Buddy is originally from Port Wentworth, Georgia. He has a Bachelor's degree in Pharmacy from the University of Georgia. He lives in Pooler with his wife, Amy. They have three sons and three grandchildren.

Buddy is a pharmacist. He owns Carter's Pharmacy, Inc. and has been a pharmacist for more than 30 years.

Early L. "Buddy" Carter is currently the U.S. Representative for District 1. He was first elected in 2014 and has been in office for two terms. He previously served as the mayor of Pooler, Georgia and as Georgia State Senator for District 1.

As of October 28, 2022, Early L. "Buddy" Carter’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Wants to improve healthcare for veterans.

Said, "[f]orcing Americans to buy coverage they do not want or cannot afford is not the way to reduce healthcare costs. We need to return to a system where insurers and providers compete for patients and restore choice."

- Wants to improve healthcare for veterans. 
- Said, "[f]orcing Americans to buy coverage they do not want or cannot afford is not the way to reduce healthcare costs. We need to return to a system where insurers and providers compete for patients and restore choice."

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Environment

Wants to "cut federal spending and reduce the role of government in our lives."

Supports lower taxes and "roll[] back excessive regulations to put Georgians back to work and ensure working families keep more of what they earn."

- Wants to "cut federal spending and reduce the role of government in our lives." 
- Supports lower taxes and "roll[] back excessive regulations to put Georgians back to work and ensure working families keep more of what they earn."

Economy

Promises to "work every day to ensure our military is the best equipped, well trained, and most highly cared for in the world.

- Promises to "work every day to ensure our military is the best equipped, well trained, and most highly cared for in the world.

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Early L. "Buddy" Carter

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Wade has a Bachelor's degree in history from Dartmouth College, and a Juris Doctorate in law from the University of Georgia Law School. Wade is from Macon, Georgia. Wade has a wife and two adult children.

Wade works as an attorney. He is currently a partner at HunterMaclean, a personal law practice focusing on employment law.

Wade Herring's campaign for Georgia's 1st Congressional District is his first entry into politics.

Believes that healthcare should not be tied to employment because it does not work for the thousands of Georgians that lost their job during the pandemic.

Wants to expand affordable healthcare while also protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act.

Wants to reduce the cost of prescription drugs.

Supports increased investments in preventative health care including access and education.

Wants to address in mental health and suicide prevention, especially in military communities.

Wants to eliminate VA co-pays to improve preventative healthcare for veterans.

- Believes that healthcare should not be tied to employment because it does not work for the thousands of Georgians that lost their job during the pandemic. 
- Wants to expand affordable healthcare while also protecting and strengthening the Affordable Care Act. 
- Wants to reduce the cost of prescription drugs. 
- Supports increased investments in preventative health care including access and education.
- Wants to address in mental health and suicide prevention, especially in military communities.
- Wants to eliminate VA co-pays to improve preventative healthcare for veterans.

Wants to reunite children that were separated from their parents at the US Border.

Wants to provide legal protections to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals including a pathway to work permits and citizenship.

- Wants to reunite children that were separated from their parents at the US Border. 
- Wants to provide legal protections to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals including a pathway to work permits and citizenship.

Said, "A strong military maintains the peace. The United States must remain engaged with the world, working cooperatively with our allies."

Supports better defense for modern-day threats, including "cyber-attacks on our elections, banking, infrastructure, health, and financial systems."

Wants to increase funding and modernize VA facilities.

Wants to expand eligibility for VA benefits to allow more veterans to access the VA.

- Said, "A strong military maintains the peace. The United States must remain engaged with the world, working cooperatively with our allies."
- Supports better defense for modern-day threats, including "cyber-attacks on our elections, banking, infrastructure, health, and financial systems."
- Wants to increase funding and modernize VA facilities. 
- Wants to expand eligibility for VA benefits to allow more veterans to access the VA.

Promises to fight for all the natural wonders in the district (Okefenokee Swamp, the great watersheds, and the 14 barrier islands),

Believes in the dangers of climate change and will fight to make sure the district receives infrastructure investment to lessen storm damage and flooding.

Supports increased investment in clean energy jobs

Wants to ban offshore drilling and reduce carbon emissions.

- Promises to fight for all the natural wonders in the district (Okefenokee Swamp, the great watersheds, and the 14 barrier islands), 
- Believes in the dangers of climate change and will fight to make sure the district receives infrastructure investment to lessen storm damage and flooding. 
- Supports increased investment in clean energy jobs
- Wants to ban offshore drilling and reduce carbon emissions.

Believes housing in the US should be affordable, stable, accessible, and energy efficient.

Promises to increase investments in the Housing Trust Fund to increase the number of affordable housing units on the market.

- Believes housing in the US should be affordable, stable, accessible, and energy efficient. 
- Promises to increase investments in the Housing Trust Fund to increase the number of affordable housing units on the market.

Wade Herring

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.

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