Georgia's 14th congressional district

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Georgia's 14th congressional district
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Georgia's 14th congressional district
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Georgia's 14th congressional district
Interactive map of district boundaries
Representative
Distribution
  • 59.72% urban [1]
  • 40.28% rural
Population (2023)796,193 [2]
Median household
income
$70,423 [2]
Ethnicity
Occupation
Cook PVI R+22 [3]

Georgia's 14th congressional district is a United States congressional district in Georgia. The district is represented by Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene. Located in Northwest Georgia, it was created following the 2010 census, when the state gained a 14th seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. With a Cook Partisan Voting Index of R+22, it is tied with the 9th district for the most Republican congressional district in Georgia. [3]

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The district is mostly rural and exurban in character. Like most of north Georgia, it has turned almost solidly Republican. While conservative Democrats held most local offices and state legislative seats in what is now the 14th well into the 1990s, today there are almost no elected Democrats above the county level. The Democrats have only nominated a candidate in four of the six elections since the district was created, with their best result being Shawn Harris's 36% in the 2024 election.

Composition

The district is in northwest Georgia and includes the cities of Rome, Calhoun and Dalton. The congressional district includes the following counties in Northwest Georgia: [4] After the 2020 census, the congressional map was altered to remove Haralson County and Pickens County and add the western portion of Cobb County.

The three northernmost counties (Catoosa, Dade, and Walker) in the district are part of the Chattanooga, Tennessee metropolitan area and television market, with the central and southern portions reckoned as exurbs of Atlanta.

#CountySeatPopulation
47 Catoosa Ringgold 68,910
55 Chattooga Summerville 25,222
67 Cobb Marietta 776,743
83 Dade Trenton 16,165
115 Floyd Rome 100,113
129 Gordon Calhoun 59,757
213 Murray Chatsworth 41,035
223 Paulding Dallas 183,164
233 Polk Cedartown 44,223
295 Walker LaFayette 69,489
313 Whitfield Dalton 103,687

Cities with 10,000 or more people

2,500-10,000 people

List of members representing the district

The district was established from portions of the old 9th and 11th districts following the 112th Congress, based on the 2010 census.

Member
(Residence)
PartyYearsCong
ress
Electoral historyDistrict location
District created January 3, 2013
Tom Graves Official Portrait.jpg
Tom Graves
(Ranger)
Republican January 3, 2013 –
October 4, 2020
113th
114th
115th
116th
Redistricted from the 9th district and re-elected in 2012.
Re-elected in 2014.
Re-elected in 2016.
Re-elected in 2018.
Resigned.
2013–2023
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Catoosa, Chattooga, Dade, Floyd, Gordon, Haralson, Murray, Paulding, Polk, Walker, and Whitfield; part of Pickens
VacantOctober 4, 2020 –
January 3, 2021
116th
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Marjorie Taylor Greene
(Rome)
Republican January 3, 2021 –
present
117th
118th
Elected in 2020.
Re-elected in 2022.
Re-elected in 2024.
2023–2025
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2025–present
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Recent results in statewide elections


YearOfficeResults
2012 President Mitt Romney 73.2% – Barack Obama 25.3%
2016 President Donald Trump 75% – Hillary Clinton 22.1%
2016 Senate Johnny Isakson 74.5% – Jim Barksdale 20.8%
2018 Governor Brian Kemp 75.4% – Stacey Abrams 23.7%
2020 President Donald Trump 73.4% – Joe Biden 25.3%

Election results

2012

Georgia's 14th Congressional District Election (2012) [5]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Graves (Incumbent) 159,947 72.97
Democratic Daniel "Danny" Grant59,24527.03
Total votes219,192 100.00
Republican hold

2014

Georgia's 14th Congressional District Election (2014) [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Graves (Incumbent) 118,782 100.00
Total votes118,782 100.00
Republican hold

2016

Georgia's 14th Congressional District Election (2016) [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Graves (Incumbent) 216,743 100.00
Total votes216,743 100.00
Republican hold

2018

Georgia's 14th Congressional District Election (2018) [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Tom Graves (Incumbent) 175,743 76.5
Democratic Steven Lamar Foster53,98123.5
Total votes229,724 100.0
Republican hold

2020

Georgia's 14th congressional district, 2020 [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene 229,827 74.7
Democratic Kevin Van Ausdal (withdrew; remained on ballot)77,79825.3
Total votes307,625 100.0
Republican hold

2022

Georgia's 14th congressional district, 2022 [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Marjorie Taylor Greene (Incumbent) 170,162 65.9
Democratic Marcus Flowers88,18934.1
Total votes258,351 100.0
Republican hold

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