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U.S. House · Updated Oct 9

Georgia's 12th District

Richard W Allen win chance

>99%

Typical margin: Allen by 19

Republican

Ceretta Smith 1%Richard W Allen 99%

Who's running

Richard W AllenRepublican · Incumbent
Ceretta SmithDemocrat

The numbers behind it

Cook Political ReportAs of Sep 23, 2026Solid R
Money raisedFEC, through Jun 30, 2026Allen $993KSmith $27K
Campaign money

Richard W Allen

Raised $993K · $1.3M cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Ceretta Smith

Raised $27K · $4K cash on hand · through Jun 30, 2026 · FEC filing ↗

Our model counts the money gap as worth 1.5 points to Richard W Allen. Even a 10× gap is worth at most 1.5.

Other filers in this race raised $71K in total.

Candidates' own committees only, from fec.gov. Third-quarter reports are due Oct 15.

How the numbers moved
  1. Sep 23Cook Political Report: Solid RCook Political Report
  2. Jun 30Ceretta Smith had raised $27KFEC filing
  3. Jun 30Richard W Allen had raised $993KFEC filing
How we got this number

We blend the polling average (when there is one) with the race's fundamentals: past results, incumbency, the national mood and the money. Then we play the election out 40,000 times, with polling misses that move every race together, and count how often each side wins.

90% of the model's 40,000 simulated elections land between R+31.3 and R+6.8.

No public polls yet, so this forecast rests on the fundamentals alone, with a wider range.

Our method ›