{"entity":{"id":11129,"slug":"congress-a000372","name":"Rick W. Allen","type":"person","role":"US Representative (R-GA-12)","description":"Rick W. Allen is the Republican U.S. Representative (GA's 12th congressional district). The platform has 8 voting records on file (2021-2026) and 63 verified facts on file covering this member's voting positions, financial disclosures, and stated platform commitments.","imageUrl":null,"createdAt":"2026-04-20T04:56:41.361Z","updatedAt":"2026-05-24T19:15:35.913Z"},"electedOffice":{"chamber":"U.S. House","state":"GA","district":"12","party":"Republican","in_office_since":null},"significance":{"score":14,"components":{"totalFindings":2,"connectionDegree":8,"recentFindings90d":0,"activeResearchJobs":0,"goblinAttributions":4,"recentSyntheses90d":0,"moneyFlowChainsTotal":0,"closedLoopMemberships":0,"moneyFlowHopsRecent90d":0},"computedAt":"2026-10-16T01:34:31.424Z"},"facts":[{"id":41574,"text":"C-SPAN records Allen with a 95.6% voting record (86 recorded votes, 4 missed) and ZERO votes against party majority — he is a 100% party-line voter who has never broken with the GOP majority on any recorded vote in the 119th Congress. LegisLetter records 357 roll calls: 283 yea (79%), 68 nay (19%), 6 not voting (2%).","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2026-03-22","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: C-SPAN records Allen with a 95.6% voting record (86 recorded votes, 4 missed) an","url":"https://www.c-span.org/person/?rickallen","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41585,"text":"Voted nay on H.Con.Res. 35 (Iran War Powers Resolution (March 5, 2026)) on 2026-03-05: Allen voted nay on the bipartisan resolution to terminate unauthorized U.S. military operations in Iran, joining 218 other Republicans to defeat it 219-212. The vote was consistent with his party-line voting record. His C-SPAN profile shows zero votes against party majority in the 119th Congress — he has never broken with the GOP on any recorded vote.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2026-03-05","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.Con.Res.38","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2026/roll085.xml","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":41569,"text":"Quiver Quantitative estimates Allen's net worth at $23.0-$23.2 million as of October 2025–January 2026, ranking approximately 44th-55th highest in Congress. He made an estimated $484,300 in the stock market in a single month (May 2025). His wealth derives from his Augusta-based construction company, R.W. Allen and Associates, which he founded in 1976, and his investment portfolio.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-10-09","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Sykes disclosed $451.3K in new fundraising in her Q4 2025 FEC filing (filed Janu","url":"https://www.quiverquant.com","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41571,"text":"Q3 2025 FEC disclosure: Allen raised $168,900 in new fundraising. Q2 2025: $200,400 raised. His cash position reflects a safe R+21 seat with minimal electoral pressure. For the 2026 cycle, he has raised approximately $192,000.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-10-08","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Q3 2025 FEC disclosure: Allen raised $168,900 in new fundraising. Q2 2025: $200,","url":"https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/fundraising-update-representative-rick-w-allen-just-disclosed-1689k-new-fundraising","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41575,"text":"[statement] At an August 2025 telephone town hall in Statesboro, Allen told constituents that Trump's OBBBA budget bill 'will NOT impact access to health care in Georgia' — a claim directly contradicted by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office, which projected the bill would cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid over ten years. Reproductive Freedom for All documented the discrepancy, noting 'Everyone Else Says Otherwise.'","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-08-27","source":{"title":"Claim: At an August 2025 telephone town hall in Statesboro, Allen told constituents tha","url":"https://reproductivefreedomforall.org","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":41580,"text":"Voted yea on H.R. 1 (One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) — House final passage, July 3, 2025) on 2025-07-03: Allen voted yea on legislation the CBO projected would add $3.4 trillion to deficits and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. As Chairman of the HELP Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce — with jurisdiction over healthcare policy — his vote was among the most institutionally significant of any Republican. His GA-12 district has a 13.6% poverty rate, median household income of $61,779, and 24.6% bachelor's degree attainment — with thousands of constituents dependent on Medicaid. He chairs the subcommittee that oversees Medicaid while voting to slash it. Allen subsequently told constituents at a telephone town hall that the bill 'will NOT impact access to health care in Georgia' — a claim contradicted by the CBO. The CWA gave him a 0% score for 2025. Only 2 House Republicans voted nay.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-07-03","source":{"title":"Claim: Bean voted yea on H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (final concurrence, Jul","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2025/roll190.xml","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":41576,"text":"[vote] Allen voted yea on the OBBBA (H.R. 1) on both May 22 and July 3, 2025. The CBO projected the bill would add $3.4 trillion to deficits over ten years and cut approximately $1 trillion from Medicaid and SNAP. The CWA gave him a 0% score for 2025, citing this bill as imposing 'deep and damaging cuts to vital programs like Medicaid.' Allen chairs the HELP Subcommittee of Energy and Commerce, which has jurisdiction over healthcare policy — making his vote on Medicaid cuts especially significant.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-07-03","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 wit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41586,"text":"Voted yea on H.Res. 189 (Censuring Representative Al Green of Texas (March 6, 2025)) on 2025-03-06: Allen voted yea with all Republicans and 10 Democrats to censure Rep. Al Green for disrupting Trump's address to Congress. The vote was party-line. Allen, who refuses to hold in-person town halls and has been protested for a 'lack of public meetings,' voted to censure another member for public protest — a tension that does not register in his voting record but is relevant to his broader approach to constituent engagement.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-03-06","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.Res. 719","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025282","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":41584,"text":"Voted yea on H.R. 29 (Laken Riley Act (119th Congress, January 7, 2025)) on 2025-01-07: Allen was a CO-INTRODUCER of the Laken Riley Act — named for a Georgia nursing student murdered in his district — mandating ICE detention for undocumented immigrants accused of nonviolent crimes including shoplifting. He attended the White House signing ceremony with Trump on January 29, 2025, and called the bill's passage 'a long time coming.' His GA-12 district is 97.8% U.S. citizen, making this a politically safe hardline immigration vote. He also co-introduced the March 2024 version (H.R. 7511). All 217 House Republicans present voted yea. Allen's co-introduction of this bill was the most prominent legislative action of his freshman 119th Congress term.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2025-01-07","source":null},{"id":41573,"text":"Allen serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Education and Workforce Committee. He chairs the Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions Subcommittee (HELP) and serves as Vice Chair of the Communications and Technology Subcommittee — both within the powerful Energy and Commerce panel. He previously served on the Agriculture Committee.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2025-01-03","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen serves on the House Energy and Commerce Committee and the House Education ","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/committees","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41568,"text":"Additional PAC donors: T-Mobile USA ($9,500), Investment Co Institute ($8,500), Verizon Communications ($8,500), National Assn of Realtors ($8,000), NCTA the Internet & Television Assn ($7,500), TIAA ($7,500), and Charter Communications ($7,500).","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-12-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: 2024 cycle: Reported $622,109 in total campaign payments. Top PAC payor: America","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?year=2024&vendor=Rick%20W%20Allen%20for%20Congress","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41567,"text":"Multiple PAC donors at $10,000 each in the 2024 cycle: Koch Inc, Delta Air Lines, AFLAC Inc, National Assn of Mutual Insurance Companies, Home Depot, American Crystal Sugar, Insured Retirement Institute, Majority Cmte PAC, Comcast Corp, National Chicken Council, National Auto Dealers Assn, National Assn of Broadcasters, Associated Builders & Contractors, National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn, and Cox Enterprises.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-12-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: 2024 cycle: Reported $622,109 in total campaign payments. Top PAC payor: America","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?year=2024&vendor=Rick%20W%20Allen%20for%20Congress","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41566,"text":"2024 cycle: Reported $622,109 in total campaign payments. Top PAC payor: American Israel Public Affairs Cmte (AIPAC) at $25,621 via 78 payments — Allen's single largest PAC contributor. WinRed processed $66,914 in small-dollar donations through 290 payments.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-12-31","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: 2024 cycle: Reported $622,109 in total campaign payments. Top PAC payor: America","url":"https://www.opensecrets.org/campaign-expenditures/vendor?year=2024&vendor=Rick%20W%20Allen%20for%20Congress","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41579,"text":"[statement] In a May 2024 congressional hearing about pro-Palestinian campus protests, Allen used his version of Genesis 12:3 to ask the Columbia University president if she wanted Columbia to be 'cursed by God.' The verse in standard translations says God will bless those who bless Abraham and curse those who curse him — Allen's application of it to university policy was widely criticized as a misuse of Scripture.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-05-23","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 wit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":51066,"text":"Allen's 100% party-line voting record (F36) provides an alternative explanation for his H.R. 8034 vote that does not require AIPAC-specific influence: he may have voted yea because the Republican leadership supported the bill, consistent with his pattern of never opposing his party on any recorded vote in the 119th Congress.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2024-04-20","source":null},{"id":41582,"text":"Voted yea on H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($26 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Allen voted yea on $26.38 billion in military aid to Israel. His top PAC donor by a wide margin is AIPAC ($25,621 in the 2024 cycle via 78 payments). He considers Jerusalem the 'center of the universe' and has been a consistent supporter of unconditional military aid to Israel. The vote was bipartisan (366-58) with overwhelming Republican support. The vote illustrates a selective internationalism: oppose Ukraine aid while supporting Israel — consistent with his AIPAC donor alignment and the GOP's broader foreign policy split.","confidence":"inferential","dateOccurred":"2024-04-20","source":null},{"id":41581,"text":"Voted nay on H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supplemental Appropriations Act, 2024 ($61 billion military aid)) on 2024-04-20: Allen voted against $61 billion in Ukraine military aid, joining 112 Republicans in opposition to the package. Republicans for Ukraine gives him a 'Very Poor' rating, noting he voted against every major Ukraine aid bill (H.R. 2882, H.R. 8035) and did not sign the discharge petition. The GOP majority voted nay. Allen's opposition was consistent with the MAGA isolationist flank — though he previously supported 'unleashing American energy' as an alternative to direct aid. The vote placed him squarely against traditional U.S. alliance commitments.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2024-04-20","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.R.8035","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024151","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":41587,"text":"Voted nay on H.R. 8351 (Formula Act (2022 infant formula shortage — temporary tariff suspension)) on 2022-05-18: Allen was one of only TWO House members — both Republicans — to vote against the Formula Act during a nationwide infant formula shortage. The bill passed 421-2. Hours later, Allen said he mistakenly made the 'no' vote and filed paperwork to change his vote. This was one of the only recorded instances where Allen's vote was not party-aligned — but his correction brought him back into alignment. The initial 'nay' was later characterized as an error, not a principled position, but it remains one of only two no votes on an overwhelmingly bipartisan emergency measure to address a national health crisis.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2022-05-18","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.R. 8351","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2022/roll187.xml","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":41577,"text":"[disclosure] Allen has violated the STOCK Act multiple times, failing to properly disclose stock trades — including transactions valued at up to $200,000 in 2021 and his spouse's $100,001-$250,000 SouthState Corporation stock sale in 2024. He was one of at least 62 members of the 118th Congress identified by Raw Story as having violated the federal insider trading and conflicts-of-interest law.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2021-2024","source":{"title":"Claim: Allen has violated the STOCK Act multiple times, failing to properly disclose st","url":"https://www.ajc.com","publication":"Handoff"}},{"id":41570,"text":"Allen appears to have violated the STOCK Act on multiple occasions. In September 2021, Business Insider identified him as one of four Republican members who apparently failed to properly disclose stock trades, with transactions worth up to $200,000 in total. In July 2024, Raw Story reported Allen was late in disclosing his spouse's sale of SouthState Corporation stock valued at $100,001-$250,000. In August 2023, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reported he filed disclosures listing dozens of trades that should have been reported months earlier.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2021-2024","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: In September 2021, Kelly was one of four GOP House members found to have submitt","url":"https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/four-more-republican-members-of-congress-appear-to-have-violated-a-federal-law-designed-to-combat-insider-trading-and-conflicts-of-interest-2021-9","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41583,"text":"Voted yea on H.J.Res. 11 (Objection to Electoral College Certification — January 6-7, 2021) on 2021-01-07: Allen was one of 139 House Republicans who voted to sustain objections to electoral votes in Arizona and Pennsylvania, seeking to overturn the certified 2020 presidential election. He was one of 126 GOP members who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit aimed at preventing electors from four states — including Georgia — from casting votes for Biden. Two days after the Capitol attack, he texted White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows that the nation was in 'Spiritual War' and that 'God has used President Trump in a powerful way.' GovTrack classified him as having participated in the 'failed coup.' This vote represents the most significant constitutional test of his career.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2021-01-07","source":{"title":"Roll call: H.J.Res. 11","url":"https://clerk.house.gov/evs/2021/roll010.xml","publication":"Congress.gov"}},{"id":41578,"text":"[statement] In a 2016 closed-door Republican meeting, Allen led a devotional reading from Romans 1:18-32 and Revelations 22:18-19, which includes the verse that says of homosexuals, 'they which commit such things are worthy of death.' He was admonishing House Republicans who had voted the previous day for an LGBT anti-discrimination amendment. Allen later said he reads 'passages of the Bible' without saying 'whether he agrees with them.' He subsequently co-sponsored a resolution to amend the Constitution to ban same-sex marriage.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2016-05-26","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 wit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41572,"text":"Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 with a B.S. in building construction. He founded R.W. Allen and Associates in 1976, an Augusta-based construction company. He and his wife Robin Reeve have four children. He spent almost $1 million of his own money on the 2014 Republican primary, which he won, and then defeated the last remaining Blue Dog Democrat in the deep South, John Barrow, with 54.7% of the vote.","confidence":"primary","dateOccurred":"2014-11-04","source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 wit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41611,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Cook Partisan Voting Index: R+21 (shifted R+1 since last redistricting)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41610,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: public transit utilization: 0.5%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41609,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: unemployment rate: 6.4%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41608,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median rent: $1,004","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41607,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median home value: $194,300","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41606,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: foreign-born population: ~2.2%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-12-ga","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41605,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: U.S. citizenship rate: 97.8%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-12-ga","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41604,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: Black population share: 36.6%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41603,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: White (Non-Hispanic) population share: 52.8%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41602,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median age: 37","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41601,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: bachelor's degree or higher: 24.6% (12.8% lack high school diploma)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41600,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: homeownership rate: 63.6%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41599,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: poverty rate: 13.6%","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41598,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: median household income: $61,779","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41597,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Demographic anchor: population: 774,597 (2024 LegisLetter ACS)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Demographic anchor","url":"https://legisletter.org/legislator/rick-allen-A000372/district","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41596,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Ballot measure: Georgia Constitutional Amendment 1 — Suspension of Public Officials Indicted for a Felony (2024) (2024) — passed, margin 61% Yes — 39% No","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Ballot measure","url":"https://sos.ga.gov/elections","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41595,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 31-33 (share 0.11)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-12-ga","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41594,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 44-45 (share 0.12)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-12-ga","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41593,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Dominant industry: NAICS 62 (share 0.16)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Dominant industry","url":"https://datausa.io/profile/geo/congressional-district-12-ga","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41592,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: R.W. Allen and Associates (Augusta — Allen's own construction firm) (200 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Donor mapping evidence: Allen was born November 7, 1951. He graduated from Auburn University in 1973 wit","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Allen_(politician)","publication":"FEC / handoff"}},{"id":41591,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Piedmont Augusta (formerly University Hospital) (4000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.piedmont.org","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41590,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Augusta University / AU Medical Center (12000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://www.augusta.edu/about/","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41589,"text":"[constituency_baseline] Top employer: Fort Eisenhower (U.S. Army Cyber Command HQ, Augusta) (24000 employees)","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":{"title":"Constituency baseline: Top employer","url":"https://home.army.mil/eisenhower/index.php/about","publication":"Census/BLS/SoS"}},{"id":41588,"text":"[constituency_baseline] District summary: Georgia's 12th Congressional District encompasses east-central Georgia, stretching from the Augusta metropolitan area through Statesboro to Vidalia and including all or parts of 19 counties such as Richmond, Columbia, Bulloch, and Toombs. Home to approximately 774,597 constituents, the district is majority-White (52.8%) with a very large Black minority (36.6%) — one of the highest Black population shares of any Republican-held district in the country. The median household income is $61,779 — well above the $37,585 national median but below the Georgia state average — with a 13.6% poverty rate (above the 12.4% national average), 63.6% homeownership, median home value of $194,300, and median rent of $1,004. Only 24.6% of adults hold a bachelor's degree — significantly below the 33.7% national average — and 12.8% of residents lack a high school diploma. The median age is 37 (younger than the 38.5 national average), and only 0.5% use public transit. The population is 97.8% U.S. citizen with only 7.04% of households speaking a non-English language. The economy is anchored by healthcare (Augusta University Medical Center, Piedmont Augusta), the military (Fort Eisenhower/Cyber Command HQ), manufacturing, and agriculture (Vidalia onions). The district has a Cook PVI of R+21 and shifted 1 point more Republican since the last redistricting, making it a safe GOP seat. Allen has held the seat since defeating Democratic incumbent John Barrow in 2014 (54.7%) and has been re-elected with approximately 60% of the vote in each subsequent election.","confidence":"secondary","dateOccurred":null,"source":null}],"connections":[{"id":15802,"relationshipType":"potential conflict of interest","description":"Allen's GA-12 district includes Fort Eisenhower/Cyber Command HQ. Palantir has contracts with military and intelligence agencies. 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