GAINESVILLE, Ga. — Georgia Rep. Andrew Clyde will face a primary leading up to the 2026 election.
Gainesville Mayor Sam Couvillon announced Tuesday that he is entering the race for Georgia’s 9th Congressional District.
The insurance executive is pledging that he’ll back President Donald Trump without explicitly mentioning Clyde.
“While most politicians are more concerned with making a point than getting things done, I’ll be ready on Day 1 to support President Trump’s agenda, secure our southern border, tackle inflation and the rising cost of living, and stand with our farmers and small businesses,” Couvillon said in a statement. “The hardworking men and women of GA-09 deserve a proven conservative voice in Congress who will deliver results.”
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Clyde is a gun dealer who won the seat in 2020 after Doug Collins stepped down. He won a runoff after a nine-way primary and then coasted to victory in the heavily Republican district. He’s faced little significant opposition since.
The incumbent has irritated some business-aligned conservatives. He hesitated openly before voting for House Speaker Mike Johnson earlier in January and was among Republicans who ousted Speaker Kevin McCarthy in 2023.
Clyde has also voted against a number of debt and spending measures, including one version of a bill that eventually passed to provide emergency aid to victims of Hurricane Helene and additional aid to farmers.
Clyde has most been noted in Congress for efforts to curtail gun control measures. Clyde also resisted the use of metal detectors in the House.
In 2021, Clyde said that “there were some rioters” among those who entered the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 but said it was a “bold-faced lie” to call it an insurrection and likened it in some ways to a “normal tourist visit.”
The Associated Press contributed to this article.
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