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'''Earl Leroy "Buddy" Carter''' (born September 6, 1957) is an American politician serving as the [[United States House of Representatives|U.S. Representative]] for [[Georgia's 1st congressional district]] since 2015. The district is based in [[Savannah, Georgia|Savannah]] and includes most of the coastal southern portion of the state. A member of the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]], he previously served as a [[Georgia House of Representatives|Georgia State Representative]] (2005–2009) and [[Georgia State Senate|Georgia State Senator]] (2009–2014).<ref name="sgagov"><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/member.aspx?Member=778&Session=23 Senator Buddy Carter]</span>. Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.</ref><ref><span class="plainlinks">[http://www.senate.ga.gov/senators/en-US/District.aspx?District=1&Session=23 District 1 Senator Buddy Carter (R)]</span>. Senate.ga.gov. Retrieved June 28, 2013.</ref> Carter was one of the 139 representatives who voted to overturn the results of the [[2020 United States presidential election|2020 US presidential election]] in Congress on January 7, 2021, the day after the [[2021 storming of the United States Capitol|storming of the US Capitol]]<ref>{{Cite news|last=Yourish|first=Karen|last2=Buchanan|first2=Larry|last3=Lu|first3=Denise|date=2021-01-07|title=The 147 Republicans Who Voted to Overturn Election Results|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/01/07/us/elections/electoral-college-biden-objectors.html|access-date=2021-01-10|issn=0362-4331}}</ref>.