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
2026 cycle
- Coverage
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
- Source
- Mixed official FEC and derived summary data
- Outside spending
- Outside spending details
- Total receipts
- $7,300,242.83
- Total disbursements
- $10,259,563.33
- Cash on hand
- Not available
- Net self-funded
- Not available
- Debts owed by the committee
- Not available
Receipt components disclose $7,300,242.83 in total receipts for the 2026 cycle.
Receipt source components are not loaded yet.
Sources: FEC candidate and committee summaries
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| Label | Values |
|---|
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
- 2025-01-01 to 2026-12-31
Individual contribution totals
- 2026 cycle
- $1,537,668.00
- Itemized
- $1,537,668.00
- Unitemized
- $0.00
- Itemized transactions
- 5988 transactions
Only itemized individual contributions are included; unitemized totals are unavailable for this view.
Itemized individual contributions total $1,537,668.00 in the 2026 cycle.
Monthly contribution columns
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
View chart data
| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| January 2025 | Dollars: $12,174.00;Transactions: 20;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2025 | Dollars: $28,349.00;Transactions: 27;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2025 | Dollars: $69,369.00;Transactions: 65;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2025 | Dollars: $31,000.00;Transactions: 46;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2025 | Dollars: $108,386.00;Transactions: 118;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2025 | Dollars: $410,918.00;Transactions: 238;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2025 | Dollars: $58,170.00;Transactions: 127;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2025 | Dollars: $84,722.00;Transactions: 177;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2025 | Dollars: $270,350.00;Transactions: 461;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2025 | Dollars: $68,111.00;Transactions: 499;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2025 | Dollars: $60,127.00;Transactions: 483;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2025 | Dollars: $88,922.00;Transactions: 745;Coverage: Covered |
| January 2026 | Dollars: $28,476.00;Transactions: 873;Coverage: Covered |
| February 2026 | Dollars: $36,876.00;Transactions: 691;Coverage: Covered |
| March 2026 | Dollars: $122,644.00;Transactions: 764;Coverage: Covered |
| April 2026 | Dollars: $59,074.00;Transactions: 654;Coverage: Covered |
| May 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| June 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| July 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| August 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| September 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| October 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| November 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
| December 2026 | Dollars: $0.00;Transactions: 0;Coverage: Covered |
Unitemized contributions are excluded from count and geography charts.
Itemized contribution-size buckets discloses $1,537,668.00 across 5,899 reported transactions in the 2026 cycle.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| $200 and under | Dollars: $146,789.00;Transactions: 4,756 |
| $200.01-$499.99 | Dollars: $78,533.00;Transactions: 301 |
| $500-$999.99 | Dollars: $151,817.00;Transactions: 300 |
| $1,000-$1,999.99 | Dollars: $325,096.00;Transactions: 310 |
| $2,000 and over | Dollars: $835,433.00;Transactions: 232 |
Reported rows exclude unitemized counts and do not equal unique donors.
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
- District share
- 30% in district
- District share basis
- $446,654.00 in district and $1,054,093.00 out of district; $36,921.00 unknown district excluded from the share.
Unknown is included in the visible geography denominator. Unknown is $36,921.00 with 111 reported transactions; visible denominator is $1,537,668.00.
Geography dollar share
District geography uses a Census 119th-Congress / 2020-ZCTA approximation.
Sources: FEC Schedule A itemized individual contributions
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| Label | Values |
|---|---|
| In district | Dollars: $446,654.00;Transactions: 713;Denominator: $1,537,668.00 |
| Elsewhere in state | Dollars: $360,213.00;Transactions: 1,104;Denominator: $1,537,668.00 |
| Out of state | Dollars: $693,880.00;Transactions: 4,060;Denominator: $1,537,668.00 |
| Unknown | Dollars: $36,921.00;Transactions: 111;Denominator: $1,537,668.00 |
Top reported contributor names
| Reported contributor name | Total | Transactions |
|---|---|---|
| HUNT, DOUGLAS H. | $21,000.00 | 6 transactions |
| JONES, BILLY | $21,000.00 | 4 transactions |
| MILLNER, GUY WESLEY | $21,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| HUNTSMAN, PETER | $15,500.00 | 4 transactions |
| WATERS, DON L. | $15,500.00 | 2 transactions |
| GRANT, JEFF R | $15,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| GODBEY, PAT | $13,800.00 | 5 transactions |
| DANIEL, MARVIN C | $10,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| MCCOLLOCH, S. MICHAEL | $10,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| SNELLING, GEORGE N. III | $10,500.00 | 3 transactions |
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 | $585,252.00 | 5035 transactions |
| DH HUNT OIL & GAS WELLS | $21,000.00 | 6 transactions |
| ASSURANCEAMERICA | $21,000.00 | 2 transactions |
| SOUTHERN CONSULTING | $15,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| SOUTHEASTERN PATHOLOGY ASSOCIATES | $13,800.00 | 5 transactions |
| GEORGIA UROLOGY | $12,500.00 | 13 transactions |
| DANIEL DEFENSE LLC | $10,500.00 | 3 transactions |
| ACELLA PHARMACEUTICALS, LLC | $10,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| LEFT LANE | $10,500.00 | 1 transaction |
| PINTAIL SITE PREPARATION | $10,500.00 | 1 transaction |
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 | $125,800.00 | 33 transactions |
Classified: $0.00 and 0 transactions out of $125,800.00 and 33 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