Rick Allen (politician)

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Richard Wayne Allen (born November 7, 1951) is an American politician and businessman who has served as the Republican Party's U.S. representative for Georgia's 12th congressional district since 2015. Georgia's 12th district is in East Central Georgia and favors Republicans by seven points according to the 2025 Cook Partisan Voting Index. Allen began his career as a project manager after graduating from Auburn in 1973 with a degree in building construction. In 1976, he founded a construction company. Allen is one of the more wealthy US Congress members and spent almost a million dollars of his own money on the 2014 Republican primary, which he won. The 2014 general election between Allen and the incumbent John Barrow drew national attention and funding. Barrow had represented Georgia's 12th district since 2005 and was the last remaining Blue Dog Democrat in the deep south. The district was more Republican-favoring after a redistricting. Allen defeated Barrow with 54.7% of the vote. From...

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