Federal candidate · 2025–2026 cycle

Ceretta Smith

Party
Democratic
Running for
U.S. House · Georgia District 12
Filing address
Grovetown, GA (city and state on the FEC filing)
FEC filing name
SMITH, CERETTA
Next election
Primary May 19, 2026 · General November 3, 2026 (Wikipedia, checked October 22, 2026; confirm with your state election office)
Map of Georgia with the 2026 district highlighted

Georgia, District 12

DemocraticU.S. House · Georgia District 12ChallengerGeneral-election nominee

FEC candidate ID H6GA12080 · Principal campaign committee: CERETTA FOR GEORGIA

Total raised$47,692.67
Total spent$35,471.85
Cash on hand$12,318.39
Debts owed by the campaign$0.00
Loans from the candidate$0.00

2025–2026 cycle totals through October 14, 2026, from the FEC’s candidate summary file. This is a dated snapshot, not live reporting; the FEC’s page for this candidate is the official source.

Where the money comes from

Individual contributions: $40,939.80PACs and other committees: $5,000.00Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans): $1,752.87
  • Individual contributions$40,939.8086%
  • PACs and other committees$5,000.0010%
  • Candidate’s own money (contributions and loans)$1,752.874%

Self-funding: $1,752.87 (4% of money raised): $1,752.87 given and $0.00 lent by the candidate.

Individual money

  • Contributions of $200 or less (small-dollar, including unitemized)$20,683.2967%
  • Contributions over $200$10,050.0033%
  • Itemized from inside Georgia$10,551.0090%
  • Itemized from other states$1,150.0010%

FEC-computed totals by contribution size and state, retrieved October 22, 2026. No individual contributor is named.

Raised and spent over time

$18K$0 OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $3,260.00OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $0.00YEAR-END: raised $4,093.49YEAR-END: spent $3,386.58APRIL QUARTERLY: raised $11,363.08APRIL QUARTERLY: spent $13,072.02PRE-PRIMARY: raised $1,220.00PRE-PRIMARY: spent $3,337.98PRE-RUN-OFF: raised $2,819.85PRE-RUN-OFF: spent $1,100.97JULY QUARTERLY: raised $3,939.18JULY QUARTERLY: spent $2,393.20OCTOBER QUARTERLY: raised $18,017.56OCTOBER QUARTERLY: spent $10,919.422025-092026-032026-052026-09

Raised per report Spent per report Cash on hand

PAC and committee contributors

2 committees reported giving $5,500.00 to this candidate, as filed by the giving committees through October 18, 2026. Timing differs from the campaign’s own reports, so this list may not match the totals above.

The race

Georgia U.S. House, District 12, 2026 · 8 registered candidates

CandidateRaisedCash on handThrough
Ceretta Smith (D)$47,692.67$12,318.392026-10-14
Richard W Allen (R)$1,265,488.08$1,464,864.662026-10-14
Tori Branum (R)$44,461.01$6,276.302026-09-30
Brianna Courtney Estelle Woodson (D)$26,672.85$7,030.472026-04-29
Robert Christopher Stephens (D)$26,467.00$0.002026-05-31
Tracell Peace-Nichols (D)$22,302.37$98.382026-09-30

Polling and ratings

Race ratings

  • Decision Desk HQLikely RJuly 14, 2026
  • The Cook Political ReportSolid RFebruary 6, 2025
  • Inside ElectionsSolid RMarch 7, 2025
  • Sabato's Crystal BallSafe RJuly 15, 2025

Recent polls

No public polling found for this race.

Ratings and polls as listed on Wikipedia: 2026 United States House of Representatives elections in Georgia (retrieved October 22, 2026), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0. TerraCivic does not rate races or compute its own average.

Sources and updates

  • Money: FEC bulk data (candidate summary, committee master, committee-to-candidate contributions), retrieved October 23, 2026. FEC candidate page · Principal campaign committee: CERETTA FOR GEORGIA.
  • Polling, ratings and candidate status: Wikipedia, retrieved October 22, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
  • Status shown above comes from the race’s Wikipedia page.

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