Candidate · November 3, 2026

Andrew Clyde

On the ballot for U.S. House · Georgia's 9th District

RepublicanIncumbent
raised through Oct 14, 2026
$738K
cash on hand
$161K
issues with public statements
6
outside spending for or against
$80K

§1On the ballot

Why this matters: This is exactly how the candidate appears on your ballot, from the state's official candidate list.

OfficeU.S. House · Georgia's 9th District1,2,3,4,5
Party on the ballotRepublican1,2,3,4
StatusIncumbent — Currently represents Georgia's 9th District in the U.S. House.6
How it's decidedIf no candidate wins a majority (more than half of the votes), the top two finishers meet in a runoff on December 1, 2026.5
Also on the ballot

§2Who they are

Why this matters: Background and experience help you judge how someone might do the job. These come from public records and the candidate's own materials.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

His campaign website says Andrew Clyde earned his commission as a Navy officer from the University of Notre Dame and served 28 years in the Navy, including three combat deployments to Kuwait and Iraq.7 It says that after active duty he earned a master’s degree in corporate finance and entrepreneurship from the University of Georgia, and in 1991 started Clyde Armory, a firearms business based in Athens.7 It says he was elected to Congress in November 2020 and serves on the House Appropriations Committee and the House Budget Committee.7

Why they say they're running

His campaign website says he had not intended to run for public office but decided to after the IRS seized money from his business in 2013, a seizure he describes as wrongful, and that he then worked with Congress on legislation, signed into law in 2019, to end the IRS’s ability to seize legally earned money in that way.7

Service in Congress since 2023

  • 2025–nowU.S. Representative, GA-96
  • 2023–2025U.S. Representative, GA-96

Websites and accounts

§3What they've said on the issues

Why this matters: These are positions the candidate has stated publicly — on their campaign website or in public statements — summarized in plain words with a link to where they said it. Issues they haven't spoken about publicly are left out.

Drafted by AI from the public sources cited. Each sentence links to its source.

Each issue has its own range of views. A position is marked on that range only when the candidate's own statement clearly matches one option; there is no overall left–right score.

Taxes and Budget

Federal income tax rates

His campaign website says his tax plan would eliminate graduated taxes and implement a FairTax system (H.R. 25), stop taxation on the production of goods and dismantle the IRS.7

  1. Replace the current income tax with a single flat rate or a national sales tax
  2. Cut rates further, including the top rate
  3. Keep current rates
  4. Raise rates on high incomes only (for example, above $400,000)
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Federal spending levels

His campaign website says Americans are overtaxed and that taxes and the size of the government should drastically decrease, and that federal departments or funding for projects outside the 18 powers listed in the Constitution should be eliminated.7

  1. Increase overall federal spending
  2. Hold overall spending near current levels
  3. Cut overall federal spending
  4. Cut spending enough to balance the budget within 10 years
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Education

US Department of Education

His campaign website says the Department of Education must go, and that its functions should be left to the states.7

  1. Close the department and move or end its programs
  2. Shrink it and give states more control over federal school money
  3. Keep the department and its programs, or expand it
Marked: the option their statement matches.

Guns

Rules for gun accessories and parts

His campaign website says he would pass the Hearing Protection Act to remove sound suppressors from the National Firearms Act, deregulate short-barreled rifles and shotguns, and repeal the National Firearms Act excise tax and the excise tax on firearms and ammunition.10

  1. Tighten rules, such as registering pistols with stabilizing braces and requiring serial numbers and background checks for all gun kits and parts
  2. Keep current rules
  3. Loosen rules, such as ending federal registration for suppressors and short-barreled rifles
Marked: the option their statement matches.
Background checks for gun sales

His campaign website says the Brady background check system should be eliminated, arguing that the FBI cannot be trusted to carry out the background check law properly.10

Abortion and Reproductive Health

Abortion law

His campaign website says he is pro-life and believes life begins at conception and ends at natural death.7

§4Popular bills that never got a vote

Why this matters: Many bills with wide support from both parties never reach a vote, so no member of Congress is ever on record for or against them. Signing on as a sponsor or cosponsor is the only public record of support.

While Andrew Clyde served, these bills had broad support from both parties but never reached a floor vote. No officeholder ever had to vote on them. Andrew Clyde sponsored or cosponsored 2 of the 52. How bills die without a vote.

See all 52

§5Money

Why this matters: Campaigns report where their money comes from and how much they have left. Outside groups that spend on their own, without coordinating with the campaign, report that too.

Reported to the Federal Election Commission for the 2025–2026 election cycle, through October 14, 2026.63

Raised$738,198
Spent$672,714
Cash on hand$161,469
Debts owed by the campaign$1,288,864

Where the money came from

Individual donors$594K · 81%
PACs and other political committees$144K · 19%

Outside spending

Groups spending independently reported $35,522 supporting and $44,440 opposing Andrew Clyde this cycle, primary and general combined, in the 24- and 48-hour reports the law requires for larger expenditures, filed through April 29, 2026.64

Largest independent spenders, as named in their FEC filings.
GroupSupportingOpposing
GEORGIA CONSERVATIVE ALLIANCE INC.—$44,440
FREEDOM CAUCUS FUND$25,508—
HOUSE FREEDOM ACTION$10,014—

Smaller expenditures that appear only on a group's regular monthly or quarterly report aren't in these totals, so the full amounts can be somewhat higher. When a group amends a report, only its latest version is counted.

§6Financial disclosures

Why this matters: Federal candidates and members of Congress must report their assets, income, debts and outside jobs, and members must report stock trades. These filings show possible conflicts of interest.