RepublicanIn office since Nov 2020

Carden H. Summers

Georgia State Senator, District 13 since 2020. Ran in 4 elections between 2002 and 2024, winning 3. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Georgia State Senator, District 13

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 6 yrs; Since 2020
Bills became law: 54; 300 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 1.4%; Chamber median 5.1%
With party: 89%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +38.9; Won 2020
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Banking and Financial Institutions · chair
Higher Education · ex officio
Regulated Industries and Utilities · vice chair
Agriculture and Consumer Affairs
Economic Development and Tourism

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 300 sponsored · 54 became law

BillIntroCmteSenateHouseLaw

SB 76 License Plates; specialty license plate benefitting the Georgia Veterans Service Foundation; establish
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Became law Jul 2027

SB 384 Motor Vehicle; optional five-year motor vehicle registration and revalidation for certain motor vehicles;…
MOTOR VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Became law Jul 2027

SB 406 "Georgia Property Owners' Bill of Rights Act"; enact
PROFESSIONS AND BUSINESSES · Became law Jan 2027

SB 500 Behavioral Health Care Workforce Data Base; expand to include data from licensed health care professionals
SOCIAL SERVICES · Became law Jul 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Summers sits in the Georgia State Senate

Summers is closer to the center than 94% of the chamber's Republicans.

Closest: Matt Brass, Kay Kirkpatrick, Tim Bearden

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:48 PM ET

With Summers’s party

Votes with the chamber's Republicans89%

Black tick: the average of Republicans in the Georgia State Senate.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Summers’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Republicans.

Date	Bill	Summers	Rep. majority	Dem. majority	Result
Apr 2, 2026	SB 556: HOPE Scholarship; the inclusion of advanced placement and international baccalaureate fine…	No	Yes	No	Failed 25–25
Mar 27, 2026	HB 1070: Income tax; increase and extend a credit for expenditures on maintenance of railroad…	No	Yes	No	Passed 26–22
Mar 27, 2026	HB 668: Crimes and offenses; change references to assistance and guide dogs to service dogs	No	Yes	No	Passed 26–22
Mar 27, 2026	HB 1277: Conservation and natural resources; increase project cost threshold for public roads or…	No	Yes	No	Passed 26–22
Mar 27, 2026	HB 549: Peace officers; extend time frame for which reimbursement of total training expenses by a…	No	Yes	No	Passed 26–22

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Summers was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

20022004200620082010201220142016201820202022202420262028Georgia State Senate, District 13

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Georgia State Senate, District 13	Won	—	R+42.8	—
2024	Georgia State Senate, District 13	Won	—	R+42.8	—
2022	Georgia State Senate, District 13	Won	—	—	—
2020	Georgia State Senate, District 13	Won	R+38.9	—	—
2002	Georgia State Senate, District 13	Lost	D+4.6	—	—