Carter, Earl
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Earl LeRoy "Buddy" Carter is an American politician serving as the U.S. representative for Georgia's 1st congressional district since 2015. A member of the Republican Party, Carter was a member of the Georgia State Senate from 2009 to 2014.
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Core attributes
- Current office
- Representative
- Office level
- federal
- Canonical name
- Carter, Earl
- First name
- Earl
- Last name
- Carter
- Occupation
- —
- Education
- —
- Year of birth
- —
Races
- Georgia 1st Congressional District — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Georgia U.S. Senate — 2026 General Election 2026-11-03 REP C
- Georgia 1st Congressional District — 2024 General Election 2024-11-05 REP C
- Georgia 1st Congressional District — 2022 General Election 2022-11-08 REP C
Campaign finance
Money at a glance
2024 cycle
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
- Source
- Mixed official FEC and derived summary data
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $2,597,666.23
- Total disbursements
- $1,396,344.13
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $2,597,666.23 in total receipts for the 2024 cycle.
missing_committee_summary
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| Individual contributions | Dollars: $719,028.02;Share: 27.7%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
| PAC/other committee contributions | Dollars: $1,583,431.03;Share: 61%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
| Party committee contributions | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
| Candidate funding | Dollars: $0.00;Share: 0%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
| Transfers from other authorized committees | Dollars: $235,021.07;Share: 9%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
| Other receipts | Dollars: $60,186.11;Share: 2.3%;Denominator: $2,597,666.23 |
Fundraising detail
Itemized totals do not match committee summary totals, so this view uses itemized-only contribution facts.
- Small-dollar share
- Small-dollar share unavailable
- Small-dollar amount
- Committee summary totals are not available yet.
- Coverage
- 2023-01-01 to 2024-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2024 cycle
- $615,745.00
- Itemized
- $615,745.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 1343 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $615,745.00 in the 2024 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2023 | Dollars: $3,200.00;Transactions: 8;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2023 | Dollars: $13,950.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2023 | Dollars: $64,105.00;Transactions: 59;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2023 | Dollars: $14,900.00;Transactions: 25;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2023 | Dollars: $25,910.00;Transactions: 40;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2023 | Dollars: $37,711.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2023 | Dollars: $21,030.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2023 | Dollars: $25,354.00;Transactions: 47;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2023 | Dollars: $32,632.00;Transactions: 73;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2023 | Dollars: $18,272.00;Transactions: 33;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2023 | Dollars: $19,682.00;Transactions: 31;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2023 | Dollars: $24,529.00;Transactions: 48;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2024 | Dollars: $16,131.00;Transactions: 34;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2024 | Dollars: $5,227.00;Transactions: 43;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2024 | Dollars: $53,661.00;Transactions: 118;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2024 | Dollars: $20,770.00;Transactions: 75;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2024 | Dollars: $44,151.00;Transactions: 112;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2024 | Dollars: $42,120.00;Transactions: 130;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2024 | Dollars: $19,579.00;Transactions: 73;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2024 | Dollars: $3,577.00;Transactions: 37;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2024 | Dollars: $36,524.00;Transactions: 109;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2024 | Dollars: $47,161.00;Transactions: 89;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2024 | Dollars: $14,969.00;Transactions: 22;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2024 | Dollars: $10,600.00;Transactions: 21;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $615,745.00 across 1,343 reported transactions in the 2024 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $41,579.00;Transactions: 700 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $48,704.00;Transactions: 187 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $100,995.00;Transactions: 194 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $196,145.00;Transactions: 180 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $228,322.00;Transactions: 82 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 34% in district
- District share basis
- $203,997.00 in district and $392,029.00 out of district; $19,719.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $19,719.00 with 74 reported transactions; visible denominator is $615,745.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $203,997.00;Transactions: 552;Denominator: $615,745.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $99,006.00;Transactions: 266;Denominator: $615,745.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $293,023.00;Transactions: 451;Denominator: $615,745.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $19,719.00;Transactions: 74;Denominator: $615,745.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| PAYNE, CHRIS | $6,600.00 | 4 transactions |
| FAISON, JAY W. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| KIMBELL, JEFFREY | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| SADOWSKI, GARY T. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| WALL, BEN B. | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| JONES, ALFRED W. III | $6,250.00 | 4 transactions |
| DICKINSON, WILLIAM A. | $5,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CHOE, YONG | $5,300.00 | 5 transactions |
| JONES, PATRICK | $5,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| SMITH, BYRON L. | $5,000.00 | 1 transaction |
Top reported employer names
Top employers aggregate raw employer names from itemized individual contributions only.
The raw ranking remains employer-name data; see Methodology for source-linking and evidence limitations.
| Employer | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unclassified / not provided | $198,883.00 | 781 transactions |
| INTERNATIONAL AUTO LOGISTICS | $7,500.00 | 6 transactions |
| CROSS POTOMAC CONSULTING LLC | $7,100.00 | 5 transactions |
| ATLANTIC WASTE SERVICES | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| CLEARPATH ACTION | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| HENNESSY AUTOMOBILE COMPANIES | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| SADOWSKI CO | $6,600.00 | 2 transactions |
| SEA ISLAND CO | $6,250.00 | 4 transactions |
| GULFSTREAM | $5,402.00 | 3 transactions |
| YC CONSULTING, LLC | $5,300.00 | 5 transactions |
Industries among top reported employer names
Industries are assigned from reported employer names by the server. This rollup covers only eligible returned top-employer rows for the selected cycle.
| Industry | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown / unclassified | $57,952.00 | 31 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $57,952.00 and 31 transactions among eligible top-employer rows.
Finance data loading
Source and freshness
Last pulled: 5 days ago (2026-08-25)
Data is current.
FEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:H4GA01039
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2022:H4GA01039
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2026:S6GA00374
View source recordFEC Bulk Data (campaign_finance/federal/fec)
Source record ID: cn:2024:H4GA01039
View source recordUS Congress Legislators (unitedstates/congress-legislators) (campaign_finance/federal/congress)
Source record ID: house:C001103
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4GA01039:2022
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4GA01039:2024
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:H4GA01039:2026
View source recordFEC Federal Races (civics/federal/fec)
Source record ID: fec_races:S6GA00374:2026
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Key metrics
- Identifiers
- 5
Identifiers
- bioguide_id
- C001103
- fec_candidate_id
- H4GA01039
- fec_candidate_ids
- H4GA01039,S6GA00374
- govtrack_id
- 412622
- wikidata_id
- Q16240994