Andrew Clyde

Republican U.S. Rep. Andrew Clyde won reelection Tuesday in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, the Associated Press reported. The victory gives Clyde a fourth term representing Northeast Georgia in the U.S. House.

Clyde won with 117,932 votes (56.94%), while Democrat Caitlyn Gegen received 89,179 votes (43.06%).

In an April 1 interview with Now Georgia, Clyde said his priorities included cutting federal spending, reducing firearm taxes and regulations, and replacing the federal income tax with a national sales tax under the Fair Tax proposal.

Clyde backed President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill and said he wanted Congress to use the budget reconciliation process again to cut spending. He said he would target what he called “waste, fraud and abuse” and favored eliminating federal subsidies for businesses. He also said he supported a constitutional amendment requiring a balanced federal budget.

Clyde said he backed efforts to dismantle the U.S. Department of Education and shift its funding to states. “Spending for education should be state and local, not federal,” he said.

The congressman, who owns a gun shop, argued that firearm taxes can put gun ownership out of reach. Asked whether his push to ease regulations could benefit his business, Clyde said he expected it to increase competition.

Closer to home, Clyde pointed to his opposition to a proposed renaming of Lake Lanier. He said the change could be costly for businesses around the lake that use Lanier in their names.

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