- See Rick Allen's sponsored bills →Rick AllenRepublicanIncumbent✓ Verified$1.2M raised
- Ceretta SmithDemocratic✓ Verified$45K raised
Where they stand
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Where they differ: Ceretta Smith supports lowering household costs and expanding job training to build economic stability, while also backing affordable healthcare access and protecting rural clinics and mental health services 124. Rick Allen votes yea on acts supporting small businesses and financial protections, and also votes yea on healthcare reauthorization and improvement acts 36.
AI-written comparison of the sourced entries below. Generated Oct 18, 2026.
| Issue | Rick AllenRepublican | Ceretta SmithDemocratic |
|---|---|---|
| Economy & Jobs | Rick Allen votes yea on acts supporting small business, financial protections, and capital access, including H.R. 6955, H.R. 7128, and H.R. 915. | Smith supports lowering household costs, attracting new industries, supporting small businesses, expanding job training, and ensuring fair wages to build economic stability in GA-12. Smith supports growing the economy "from the middle out" by backing workers, small businesses and family farmers while protecting earned benefits. |
| Where they differ on Economy & Jobs: Ceretta Smith supports lowering household costs, attracting new industries, supporting small businesses, expanding job training, and ensuring fair wages to build economic stability in GA-12 1. She also supports growing the economy "from the middle out" by backing workers, small businesses, and family farmers while protecting earned benefits 2. Rick Allen votes yea on acts supporting small business, financial protections, and capital access, including H.R. 6955, H.R. 7128, and H.R. 915 3. | ||
| Healthcare | Rick Allen votes yea on healthcare reauthorization and improvement acts, including H.R. 4541, H.R. 2493, and H.R. 6703. | Smith supports expanding access to affordable healthcare, lowering out-of-pocket costs, protecting rural clinics, and expanding mental health and senior care services. Smith says affordable healthcare and Social Security are vital to families like hers, citing her experience as a veteran and caregiver. |
| Where they differ on Healthcare: Ceretta Smith supports expanding access to affordable healthcare, lowering out-of-pocket costs, protecting rural clinics, and expanding mental health and senior care services 1. She emphasizes the importance of affordable healthcare and Social Security for families, drawing on her experience as a veteran and caregiver 2. Rick Allen voted in favor of healthcare reauthorization and improvement acts, including H.R. 4541, H.R. 2493, and H.R. 6703 3. | ||
| Immigration | Rick Allen votes yea on multiple immigration enforcement and security bills, including S. 2, H.R. 4638, and H.R. 1958, but votes nay on a national emergency resolution. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Public Safety & Crime | Rick Allen votes yea on public safety and crime bills supporting law enforcement and offender restrictions, including S. 307 and H.R. 6260. | Smith supports reducing gun violence through common-sense safety measures, improving mental health and youth support services, and investing in infrastructure for safer communities. |
| Where they differ on Public Safety & Crime: Ceretta Smith supports reducing gun violence through common-sense safety measures, improving mental health and youth support services, and investing in infrastructure for safer communities 1. Rick Allen votes yea on public safety and crime bills supporting law enforcement and offender restrictions, including S. 307 and H.R. 6260 2. | ||
| Abortion | No public position found. Check their site ↗ | Smith supports defending reproductive rights as part of protecting civil, human, and reproductive rights. |
| Taxes & Government Spending | Rick Allen votes yea on budget and appropriations acts for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, including H.R. 6500 and H.Con.Res. 113. | Smith supports investing in local economic growth, infrastructure, and community stability to ensure money circulates within GA-12 and benefits residents. Smith says a representative must provide oversight to ensure taxpayer dollars are used wisely. |
| Where they differ on Taxes & Government Spending: Ceretta Smith supports investing in local economic growth, infrastructure, and community stability to keep money circulating within GA-12 and benefiting residents 1. She also emphasizes the need for oversight to ensure taxpayer dollars are used wisely 2. Rick Allen voted in favor of budget and appropriations acts for fiscal years 2026 and 2027, including H.R. 6500 and H.Con.Res. 113 3. | ||
| Energy & Environment | Rick Allen votes yea on environmental and conservation acts, including H.J.Res. 210 and H.R. 2860. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |
| Foreign Policy & Defense | Rick Allen votes nay on resolutions to remove U.S. forces from hostilities with Iran and Lebanon, but yea on defense authorization and veterans' clinic naming bills. | No public position found. Check their site ↗ |