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Georgia's 9th congressional district

U.S. House district for Georgia

U.S. House district for Georgia

FieldValue
stateGeorgia
district number9
image name
image captionInteractive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2025
representativeAndrew Clyde
partyRepublican
residenceAthens
distribution ref
percent urban42.68
percent rural57.32
population828,902
population year2024
median income$84,963
percent white60.9
percent hispanic16.1
percent black11.9
percent asian6.8
percent more than one race3.6
percent other race0.7
cpviR+17

| percent more than one race = 3.6 Georgia's 9th congressional district is a congressional district in the north of the U.S. state of Georgia. The district is represented by Republican Andrew Clyde, who succeeded fellow Republican Doug Collins. The district is mostly rural and exurban in character, though it stretches into Hall (home to the district's largest city, Gainesville) and Gwinnett counties on Atlanta's northern fringe.

The district has a heavy Republican lean. Donald Trump carried the district with almost 78 percent of the vote in 2016, his fourth-best showing in the nation. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+17, it is one of the most Republican districts in Georgia. The district swung rapidly into the Republican column after then-congressman and future governor Nathan Deal switched parties in 1995. Since then, only two Democrats running in the district have crossed the 30 percent mark.

Republicans are no less dominant at the state and local level. It was one of the first areas of Georgia where old-line Southern Democrats began splitting their tickets in federal elections. Despite this, even as the district turned increasingly Republican at the national level (Jimmy Carter is the only Democratic presidential candidate to carry the district since 1960), conservative Democrats still held most local offices well into the 1990s. However, after Deal's party switch, Republicans gradually eroded the Democratic advantage, with the help of other party switchers. By the early 21st century, there were almost no elected Democrats left above the county level.

Much of this district was the 10th district from 2003 to 2007; it became the 9th once again in a mid-decade redistricting.

Four-term Republican Doug Collins announced in January 2020 that he would run for U.S. senator. Collins placed third in the race, behind incumbent Kelly Loeffler and her Democratic opponent Raphael Warnock.

Past counties in the district

2003–2013

  • Catoosa
  • Dade
  • Dawson
  • Fannin
  • Forsyth (*Partial, see also *)
  • Gilmer
  • Gordon (*Partial, see also *)
  • Habersham
  • Hall
  • Jackson
  • Lumpkin
  • Murray
  • Pickens
  • Union
  • White
  • Walker
  • Whitfield

2013–2023

  • Banks
  • Clarke (*Partial, see also *)
  • Dawson
  • Elbert
  • Fannin
  • Forsyth (*Partial, see also *)
  • Franklin
  • Gilmer
  • Gwinnett
  • Habersham
  • Hall
  • Hart
  • Jackson
  • Lumpkin
  • Madison
  • Pickens (Partial)
  • Rabun
  • Stephens
  • Towns
  • Union
  • White

Counties and communities

For the 119th and successive Congresses (based on the districts drawn following a 2023 court order), the district contains all or portions of the following counties and communities.

Banks County (7)

: All seven communities Fannin County (5) : All five communities

Hall County (7)

: Braselton (part; also 10th; shared with Barrow, Gwinnett, and Jackson counties), Clermont, Flowery Branch (part; also 7th), Gainesville (part; also 7th), Gillsville (shared with Banks County), Lula (shared with Banks County), Oakwood (part; also 7th) Gilmer County (3) : All three communities

Gwinnett County (8)

: Auburn (part; also 10th), Buford (part; also 7th; shared with Hall County), Braselton (part; also 10th; shared with Barrow, Hall, and Jackson counties), Dacula (part; also 10th), Lawrenceville (part; also 13th), Rest Haven (part; also 7th; shared with Hall County), Sugar Hill, Suwanee (part; also 4th)

Habersham County (8)

: All eight communities

Jackson County (9)

: All nine communities

Rabun County (6)

: All six communities

Stephens County (3)

: All three communities

Towns County (3)

: All three communities

Union County (1)

: Blairsville

Recent election results from statewide races

YearOfficeResults
2008PresidentMcCain 70% - 29%
2012PresidentRomney 74% - 26%
2016PresidentTrump 69% - 28%
SenateIsakson 70% - 25%
2018GovernorKemp 68% - 31%
Lt. GovernorDuncan 69% - 31%
Attorney GeneralCarr 69% - 31%
2020PresidentTrump 65% - 33%
2021Senate (Reg.)Perdue 66% - 34%
Senate (Spec.)Loeffler 66% - 34%
2022SenateWalker 66% - 34%
GovernorKemp 71% - 28%
Lt. GovernorJones 69% - 29%
Attorney GeneralCarr 69% - 29%
Secretary of StateRaffensperger 69% - 27%
2024PresidentTrump 67% - 33%

List of members representing the district

MemberPartyYearsCong
ressElectoral historyDistrict map
District created March 4, 1873
[[File:Hiram P. Bell.jpg100px]]
Hiram P. Bell
(Cumming)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1873 –
March 3, 1875Elected in 1872.
VacantnowrapMarch 3, 1875 –
May 5, 1875Garnett McMillan (D) was elected in 1874 but died January 14, 1875.
[[File:Benjamin Harvey Hill - Brady-Handy.jpg100px]]
Benjamin H. Hill
(Atlanta)DemocraticnowrapMay 5, 1875 –
March 3, 1877Elected to finish McMillan's term.
Re-elected in 1876.
Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
VacantnowrapMarch 3, 1877 –
March 13, 1877
[[File:Hiram P. Bell.jpg100px]]
Hiram P. Bell
(Cumming)DemocraticnowrapMarch 13, 1877 –
March 3, 1879Elected to finish Hill's term.
Lost re-election.
[[File:Judge Emory Speer.jpg100px]]
Emory Speer
(Athens)Independent DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1879 –
March 3, 1883Elected in 1878.
Re-elected in 1880.
[[File:Allen D. Candler.jpg100px]]
Allen D. Candler
(Gainesville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1883 –
March 3, 1891Elected in 1882.
Re-elected in 1884.
Re-elected in 1886.
Re-elected in 1888.
[[File:Thomas Elisha Winn (1839–1925).png100px]]
Thomas E. Winn
(Lawrenceville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1891 –
March 3, 1893Elected in 1890.
[[File:FarishCarterTate.jpg100px]]
Farish C. Tate
(Jasper)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1893 –
March 3, 1905Elected in 1892.
Re-elected in 1894.
Re-elected in 1896.
Re-elected in 1898.
Re-elected in 1900.
Re-elected in 1902.
[[File:ThomasMontgomeryBell.jpg100px]]
Thomas M. Bell
(Gainesville)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1905 –
March 3, 1931Elected in 1904.
Re-elected in 1906.
Re-elected in 1908.
Re-elected in 1910.
Re-elected in 1912.
Re-elected in 1914.
Re-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.
Lost renomination.
[[File:John Stephens Wood.jpg100px]]
John S. Wood
(Canton)DemocraticnowrapMarch 4, 1931 –
January 3, 1935Elected in 1930.
Re-elected in 1932.
Lost renomination.
B. Frank Whelchel
(Gainesville)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1935 –
January 3, 1945Elected in 1934.
Re-elected in 1936.
Re-elected in 1938.
Re-elected in 1940.
Re-elected in 1942.
[[File:John Stephens Wood.jpg100px]]
John S. Wood
(Canton)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1945 –
January 3, 1953Elected in 1944.
Re-elected in 1946.
Re-elected in 1948.
Re-elected in 1950.
[[File:Landrum Phil (cropped).png100px]]
Phillip M. Landrum
(Jasper)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1953 –
January 3, 1977Elected in 1952.
Re-elected in 1954.
Re-elected in 1956.
Re-elected in 1958.
Re-elected in 1960.
Re-elected in 1962.
Re-elected in 1964.
Re-elected in 1966.
Re-elected in 1968.
Re-elected in 1970.
Re-elected in 1972.
Re-elected in 1974.
[[File:Ed Jenkins.png100px]]
Ed Jenkins
(Jasper)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1977 –
January 3, 1993Elected in 1976.
Re-elected in 1978.
Re-elected in 1980.
Re-elected in 1982.
Re-elected in 1984.
Re-elected in 1986.
Re-elected in 1988.
Re-elected in 1990.
[[File:Early Congressional Photo of Nathan Deal.gif100px]]
Nathan Deal
(Clermont)DemocraticnowrapJanuary 3, 1993 –
April 10, 1995Elected in 1992.
Re-elected in 1994.
Re-elected in 1996.
Re-elected in 1998.
Re-elected in 2000.
Redistricted to the .
RepublicannowrapApril 10, 1995 –
January 3, 2003
[[File:Charles Norwood color photo portrait.jpg100px]]
Charlie Norwood
(Evans)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2003 –
January 3, 2007Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2002.
Re-elected in 2004.
Redistricted to the .2003–2007
[[File:United States House of Representatives, Georgia District 9 map.png300px]]
[[File:Congressional Photo of Nathan Deal.jpg100px]]
Nathan Deal
(Gainesville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2007 –
March 21, 2010Redistricted from the and re-elected in 2006.
Re-elected in 2008.
Resigned to run for Governor of Georgia.2007–2013
[[File:United States House of Representatives, Georgia District 09, 110th Congress.png300px]]
VacantnowrapMarch 21, 2010 –
June 8, 2010
[[File:Tom Graves Official Portrait.jpg100px]]
Tom Graves
(Ranger)RepublicannowrapJune 8, 2010 –
January 3, 2013Elected to finish Deal's term.
Re-elected in 2010.
Redistricted to the .
[[File:Doug Collins, Official portrait, 113th Congress.jpg100px]]
Doug Collins
(Gainesville)RepublicannowrapJanuary 3, 2013 –
January 3, 2021Elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Retired to run for U.S. Senator.2013–2023
[[File:Georgia US Congressional District 9 (since 2013).tif300px]]
[[File:Rep. Andrew Clyde official photo.jpg100px]]
Andrew Clyde
(Athens)RepublicanJanuary 3, 2021 –
presentElected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–2025
[[File:Georgia's 9th congressional district (2023–2025) (new version).svg300px]]
2025–present
[[File:Georgia's 9th congressional district (since 2025) (new version).svg300px]]

Election results

2006

2008

2010 special election

Main article: 2010 Georgia's 9th congressional district special election

Nathan Deal resigned March 21, 2010 to run for Governor of Georgia. A special election was held on June 8, 2010.

2010 general election

2012

Following redistricting, Tom Graves moved to the newly created 14th district.

2014

2016

2018

2020

2022

2024

References

References

  1. "My Congressional District".
  2. "My Congressional District".
  3. "My Congressional District".
  4. (April 3, 2025). "2025 Cook PVI℠: District Map and List (119th Congress)".
  5. "Republican Andrew Clyde wins election to U.S. House in Georgia's 9th Congressional District".
  6. Wise, Justin. (January 29, 2020). "Doug Collins announces Georgia Senate bid". [[The Hill (newspaper).
  7. [https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST13/CD119_GA01.pdf https://www2.census.gov/geo/maps/cong_dist/cd119/cd_based/ST13/CD119_GA09.pdf]
  8. (2023-12-28). "Federal judge accepts redrawn Georgia congressional and legislative districts that will favor GOP".
  9. "Dra 2020".
  10. "Georgia Election Results".
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