Riding profile

GA-1

US House district — GA · Mixed · us ga

The question

GA-1: a safe seat for the Republicans?

Current forecast

Republican

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.7
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Republican 55.9%

    James Morris Kingston

  • Democrat 44.1%

    Amanda Hollowell

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. FL-22Democrat68 %1.1 pt margin
  2. AZ-2Republican57 %1.1 pt margin
  3. OH-10Democrat60 %1.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Republican Democrat
HereGA-1 55.9%44.1%
National averageUnited States 44.9% +10.9 54.3% −10.2

Nationwide averages computed across the 435 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

GA-1, a mixed riding in GA, elected a member with the Republicans in the previous cycle, with a 24-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Republicans ahead at 56% vote share, against 44% for the Democrats, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

CARTER, EARL LEROY

Sits with Republican

Primary race

Primary results

Held Jun 16, 2026 · Certified official result

Democratic primary

Winner

Amanda Hollowell 53.0%

12,618 votes

Republican primary

Winner

James "Jim" Kingston 52.4%

37,025 votes

Official source →

Who's running

The candidates

Declared and on-ballot candidates for the upcoming election.

  • Democrat Open seat

    Hollowell, Amanda

  • Republican Open seat

    Kingston, James Morris

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Republican
Margin
24.0 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-12.3 pts
Last model run
Cycle
us_house_2026