Race context

Earl Leroy Carter is indexed in the OppIntell public candidate file as a Republican profile for Georgia, U.S. Senate. Cycle year on file: 2026.

Race name on file: 2026 U.S. Senate - Georgia.

Race status on file: discovered.

Election system on file: other.

The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.

The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.

Other indexed profiles returned for this same field are listed below. The list is limited to the race query for this page.

BARTELL, ELBERT (Independent), BOX, REAGAN (Republican), BRIGMAN, BRADLEY (Republican), BURTON, MARQUETT DAVON (Republican), CAPPARELL, CHRIS (Democratic), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER (Other), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER PAUL (Republican), CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPH LA'FLARE (Republican).

Source posture

Published claim kinds on file: 28 background claims; 5 positions claims; 23 media claims; 3 finance claims; 6174 votes claims; 2 controversies claims; 2104 other sourced notes claims; 2 ideology claims.

Latest attached source timestamp on file: 2026-10-06.

Filings and votes on file

The profile record reports 6174 vote claims. Claim text for that kind was not in the rows returned for this page.

Finance claims on file: 3. 0 are quoted above. FEC candidate id on file: S6GA00374.

Indexed field reading

Earl Leroy Carter is carried in the OppIntell public index as a Republican profile for Georgia, U.S. Senate. The party label, office, and state on this page are the values stored on the profile. Empty fields are left off rather than filled with a guess.

The cycle year 2026 is stored for Earl Leroy Carter, and the candidate status stored on the profile is Active candidate. This page uses that status label and does not invent a ballot position from it.

The race title stored for Earl Leroy Carter is 2026 U.S. Senate - Georgia. The race status stored beside that title is discovered. Both are indexed fields from the profile record.

The election system value stored for this profile is other. It is shown because that value is present on the record.

The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger for Earl Leroy Carter. The page uses the stored incumbent or challenger value and does not infer it from the office title.

The FEC candidate id stored for Earl Leroy Carter is S6GA00374.

The profile was first indexed on 2026-05-07 and last indexed on 2026-10-06.

The route record for Earl Leroy Carter reports 8450 public claims, 8450 valid citations, and 8450 primary-source references, and the latest attached source timestamp on that record is 2026-10-06. Those figures are counts from the route. Claim wording is added on this page only when a published row was returned for the profile.

Published claim kinds with a count above zero for Earl Leroy Carter: background (28), positions (5), media (23), finance (3), votes (6174), controversies (2), other sourced notes (2104), ideology (2). A kind whose stored count is zero is left off this list.

The same-field query for Earl Leroy Carter returned 8 other indexed profiles: BARTELL, ELBERT (Independent), BOX, REAGAN (Republican), BRIGMAN, BRADLEY (Republican), BURTON, MARQUETT DAVON (Republican), CAPPARELL, CHRIS (Democratic), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER (Other), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER PAUL (Republican), CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPH LA'FLARE (Republican). That set is the bounded query result for this page, not a certified full ballot.

Cross-reference identifiers stored for Earl Leroy Carter: FEC S6GA00374; Other voteview:119:21513; GovTrack C001103; Wikidata Q16240994; Vote Smart 32085; Wikipedia Buddy Carter; Ballotpedia Earl "Buddy" Carter; OpenSecrets N00035346.

Social handles stored for Earl Leroy Carter: X RepBuddyCarter (last polled 2026-06-30).

Profile questions

What office is Earl Leroy Carter indexed for?

Earl Leroy Carter is indexed for Georgia, U.S. Senate. The race name on file is 2026 U.S. Senate - Georgia. The election system on file is other. The cycle year on file is 2026. The office, district, and state above are the indexed profile fields.

What party is on file for Earl Leroy Carter?

The party label on file for Earl Leroy Carter is Republican.

What is Earl Leroy Carter's candidate status?

Earl Leroy Carter is marked Active candidate on this profile. Race status on file: discovered.

Which committee or filing id is listed for Earl Leroy Carter?

FEC candidate id on file: S6GA00374.

How many public claims are attached to Earl Leroy Carter?

The route record reports 8450 public claims, 8450 valid citations, and 8450 primary-source references. Published claim kinds on file: Background 28, Positions 5, Media 23, Finance 3, Votes 6174, Controversies 2, Other Sourced Notes 2104, Ideology 2. Claim text on this page is quoted from the published-claims teaser and is omitted when that teaser returns no rows.

Is Earl Leroy Carter indexed as an incumbent or a challenger?

The indexed incumbent/challenger value is challenger.

Who else is indexed in Earl Leroy Carter's race field?

Other indexed profiles returned for this field include BARTELL, ELBERT (Independent), BOX, REAGAN (Republican), BRIGMAN, BRADLEY (Republican), BURTON, MARQUETT DAVON (Republican), CAPPARELL, CHRIS (Democratic), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER (Other), CAPPARELL, CHRISTOPHER PAUL (Republican), CHAPMAN, CHRISTOPH LA'FLARE (Republican). That list is the bounded race query for this page, not a certified full ballot.