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Believes government should enable business growth by cutting taxes, easing regulations, and opposing mandates like Obamacare, rather than directly creating jobs.

Believes government should enable business growth by cutting taxes and easing regulations.

Believes in fiscal responsibility, opposes wasteful spending and tax increases by career politicians, and plans to ensure Georgia's budget is balanced without one-time funds for sustainable prosperity.

Supports decreasing government spending to balance the budget.

- Believes government should enable business growth by cutting taxes and easing regulations.
- Supports decreasing government spending to balance the budget.

Economy

Opposes the Environmental Protection Agency's water regulations.

- Opposes the Environmental Protection Agency's water regulations.

Energy & the Environment

Opposes federal overreach under Obama, plans to challenge Obamacare expansion, Common Core, and new EPA water regulations to uphold state's rights and counteract what is seen as excessive government growth and control.

Supports the expansion of medical marijuana programs.

Opposes abortion and "will always stand up for the unborn by working to end the moral scourge that is abortion."

- Opposes the expansion of Obamacare.
- Supports the expansion of medical marijuana programs.
- Opposes abortion and "will always stand up for the unborn by working to end the moral scourge that is abortion."

Healthcare

Opinion: Both parties have had concerns about Ga. election processes

Wants to "drop the hypocrisy, posturing and partisanship and start rebuilding trust by moving forth with honest review of our election system and enact these first voter security measures."

- Wants to "drop the hypocrisy, posturing and partisanship and start rebuilding trust by moving forth with honest review of our election system and enact these first voter security measures."

Voting & Elections

Supports robust Second Amendment rights, plans to strengthen them against anti-gun laws, and aims to champion life by opposing abortion, reflecting Georgian values.

Opposes gun control legislation and "will work to enhance [Second Amendment] rights."

- Opposes gun control legislation and "will work to enhance [Second Amendment] rights."

Public Safety

Opposes "Common Core" education standards.

- Opposes "Common Core" education standards.

Education

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Matthew F. Brass

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.

Georgia State Senator, District 6, Republican Primary

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