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Spencer Frye
DEMOCRAT
Spencer Frye is running for Georgia State Representative, District 122.
Personal background
Spencer lives with his wife in Athens.
Professional background
Spencer is the executive director for Athens Habitat for Humanity. He used to be a construction manager, exported American ambulances overseas, and co-founded an environmental company.
Political background
Spencer is currently the representative for district 122.. He was first elected in 2012 and has been in office for five terms.
ON THE ISSUES
CAMPAIGN FINANCE
Economy
Believes that everyone deserves "a useful education, a living wage, a healthy environment, decent housing they can afford, and healthcare worthy of the world's largest national economy."
Wants to raise Georgia's minimum wage, provide support for job training, and expand the state Earned Income Tax Credit.
Supports a top marginal income tax rate to the wealth disparity rate, so that the highest incomes have the highest tax rates.
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Voting & Elections
Wants to create a Georgia Voting Rights Commission to make sure that all aspects of voting, including precinct office locations and hours, early voting schedules, registration processes, district boundaries, and election security allow all eligible voters to vote.
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Healthcare
Believes that "[t]he right to health care is the right to life."
Wants Georgia to expand Medicaid to more state residents in order to insure more people and receive federal funding.
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Education
Wants to improve education by increasing funding, providing mental health resources and nutritional education, and making sure that education is aimed at children's development as people rather than standardized testing.
Supports tuition-free technical schools.
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Public Safety
Wants to decriminalize marijuana, end cash bail, and end mandatory minimums.
Supports requiring safe storage of guns, expanding background checks, raising the minimum age to purchase a gun to 21, and requiring training to get a gun permit.
Wants to repeal campus carry, make bump stocks illegal, ban long guns at rallies, and require gun owners to purchase insurance on their weapons.
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