Member of Congress · 119th Congress
Earl L. "Buddy" Carter
Earl Carter is a Republican U.S. representative from Georgia, in Congress since 2015, who voted with most Republicans on 99% of the 119th Congress’s yes/no votes and has had 7 bills become law since 2015.
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Retire through Ownership ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Water Resources Development Act of 2026Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended — Ratepayer Protection ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Passage — Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule issued by the Environmental Protection…Sep 16, 2026 · Passed
- YeaOn Passage — PROOF ActSep 16, 2026 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 1617 Recognizes October as "American Pharmacy Month" in honor of the contributions of pharmacists and pharmacy teams in providing safe, accessible, affordable, and…Oct 6, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 2821 FDA Modernization Act 3.0Jul 21, 2026 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 9266 Chief Chris Eddy’s LawJun 11, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure.
- H.R. 8678 Zero Tolerance for Political Violence Act of 2026May 7, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 8538 Save America’s Family Forests Act of 2026Apr 28, 2026 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 7088 (116th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 111 James Street in Reidsville, Georgia, as the "Senator Jack Hill Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 4431 (115th) Correcting Miscalculations in Veterans' Pensions ActBecame law
- H.R. 6960 (118th) Emergency Medical Services for Children Reauthorization Act of 2024Became law
- H.R. 6435 (116th) Combating Pandemic Scams Act of 2020Became law
- H.R. 3842 (114th) Federal Law Enforcement Training Centers Reform and Improvement Act of 2015Became law
- H.R. 593 (118th) To rename the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Hinesville, Georgia, as the "John Gibson, Dan James, William Sapp, and…Became law
- H.R. 72 (115th) GAO Access and Oversight Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 1781 (116th) Payment Commission Data Act of 2019Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Committees
- House Committee on Energy and CommerceCommunications and Technology, Environment, Health
- House Committee on the BudgetNo subcommittees
Elections Rep. Carter has won
Rep. Carter has won 6 U.S. House elections (2014–2024). Of the contested races, margins ran from 15.5 to 24.0 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
How has Georgia’s 1st district done while Rep. Carter served?
2015 to 2021 in GA-1: typical household income was up 14% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 2.7 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Georgia’s 1st district during Carter’s time representing it (2015 to now). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. GA-1 was redrawn in 2007, 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2015 to 2021 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2015 to now.
Local offices
Offices in the district or state, as listed in a public-domain community file. The Washington office is in the Contact section above.
- Savannah office6602 Abercorn St., Suite 105B, Savannah, GA 31405
Phone 912-352-0101 · Fax 912-352-0105 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap) - Brunswick office777 Gloucester Street, Suite 410, Brunswick, GA 31520
Phone 912-265-9010 · Fax 912-265-9013 · Map ↗ (OpenStreetMap)
Evidence
- File
- legislators-district-offices-2026-09-24-8d698e92.json, entries C001103-savannah, C001103-brunswick (2 offices)
- Published at
- https://unitedstates.github.io/congress-legislators/legislators-district-offices.json
- File date
- September 24, 2026 (server “last modified”)
- Retrieved by PORKER
- October 16, 2026
- File SHA-256
8d698e92f8ebae3bdd387bfef239584164160e59d444ba1cbff46f32aa450f59- Licence
- CC0 1.0 (public domain)
Read this first. This list is kept up by volunteers and may be out of date. Confirm hours and addresses on the member’s official site, buddycarter.house.gov.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
119th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 64 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 64 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 25, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 44 | See the 44 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 119th Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 25, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 25, 2026 (member stats) · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.