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.

Georgia's 12th congressional district
Georgia's 12th congressional district - since January 3, 2013.
Representative	Rick Allen R–Augusta
Distribution	59.96% urban[1] 40.04% rural
Population (2021)	742,856[2]
Median household income	$53,188[2]
Ethnicity	55.8% White 35.0% Black 5.4% Hispanic 1.6% Asian 1.6% Two or more races 0.5% other
Cook PVI	R+9[3]

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

Counties

• Columbia (Partial, see also 10th district)
• Richmond
• Burke
• Jenkins
• Screven
• Emanuel
• Treutlen
• Laurens
• Wheeler
• Montgomery
• Toombs
• Candler
• Bulloch
• Effingham (Partial, see also 1st district)
• Evans
• Tattnall
• Appling
• Jeff Davis
• Coffee

Former

• Chatham (Partial, see also 1st district)

Election results from presidential races

List of members representing the district

member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history	District location
District established March 4, 1913
Dudley M. Hughes[6]	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 unknown/missing]
William W. Larsen[7]	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 on March 3, 1933.
District re-established January 3, 2003.
Max Burns[8]	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]	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 – Present 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	Republican	January 3, 2015 – Present	114th 115th 116th 117th	Elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Re-elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022.

Election results

2012

2014

2016

2018

2020

See also

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

References

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
• 2006 results by county from CBSNews.com