title: Georgia's 9th congressional district
text: 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 (home to the district's largest city, Gainesville) and Gwinnett counties 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+22, it is one of the most Republican districts in Georgia. 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. It was one of the first areas of Georgia where old-line Southern Democrats began splitting their tickets. Despite this, 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. By the early 21st century, there were almost no elected Democrats left 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 )
   Gilmer
   Gordon (Partial, see also )
   Habersham
   Hall
   Jackson
   Lumpkin
   Murray
   Pickens 
   Union
   White
   Walker
   Whitfield
  
  2013–2023 
   Banks
   Clarke (Partial, see also )
   Dawson
   Elbert
   Fannin
   Forsyth (Partial, see also )
   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
  
  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
  
   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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