Ballotpedia, Mary Frances Williams

Mary received a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Earlham College masters degree in Social Work from The University of Georgia. She resides in Marietta with her two sons and two grandchildren. She attends First United Methodist Church of Marietta.

Mary serves as a Director of Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships with GCAPP and a self-employed legislative and public policy consultant. 

Mary Frances Williams currently serves as the State Representative for District 37. She was elected to the position in 2018 and has served three terms.

Opposes reducing the budget to the Department of Child and Family Services, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, unemployment training programs and safe housing for the homeless.

Supports providing safety-net programs for food and economic hardship.

Supports initiatives aiming to help entrepreneur's start and develop their business. 

Said, "Modernizing our tax code and closing special interest loopholes will help take the burden off of our middle class and small businesses."

Supports sustainable wages, equal pay for women, and developing an atmosphere promoting job opportunities for residents.

Plans to develop a robust regional transit network aimed to address a lack of transportation options.

- Opposes reducing the budget to the Department of Child and Family Services, the Department of Behavioral Health and Developmental Disabilities, unemployment training programs and safe housing for the homeless.
- Supports providing safety-net programs for food and economic hardship.
- Supports initiatives aiming to help entrepreneur's start and develop their business. 
- Said, "Modernizing our tax code and closing special interest loopholes will help take the burden off of our middle class and small businesses."
- Supports sustainable wages, equal pay for women, and developing an atmosphere promoting job opportunities for residents.
- Plans to develop a robust regional transit network aimed to address a lack of transportation options.

Economy

Georgia WIN List, Rep. Mary Frances Williams

Supports initiatives aimed to eliminate toxic pollution, like cleaning up coal ash storage, and strengthening environmental shoreline protections.

Opposed the proposed strip mining near the Okefenokee Swamp.

Supports addressing climate change through initiatives like clean energy infrastructure and expanding public transit. 

- Supports initiatives aimed to eliminate toxic pollution, like cleaning up coal ash storage, and strengthening environmental shoreline protections.
- Opposed the proposed strip mining near the Okefenokee Swamp.
- Supports addressing climate change through initiatives like clean energy infrastructure and expanding public transit. 

Energy & the Environment

Atlanta Civic Circle, Mary Frances Williams

Supports affordable healthcare, and wants to expand Medicaid. 

Supports abortion and women's reproductive health. 

- Supports affordable healthcare, and wants to expand Medicaid. 
- Supports abortion and women's reproductive health. 

Healthcare

Supports hand-marked paper ballots and the secure voting technology to promote integrity in government elections. 

Wants to form a redistricting commission that are committed to being nonpartisan decisionmakers, aiming to ensure citizens are equally represented, regardless of political affiliation. 

- Supports hand-marked paper ballots and the secure voting technology to promote integrity in government elections. 
- Wants to form a redistricting commission that are committed to being nonpartisan decisionmakers, aiming to ensure citizens are equally represented, regardless of political affiliation. 

Voting & Elections

Wants to implement reforms aimed to address "systematic inequalities in the judicial process, law enforcement, and...the schools-to-prison pipeline."

As a House Representative, she sponsored a law requiring releasing audio and video recordings with body cameras for law enforcement officers. 

Supports a well-funded and adequately trained police force.

Supports increased funding and resources to social services.

- Wants to implement reforms aimed to address "systematic inequalities in the judicial process, law enforcement, and...the schools-to-prison pipeline."
- As a House Representative, she sponsored a law requiring releasing audio and video recordings with body cameras for law enforcement officers. 
- Supports a well-funded and adequately trained police force.
- Supports increased funding and resources to social services.

Public Safety

Wants to allocate more funding towards schools and increase teacher salaries. 

Said, "I’ll continue to work to address inequalities in access to education, including smaller classrooms, Pre-K and after-school programs4 and ending discriminatory school discipline."

Supports the full funding of the HOPE scholarship and restoring grants for technical colleges and associate degrees.

Opposes measures that permit carrying concealed weapons in high-risk areas in schools, including daycare centers, sporting arenas, and rooms where high school students take advanced placement exams.

Wants to install flexible testing for students.

- Wants to allocate more funding towards schools and increase teacher salaries. 
- Said, "I’ll continue to work to address inequalities in access to education, including smaller classrooms, Pre-K and after-school programs4 and ending discriminatory school discipline."
- Supports the full funding of the HOPE scholarship and restoring grants for technical colleges and associate degrees.
- Opposes measures that permit carrying concealed weapons in high-risk areas in schools, including daycare centers, sporting arenas, and rooms where high school students take advanced placement exams.
- Wants to install flexible testing for students.

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Mary Frances Williams

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Georgia State House of Representatives.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. All bills dealing with the state budget originate in the Georgia House of Representatives.
- The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 180 members of the Georgia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342. They only serve in the role part-time.