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Kim has lived in Georgia for more than 10 years. She has a Bachelor's degree from Furman University and a Master's degree in Divinity from Emory University. She lives on a small farm in Stone Mountain with her spouse, Trina.

Kim is the vicar at the Episcopal Church of the Common Ground. She used to be a college chaplain, a consultant, and a preacher.

Kim Jackson is the current State Senator representing District 41. She was first elected to the position in 2020 and previously served in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Wants to make sure that voting machines are secure from tampering.

Said, "I will stand against all efforts of voter suppression."

- Wants to make sure that voting machines are secure from tampering. 
- Said, "I will stand against all efforts of voter suppression."

Voting & Elections

Wants to bring new economic development to the district to fill empty warehouses and abandoned buildings.

Supports raising the minimum wage to help address poverty.

Plans to develop Georgia's mass transit system with more buses, bike lanes, and trains to help get people to work.

Wants to pass reforms to make affordable childcare available to everyone.

- Wants to bring new economic development to the district to fill empty warehouses and abandoned buildings. 
- Supports raising the minimum wage to help address poverty. 
- Plans to develop Georgia's mass transit system with more buses, bike lanes, and trains to help get people to work. 
- Wants to pass reforms to make affordable childcare available to everyone.

Economy

Believes that access to quality, affordable healthcare is a human right.

Promises to oppose "any legislation that denies a person's rights to reproductive justice."

Supports any recommendations from the House study committee on maternal mortality to bring down maternal mortality rates in Georgia.

- Believes that access to quality, affordable healthcare is a human right. 
- Wants to expand Medicaid. 
- Promises to oppose "any legislation that denies a person's rights to reproductive justice." 
- Supports any recommendations from the House study committee on maternal mortality to bring down maternal mortality rates in Georgia.

Healthcare

Supporters universal background checks, removing guns from domestic violence offenders, and repealing the current open carry laws.

Wants to decriminalize all minor traffic violations and prohibit jail time for possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana.

Said, "I support all efforts to further reform measures to our state's criminal justice system that lead to a reduction in incarceration rates."

- Supporters universal background checks, removing guns from domestic violence offenders, and repealing the current open carry laws. 
- Wants to decriminalize all minor traffic violations and prohibit jail time for possessing less than 1 ounce of marijuana. 
- Said, "I support all efforts to further reform measures to our state's criminal justice system that lead to a reduction in incarceration rates."

Public Safety

Wants a new school funding formula that is more focused on equity between schools.

Said, "[o]ur current system unfairly advantages students from wealthier neighborhoods, while systematically disadvantaging children in poor neighborhoods."

- Wants a new school funding formula that is more focused on equity between schools. 
- Said, "[o]ur current system unfairly advantages students from wealthier neighborhoods, while systematically disadvantaging children in poor neighborhoods."

Education

Kim Jackson

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