Georgia — 9th District

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports higher minimum wage and anti-monopoly enforcement

Gegen focuses her economic platform on expanding access to affordable living for working families. She advocates raising the federal minimum wage, breaking up corporate monopolies, and lowering housing costs to ease daily financial pressure.

• Increase the minimum wage to support working families
• Break up corporate monopolies to improve market fairness
• Implement solutions to lower housing costs and everyday living expenses

“Expand access to affordable living by increasing the minimum wage and breaking up monopolies”

“Push for practical solutions that lower housing costs, reduce everyday financial pressure, and help working families stay rooted in their communities.”

Andrew Clyde

Supports FairTax system and dismantling IRS

Clyde contends that Americans are severely overtaxed and advocates for replacing income taxes with a consumption-based national FairTax system. He pledges to eliminate graduated income taxes, stop taxing product manufacturing, and dismantle the Internal Revenue Service.

• Implement a national FairTax system and eliminate graduated taxes (H.R. 25)
• Dismantle the Internal Revenue Service
• Signed the Americans for Tax Reform Taxpayer Protection Pledge
• Voted for the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023 and H.R. 1 reconciliation in 2025

“As a nation, we are overtaxed. If Americans are to truly be free, we must drastically decrease taxes and the size of the government those taxes fund.”

“1. Eliminate graduated taxes and implement a FairTax system [H.R.25] 2. Stop taxation on the production of goods [pass H.R. 25] 3. Dismantle the IRS [pass H.R. 25]”

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports federal reproductive rights and overturning Dobbs

Gegen strongly supports reproductive freedom and calls for overturning the Supreme Court's Dobbs decision. Inspired by her sister's work as a labor and delivery nurse, she criticizes Georgia's six-week abortion ban for harming women.

• Overturn the Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization decision
• Repeal restrictive abortion state laws like Georgia's six-week ban
• Protect women's healthcare access and personal freedoms

“She sees how our 6-week abortion ban hurts women, and this fuels me to overturn the Dobbs decision.”

Andrew Clyde

Opposes abortion and supports right to life

Clyde is strongly pro-life and believes human life begins at conception and ends at natural death. He vows to use his position in Congress to protect the lives of unborn children.

• Maintains that life begins at conception and ends at natural death
• Pledges to protect unborn children through federal legislative action

“Andrew is proudly pro-life and believes life begins at conception and ends at natural death.”

“As your Congressman, Andrew will always work to protect the lives of our nation's innocent unborn.”

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports stricter gun safety legislation

Gegen advocates for gun reform to address gun violence in schools and communities. Citing her childhood experience undergoing active shooter drills, she pledges to fight for stronger gun control measures in Congress.

• Enact safer gun safety legislation
• Address school shooting threats and student safety concerns

“I grew up having to perform active shooter drills, and I’m very familiar with the fear our school children and faculty feel today. This is why I will fight for safer gun legislation.”

Andrew Clyde

Opposes gun control and defends Second Amendment

Clyde, a Navy veteran and owner of Clyde Armory, views Second Amendment rights as non-negotiable. He opposes gun control measures and voted against federal assault weapon prohibitions.

• Opposes restrictions on gun ownership and firearm sales
• Voted Nay on the Assault Weapons Ban of 2022 (H.R. 1808)
• Operates a firearms business (Clyde Armory) in Georgia

“The Second Amendment of our Constitution is the teeth in “We the People”, and it must never be compromised by the government.”

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports free universal healthcare

Gegen advocates for a single-payer universal healthcare system, drawing from her experience living in the United Kingdom. She argues that publicly provided healthcare delivers better health outcomes and reduces costs compared to corporate insurance models.

• Enact free universal healthcare for all citizens
• Remove profit motives from health coverage to lower costs and improve health outcomes

“Advocate for universal healthcare, because government provided healthcare is cheaper and provides better outcomes for people in Georgia”

“Fight for healthcare that is affordable, accessible, and centered on people instead of insurance companies and corporate profits.”

Andrew Clyde

Opposes federal health subsidies and regulation

Clyde consistently opposes expanded federal intervention in healthcare. He voted against the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which extended Affordable Care Act subsidies and allowed Medicare drug price negotiations.

• Voted Nay on the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 (H.R. 5376)
• Voted Yea on terminating CDC COVID-19 vaccination mandates for foreign travelers (H.R. 185)

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports free public college tuition and increased federal funding

Gegen advocates for expanding public education investments, including free tuition at public colleges and universities. The daughter of public school teachers and a recipient of Georgia's HOPE scholarship, she emphasizes the value of federal education grants.

• Provide free tuition for public colleges and universities
• Increase federal funding for public elementary and secondary education

“HOPE drastically reduced the financial stress of my college education, and is why I will fight for free tuition for our public colleges and universities.”

Andrew Clyde

Supports eliminating the federal Department of Education

Clyde believes education governance should be entirely managed by state and local governments. He advocates abolishing the federal Department of Education and returning education tax dollars directly to citizens.

• Abolish the federal Department of Education
• Return authority over education policy and spending to individual states
• Voted Yea on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act of 2025 (H.R. 28)

“The Department of Education must go.”

“These functions should be left to the States, and you should keep more of your tax dollars.”

Caitlyn Gegen

Supports protecting federal voting rights

Gegen includes voting rights as a foundational pillar of human rights in her platform, committing to safeguard ballot access for all eligible citizens.

• Protect voting rights and personal civil freedoms

“Protect human rights, including women’s rights, voting rights, the right to due process”

Andrew Clyde

Supports stricter voter proof of citizenship and election challenges

Clyde supports strict federal election security standards and objected to certifying the 2020 election results in Arizona and Pennsylvania. He voted for the SAVE Act to require documentary proof of citizenship for voter registration.

• Voted against certifying the 2020 presidential electoral votes for Arizona and Pennsylvania
• Voted Yea on the SAVE Act (H.R. 22) requiring proof of citizenship for voter registration

“Clyde voted against certifying the electoral votes from Arizona and Pennsylvania.”

Andrew Clyde

Supports constitutional limits and dismantling federal agencies

Clyde advocates strictly limiting federal government action to the 18 specific powers enumerated in Article I of the Constitution. He calls for shutting down regulatory agencies like the EPA and eliminating non-enumerated federal programs.

• Eliminate federal agencies operating outside the 18 constitutional articles
• Abolish the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
• Voted Yea on the No Rogue Rulings Act of 2025 (H.R. 1526) limiting federal court injunctions

“Federal departments or funding for projects that fall outside of those 18 articles, should be eliminated.”

“The Environmental Protection Agency must go.”

Andrew Clyde

Supports strict enforcement and mandatory E-Verify

Clyde votes consistently for strict enforcement of federal immigration laws and border security restrictions. He supports mandatory employer verification, limiting asylum eligibility, and mandatory detention for unauthorized immigrants arrested for crimes.

• Voted Yea on the Secure the Border Act of 2023 (H.R. 2)
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S. 5)
• Voted Yea on impeaching DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas (H.Res. 863)
• Voted Yea on making DUI arrests grounds for deportation (H.R. 875)

“This bill would have introduced limits to asylum eligibility and required employers to use electronic verification of employee's legal eligibility to work.”

Andrew Clyde

Supports expanding veteran healthcare and benefits

Clyde, a 28-year Navy veteran with three combat deployments, makes veterans' care a core priority. He advocates ensuring veterans receive all medical care and benefits promised by the federal government.

• Prioritize funding and healthcare services for military veterans
• 28-year U.S. Navy veteran with combat tours in Iraq and Kuwait

“He will make it a top priority to ensure veterans receive the care the government promised them when they took their oath to protect this country.”