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Grace grew up in Fulton County and attended local public schools.

As of October 30, 2024, Grace Demit did not have a website or any information online.

Grace Demit's campaign for State Representative in State House District 49 is their first entry into politics. 

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Supports raising Georgia's minimum wage to $15 per hour for non-tipped workers and $10 per hour for tipped workers.

Supports creating policies to address "skyrocketing" rent costs by preventing landlords from implementing "excessively steep rent increases."

Supports eliminating individual counties’ ability to levy a grocery tax, prescription medication taxes, and the “pink tax” on feminine hygiene products.

Wants to eliminate taxes on groceries, prescription medications, and feminine hygiene products.

- Supports raising Georgia's minimum wage to $15 per hour for non-tipped workers and $10 per hour for tipped workers.
- Supports rent control.
- Wants to eliminate taxes on groceries, prescription medications, and feminine hygiene products.

Economy

Supports enacting policies to protect the environment and address global climate change.

Supports policies to address global climate change.

Supports collaborating with the Department of Transportation to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) and advocates for state rebates for EV purchases.

Plans to work with the Department of Transportation to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) and advocates for state rebates for EV purchases.

Supports investing in renewable energy across Georgia for private residential and commercial use.

- Supports policies to address global climate change.
- Plans to work with the Department of Transportation to develop infrastructure for electric vehicles (EVs) and advocates for state rebates for EV purchases.
- Supports investing in renewable energy across Georgia for private residential and commercial use.

Energy & the Environment

Supports Medicaid expansion to provide affordable and accessible healthcare.

Supports access to abortion and wants to make reproductive healthcare "accessible and affordable statewide, without government intervention legislating any person’s body."

Wants to invest in healthcare statewide, particularly in "healthcare deserts" - under-served, often rural parts of the state whose residents may not have access to any hospital in their county.

Wants to address "healthcare deserts" - under-served, often rural parts of the state whose residents may not have access to any hospital in their county.

Supports expanding mental health care options, including in-patient care, and ensuring coverage by Medicare to reduce wait times for treatment.

Supports addressing the "inequality of medical care and patient outcomes for minorities in the state, particularly women and especially women of color."

Wants to address the "inequality of medical care and patient outcomes for minorities in the state, particularly women and especially women of color."

- Supports Medicaid expansion to provide affordable and accessible healthcare.
- Supports access to abortion and wants to make reproductive healthcare "accessible and affordable statewide, without government intervention legislating any person’s body."
- Wants to address "healthcare deserts" - under-served, often rural parts of the state whose residents may not have access to any hospital in their county.
- Supports expanding mental health care options, including in-patient care, and ensuring coverage by Medicare to reduce wait times for treatment.
- Wants to address the "inequality of medical care and patient outcomes for minorities in the state, particularly women and especially women of color."

Healthcare

Supports removing "unconstitutional barriers to voting" in Georgia, aiming to protect the voting rights of the elderly, first-time voters, minorities, low-income individuals, rural residents, and the disabled.

Wants to remove "unconstitutional barriers to voting" in Georgia, aiming to protect the voting rights of the elderly, first-time voters, minorities, low-income individuals, rural residents, and the disabled.

- Wants to remove "unconstitutional barriers to voting" in Georgia, aiming to protect the voting rights of the elderly, first-time voters, minorities, low-income individuals, rural residents, and the disabled.

Voting & Elections

Supports creating a state department to regulate legal gun ownership, similar to the DMV, to promote safe and responsible firearm ownership.

Supports gun control, including creating a state department to regulate legal gun ownership, like the Department of Motor Vehicles, to promote safe and responsible firearm ownership.

Supports "specific laws to protect people from domestic violence."

Wants to investigate the living conditions of Georgia jails and prisons in relation to the recent deaths of incarcerated individuals.

Wants to investigate and improve the living conditions of Georgia jails and prisons, due to the recent deaths of incarcerated individuals.

- Supports gun control, including creating a state department to regulate legal gun ownership, like the Department of Motor Vehicles, to promote safe and responsible firearm ownership.
- Supports "specific laws to protect people from domestic violence."
- Wants to investigate and improve the living conditions of Georgia jails and prisons, due to the recent deaths of incarcerated individuals.

Public Safety

Supports investing in education and educators to create more opportunities for all students, especially those with disabilities.

Supports education funding to create more opportunities for all students, especially those with disabilities.

Supports better funding for school materials and infrastructure.

Supports providing free school lunch for all public school students, free breakfast for students from lower-income families, and ensuring higher quality, more substantial, and developmentally appropriate foods with better nutrition.

Supports providing free school lunch for all public school students, free breakfast for students from lower-income families.

Supports increasing funding for Child Protective Services, including salary increases for social care workers.

Wants to increase funding for Child Protective Services, including salary increases for social care workers.

- Supports education funding to create more opportunities for all students, especially those with disabilities.
- Supports better funding for school materials and infrastructure.
- Supports providing free school lunch for all public school students, free breakfast for students from lower-income families.
- Wants to increase funding for Child Protective Services, including salary increases for social care workers.

Education

Grace Demit

As of July 25, 2024, Grace Demit did not have a website or any information online.

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