Incumbent
Rick Allen
GA-12 Republican nominee?
$19.1K
MAY 20, 2026Primary Election
Party selects its nominee.
Overview
Current roleU.S. Representative
PartyRepublican
Political ideologyConservative Republican
Age74 years old (Nov 7, 1951)
GenderMale
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LocationGeorgia
BackgroundU.S. Representative
EducationEvans High School (Evans, Georgia), 1969
Notable personal detailsRichard Wayne "Rick" Allen is a U.S. Representative from Georgia’s 12th congressional district, first elected in 2014 and serving in Congress since January 3, 2015. He is a businessman and construction company founder. Allen graduated from Evans High School and earned a B.S. from Auburn University in 1973.
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Positions
Economy & Taxes
Supports tax cuts and policies that reduce tax burdens for taxpayers and businesses while favoring restrained federal spending; has backed major Republican tax legislation and proposed limits on IRS authority. Also supported targeted tax credits such as a caregiver tax credit.
Healthcare
Supports market-driven, patient-centered approaches to lower health-care costs and increase transparency; emphasizes choice and competition rather than large government expansions. Has sponsored/endorsed legislation focused on price transparency and competition in health-care markets and described efforts to reduce costs through private-sector solutions.
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Immigration & Border
Supports stronger border security and enforcement measures, emphasizes stopping illegal entry and preventing releases of undocumented migrants, and voted in favor of or praised legislation that expands detention and enforcement related to immigration. Comments link immigration to crime and drug flow and call for fixing perceived gaps in immigration enforcement.
Abortion & Reproductive Rights
Rick W. Allen has taken positions and votes that align with a pro-life, anti‑abortion stance: he voted against the Women’s Health Protection Act, has supported Born‑Alive protection legislation, and is listed among supporters of legislation recognizing life at conception. These actions are consistent with supporting major restrictions on abortion.
Climate & Energy
The candidate opposes aggressive federal green-energy regulations and promotes increasing baseload and domestic energy production (including nuclear and fossil fuels) to ensure grid reliability and economic growth. He has criticized Biden Administration energy-efficiency and clean-energy regulations as costly and limiting consumer choice, and has indicated skepticism that manmade greenhouse gas emissions are the major driver of climate change.
Public Safety & Guns
Opposes expanded federal gun-control measures such as universal background checks and parts of the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act, frames such measures as criminalizing routine private firearm transactions and infringing on due process. Has received NRA endorsement/ratings and has supported pro-Second Amendment measures such as concealed-carry reciprocity and other pro-gun legislation.
News
Rick Allen is in the news because he is facing a Republican primary challenge in Georgia’s 12th Congressional District ahead of the 2026 election. The district is still considered reliably Republican, and Allen is reported to have a large fundraising advantage over challenger Tori Bret Branum. The Democratic primary field is also crowded, but the main development for Allen is the challenge to his seat.
Fundraising
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