2026 general election
Georgia 12th District
The candidate who raised the most money won. · Incumbent re-elected.
$1.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Georgia 12th District race: $1.3M raised by the campaigns, $643K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Rick Allen (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
Receipts + outside spending
$1.3M
Raised by campaigns
$1.3M
PAC checks
$643K
Outside money
$0
Candidates
Raised by the campaign Outside money supportingOutside money attacking Democrat Republican Other
Rick AllenRepublican, incumbent
✓ Won- Raised
- $1.3M
- Spent
- $976K
- From individuals
- $626K
- From PACs
- $638K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $0
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 50% of Allen's money came from PACs
Corporate $245K (43%)Trade group $208K (36%)Leadership PAC $26K (4%)Membership $63K (11%)Union $1K (0%)Other $32K (6%)
- National Chicken Council Trade group$10K
- Pfizer Inc. Corporate$10K
- The Home Depot Inc. Corporate$10K
- Cox Enterprises PAC (Coxpac) Inc. Corporate$10K
- Investment Company Institute Trade group$10K
- National Pecan Federation Inc. Political Action Committee (Pecan PAC) Trade group$10K
- Verizon Communications, Inc. Political Action Committee (Verizon PAC) Corporate$10K
- National Automobile Dealers Association Trade group$10K
Ceretta SmithDemocrat
✗ Lost- Raised
- $48K
- Spent
- $35K
- From individuals
- $41K
- From PACs
- $5K
- From party
- $0
- Own money & loans
- $2K
- Outside money for
- $0
- Outside money against
- $0
Who paid: 10% of Smith's money came from PACs
Union $6K (100%)
Questions people ask
- How much money is tied to the 2026 Georgia 12th District race?
- $1.3M in receipts plus outside spending is tied to the 2026 Georgia 12th District race: $1.3M raised by the campaigns, $643K of it from PACs, plus $0 from outside groups (FEC filings with varying coverage dates; the most common larger-campaign cutoff is Oct 14, 2026). Rick Allen (Republican) won and was the top fundraiser.
- Who raised the most money in the 2026 Georgia 12th District race?
- Rick Allen (Republican) raised $1.3M.
- Which PACs gave the most to candidates in the 2026 Georgia 12th District race?
- National Chicken Council Political Action Committee (Fka) National Broiler Council PAC gave $10K to Rick Allen; Pfizer Inc. PAC gave $10K to Rick Allen; The Home Depot Inc. Political Action Committee gave $10K to Rick Allen.