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Georgia's 9th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries since January 3, 2023
Representative	Andrew Clyde R–Athens
Distribution	57.32% rural 42.68% urban
Population (2021)	797,012
Median household income	$69,258
Ethnicity	78.0% White 12.3% Hispanic 6.9% Black 1.2% Asian 1.2% Two or more races 0.4% other
Cook PVI	R+22

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 County (home to Gainesville) and some of Gwinnett County 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+30, it is the most Republican district in Georgia, the fourth-most Republican district in the nation, and the second-most Republican district in the Eastern Time Zone. Since then-congressman and future governor Nathan Deal switched parties in 1995, no Democrat running in the district has crossed the 40 percent mark, and only one Democrat has won as much as 30 percent.

Republicans are no less dominant at the state and local level. 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. Today, there are almost no elected Democrats above the county level. Republicans typically win with margins of well over 70 percent of the vote on the occasions they face opposition at all.

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. Clyde won a crowded Republican primary-the real contest in this district-and won handily in November.

Counties in the district

2003–2013

• Catoosa
• Dade
• Dawson
• Fannin
• Forsyth (Partial, see also 7th district)
• Gilmer
• Gordon (Partial, see also 11th district)
• Habersham
• Hall
• Jackson
• Lumpkin
• Murray
• Pickens
• Union
• White
• Walker
• Whitfield

2013–2023

• Banks
• Clarke (Partial, see also 10th district)
• Dawson
• Elbert
• Fannin
• Forsyth (Partial, see also 7th district)
• Franklin
• Gilmer
• Gwinnett
• Habersham
• Hall
• Hart
• Jackson
• Lumpkin
• Madison
• Pickens (Partial)
• Rabun
• Stephens
• Towns
• Union
• White

Recent results in statewide elections

List of members representing the district

Member	Party	Years	Cong ress	Electoral history
District created March 4, 1873
Hiram P. Bell (Cumming)	Democratic	March 4, 1873 – March 3, 1875	43rd	Elected in 1872. [data missing]
Vacant		March 3, 1875 – May 5, 1875	44th	Garnett McMillan (D) was elected in 1874 but died January 14, 1875.
Benjamin H. Hill (Atlanta)	Democratic	May 5, 1875 – March 3, 1877		Elected to finish McMillan's term. Re-elected in 1876. Resigned when elected U.S. senator.
Vacant		March 3, 1877 – March 13, 1877	45th
Hiram P. Bell (Cumming)	Democratic	March 13, 1877 – March 3, 1879		Elected to finish Hill's term. Lost re-election.
Emory Speer (Athens)	Independent Democratic	March 4, 1879 – March 3, 1883	46th 47th	Elected in 1878. Re-elected in 1880. [data missing]
Allen D. Candler (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1883 – March 3, 1891	48th 49th 50th 51st	Elected in 1882. Re-elected in 1884. Re-elected in 1886. Re-elected in 1888. [data missing]
Thomas E. Winn (Lawrenceville)	Democratic	March 4, 1891 – March 3, 1893	52nd	Elected in 1890. [data missing]
Farish C. Tate (Jasper)	Democratic	March 4, 1893 – March 3, 1905	53rd 54th 55th 56th 57th 58th	Elected in 1892. Re-elected in 1894. Re-elected in 1896. Re-elected in 1898. Re-elected in 1900. Re-elected in 1902. [data missing]
Thomas M. Bell (Gainesville)	Democratic	March 4, 1905 – March 3, 1931	59th 60th 61st 62nd 63rd 64th 65th 66th 67th 68th 69th 70th 71st	Elected 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. [data missing]
John S. Wood (Canton)	Democratic	March 4, 1931 – January 3, 1935	72nd 73rd	Elected in 1930. Re-elected in 1932. [data missing]
B. Frank Whelchel (Gainesville)	Democratic	January 3, 1935 – January 3, 1945	74th 75th 76th 77th 78th	Elected in 1934. Re-elected in 1936. Re-elected in 1938. Re-elected in 1940. Re-elected in 1942. [data missing]
John S. Wood (Canton)	Democratic	January 3, 1945 – January 3, 1953	79th 80th 81st 82nd	Elected in 1944. Re-elected in 1946. Re-elected in 1948. Re-elected in 1950. [data missing]
Phillip M. Landrum (Jasper)	Democratic	January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1977	83rd 84th 85th 86th 87th 88th 89th 90th 91st 92nd 93rd 94th	Elected 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. [data missing]
Ed Jenkins (Jasper)	Democratic	January 3, 1977 – January 3, 1993	95th 96th 97th 98th 99th 100th 101st 102nd	Elected 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. [data missing]
Nathan Deal (Clermont)	Democratic	January 3, 1993 – April 10, 1995	103rd 104th 105th 106th 107th	Elected in 1992. Re-elected in 1994. Re-elected in 1996. Re-elected in 1998. Re-elected in 2000. Redistricted to the 10th district.
	Republican	April 10, 1995 – January 3, 2003
Charlie Norwood (Evans)	Republican	January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2007	108th 109th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2002. Re-elected in 2004. Redistricted to the 10th district.
Nathan Deal (Clermont)	Republican	January 3, 2007 – March 21, 2010	110th 111th	Redistricted from the 10th district and re-elected in 2006. Re-elected in 2008. Resigned to run for Governor of Georgia.
Vacant		March 21, 2010 – June 8, 2010	111th
Tom Graves (Ranger)	Republican	June 8, 2010 – January 3, 2013	111th 112th	Elected to finish Deal's term. Re-elected in 2010. Redistricted to the 14th district.
Doug Collins (Gainesville)	Republican	January 3, 2013 – January 3, 2021	113th 114th 115th 116th	Elected in 2012. Re-elected in 2014. Re-elected in 2016. Re-elected in 2018. Retired to run for U.S. Senator.
Andrew Clyde (Athens)	Republican	January 3, 2021 – Present	117th 118th 119th	Elected in 2020. Re-elected in 2022

Election results

2006

2008

2010 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

Historical district boundaries

See also

• Georgia's congressional districts
• List of United States congressional districts

References

1. "My Congressional District".
2. "My Congressional District".
3. "My Congressional District".
4. ^ "2022 Cook PVI: District Map and List". Cook Political Report. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
5. "Republican Andrew Clyde wins election to U.S. House in Georgia's 9th Congressional District". The Brunswick News.
6. Wise, Justin (January 29, 2020). "Doug Collins announces Georgia Senate bid". The Hill. Washington, D.C. Retrieved January 29, 2020.
7. "Georgia Election Results". Retrieved October 25, 2018.

• Martis, Kenneth C. (1989). The Historical Atlas of Political Parties in the United States Congress. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Martis, Kenneth C. (1982). The Historical Atlas of United States Congressional Districts. New York: Macmillan Publishing Company.
• Congressional Biographical Directory of the United States 1774–present

External links

• PDF map of Georgia's 9th district at nationalatlas.gov
• Georgia's 9th district at GovTrack.us

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• Congressional districts of Georgia (U.S. state)