The office:
U.S. Senate
Party: Republican
The lane:
Buddy Carter has been a loyal foot-soldier for Donald Trump, but his campaign hasn’t to have been able to catch on with voters. But Mike Collins, another Georgia congressman running for Senate, is also a Trump loyalist, which likely has kept the president from endorsing in the race.
The basics:
Carter has represented Georgia’s 1st Congressional District, which covers much of the state’s coast, since 2014. A pharmacist by trade, Carter served in the Georgia Legislature from 2005 to 2014.
Why he’s running:
Carter leans heavily on his time as a pharmacist and small-business owner in his campaign, calling
What’s working:
Carter has strong name recognition in his district, but that only counts for about 765,000 residents.
The challenge:
Carter is not as well known in other parts of the state and hasn’t appeared to break through to voters according to recent polling by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
What to watch:
The coastal congressman is in a battle to make the runoff, with his closest competition being Derek Dooley, a former college football coach who is backed by Gov. Brian Kemp.
Campaign website: buddycarter.com.
