]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick W. Allen (incumbent)	181,038	58.4
	Democratic	Elizabeth Johnson	129,061	41.6
Total votes			309,544	100.0
	Republican hold

2022

Georgia's 12th congressional district, 2022

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Rick W. Allen (incumbent)	158,047	59.6
	Democratic	Elizabeth Johnson	107,148	40.4
Total votes			265,195	100.0
	Republican hold

See also

• Georgia's 3rd congressional district
• Georgia's congressional districts

References

1. "Congressional Districts Relationship Files (State-based) - Geography - U.S. Census Bureau". Archived from the original on April 2, 2013.
2. Center for New Media & Promotion (CNMP), US Census Bureau. "My Congressional District". www.census.gov.
3. "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. July 12, 2022. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. Justice Department approves Georgia's political maps Archived January 7, 2012, at the Wayback Machine. Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Last accessed December 27, 2011
5. 2012 Congressional maps, Georgia Legislature. Last accessed January 1, 2012
6. United States Congress. "Dudley Mays Hughes (id: H000920)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
7. United States Congress. "William Washington Larsen (id: L000103)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
8. United States Congress. "Max Burns (id: B001249)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
9. United States Congress. "John Barrow (id: B001252)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
10. "GA - Election Results". results.enr.clarityelections.com.
11. "General Election November 4, 2014". Georgia Election Results. Georgia Secretary of State. November 10, 2014. Retrieved January 10, 2015.
12. "General Election November 8, 2016". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
13. "November 6, 2018 General Election". GA - Election Night Reporting. Georgia Secretary of State. November 10, 2018. Retrieved November 10, 2018.
14. Raffensperger, Brad. "November 3, 2020 General Election Official Results - Totals include all Absentee and Provisional Ballots". Georgia Secretary of State. Retrieved November 22, 2020.

Further reading

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.

External links

• PDF map of Georgia's 12th district at nationalatlas.gov
• Georgia's 12th congressional district at GovTrack.us
• U.S. Census data searchable by congressional district
• Opensecrets.org Fundraising data from FEC reports
• Analysis of district from Capitaleye.org Archived April 18, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
• 2006 results by county from CBSNews.com