Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia's 9th Congressional District
Andrew Clyde, a Navy veteran and gun-store owner from Athens, has represented Georgia's 9th District (northeast Georgia) since 2021 and is a member of the House Freedom Caucus.
HRC Equality Score: 2/100 (118th Congress). An external rating from the Human Rights Campaign, an LGBTQ+ advocacy organization, scoring members 0–100 on support for LGBTQ+ equality based on key votes and bill cosponsorships in the 118th Congress (2023–24). Included for reference; it reflects HRC's positions, not this site's.
Methodology. Every vote below is the member's actual recorded position, pulled directly from the official House Clerk roll-call XML and cross-checked against the published vote totals. DNV = did not vote; — = not yet in office. Summaries are factual; framing is left to the reader.
The largest safety-net rollback in recent memory — over $1 trillion cut from health programs and at least $120 billion from SNAP, with new Medicaid work requirements and higher ACA premiums. Supporters cast it as tax relief and spending restraint; opponents warned it would strain rural hospitals and nursing homes and raise costs for lower-income families.
Requires DHS to detain undocumented people merely charged with or arrested for theft-related offenses — without a conviction — and lets states sue the federal government over immigration enforcement. Named for a Georgia nursing student killed in 2024, it drew bipartisan support, but immigrant-rights groups criticized the detention-without-conviction standard and due-process concerns.
Let Medicare negotiate prescription-drug prices, capped insulin at $35/month for Medicare enrollees, extended ACA premium subsidies, and funded clean-energy investment — direct savings for lower- and middle-income households and seniors, paid for partly with a corporate minimum tax. It passed on party lines.
Funds roads, bridges, broadband, and water-system replacement, with Georgia set to receive billions for roads, ports, airports, water systems, and broadband access. One of the few major bipartisan infrastructure laws of the era.
A $1.9 trillion COVID-relief package: $1,400 stimulus checks, expanded unemployment benefits, and a one-year Child Tax Credit expansion credited with helping cut child poverty nearly in half in 2021. Supporters credited it with speeding the recovery; critics argued it fueled inflation. It passed on party lines.
The first major federal gun-safety law in nearly 30 years: enhanced background checks for buyers under 21, funding for state red-flag laws, closure of the “boyfriend loophole,” and new mental-health and school-safety money. Passed weeks after the Uvalde school shooting with bipartisan support.
Codified federal recognition of same-sex and interracial marriages, requiring states to honor marriages performed where they were legal. A response to concerns that the Supreme Court might revisit marriage rights; it passed with bipartisan support.
Subsidized domestic semiconductor manufacturing and research to cut reliance on foreign chips and ease the supply-chain shocks that drove up prices on cars and electronics — including roughly $75 million directed to strengthen chip production in Georgia. Passed with bipartisan support.
Expanded VA health care and benefits for millions of veterans exposed to toxic burn pits and other hazards during their service — one of the largest expansions of veterans’ benefits in decades. Passed with broad bipartisan majorities.
Cut the corporate tax rate permanently and individual rates temporarily, doubled the standard deduction, and capped the state-and-local-tax (SALT) deduction. The largest tax overhaul in a generation; supporters cited growth and simpler filing, while critics noted the largest benefits flowed to corporations and higher earners and that it added to the deficit. It passed on party lines.
The principal effort to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act — rolling back the Medicaid expansion, restructuring subsidies, and weakening protections tied to pre-existing conditions. The Congressional Budget Office estimated tens of millions would lose coverage. It passed the House but failed in the Senate.
A sweeping elections-and-ethics overhaul — automatic and same-day voter registration, expanded mail and early voting, nonpartisan redistricting, new campaign-finance disclosure, and tighter conflict-of-interest rules. Supporters called it the most significant voting-rights expansion in decades; opponents called it federal overreach into state-run elections. It passed the House but stalled in the Senate.
Constituent Access
Open public forums with constituents · review period 2021–2026
The finding is the absence of open in-person forums. No open public town hall by Clyde is documented in the review period. In March 2025, more than 100 constituents rallied on the Gainesville square demanding he hold one.
Verified against the Gainesville Times (March 2025). The absence finding reflects local media searches; constituents with records of an open in-person Clyde town hall are encouraged to submit a correction via the contact link.
Campaign Finance
2025–26 cycle · Federal Election Commission
Clyde's PAC money comes from conservative leadership PACs — including the House Freedom Fund — plus auto dealers, realtors, Home Depot, and SpaceX.
$0 this cycle
AIPAC's FEC disbursement filings report no contributions or earmarked donor money to this campaign in the 2025–26 cycle.
| # | Contributor | Amount |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let's Get to Work PAC | $7,000 |
| 2 | Conservative Opportunity Leadership & Enterprise PAC | $6,000 |
| 3 | Home Depot PAC | $5,000 |
| 4 | SpaceX PAC | $5,000 |
| 5 | House Freedom Fund | $5,000 |
| 6 | National Automobile Dealers Assn PAC | $5,000 |
| 7 | National Assn of Realtors PAC | $5,000 |
| 8 | SEAL PAC | $5,000 |
| 9 | Rudy for Indiana | $4,000 |
| 10 | National Association For Gun Rights INC PAC | $3,211 |
Source: Federal Election Commission, 2025–26 cycle. Direct PAC contributions and committee transfers only — individual donors, earmarked conduit pass-throughs, refunds, and loans are excluded. Figures auto-pulled from FEC filings.
Accountability
A COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program loan tied to this person's business
The firearms retailer Rep. Clyde founded and owns. The loan was fully forgiven ($156,697 with interest). Clyde has been a vocal opponent of federal student-loan forgiveness.
The Paycheck Protection Program was a lawful pandemic-relief program; many loans were forgiven under its rules. Figures are from the SBA's public loan data via the source(s) listed. Forgiveness is stated only where the record shows it; a “paid in full” status does not by itself confirm forgiveness.
Accountability
Reported controversies, charges & ethics matters · past decade
At a May 2021 House hearing, Clyde said footage of people entering the Capitol on January 6 looked, in parts, like “a normal tourist visit” — a characterization widely criticized as downplaying the attack. He stood by the statement, though photographs from that day showed him helping barricade a House chamber door as rioters approached.
Each item is drawn from published reporting or official records, with sources listed. Where a matter was dismissed, settled, withdrawn, or remains pending, that disposition is noted; allegations are identified as such, and inclusion does not imply a finding of guilt. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below.
Vote positions are taken from official roll-call records, not secondhand summaries. Campaign-finance figures are drawn directly from the candidate's FEC filings for the 2025–26 cycle.