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Healthcare

Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

- Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

Education

Supports increasing pay for law enforcement officers.

Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.

Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."

Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

- Supports increasing pay for law enforcement officers. 
- Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.
- Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."
- Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

Public Safety

As of March 24, 2022, Charlie Bailey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Charlie Bailey

Said, "every child in Georgia deserves quality medical treatments they can afford, and hospitals equipped with the proper resources to provide the highest standard of care."

Supports providing medical care for Georgia veterans.

Wants to address stigmas around mental health for teens and children.

Wants to address opioid addiction through prevention and rehabilitation programs.

- Said, "every child in Georgia deserves quality medical treatments they can afford, and hospitals equipped with the proper resources to provide the highest standard of care."
- Supports providing medical care for Georgia veterans.
- Wants to address stigmas around mental health for teens and children.
- Wants to address opioid addiction through prevention and rehabilitation programs.

Wants to give children the "skills needed for the 21st Century,"

Plans to increase equity of resources, educator preparation, and conduct targeted education reform.

- Wants to give children the "skills needed for the 21st Century,"
- Plans to increase equity of resources, educator preparation, and conduct targeted education reform.

Said we must, "reimagine what community safety looks like from an intersectional perspective."

Wants to address the school-to-prison pipeline,

- Said we must, "reimagine what community safety looks like from an intersectional perspective."
- Wants to address police violence.
- Wants to address the school-to-prison pipeline,

Wants to ensure that veterans receive VA pension and other benefits on time.

Supports investing in telecom networks to expand broadband.

- Supports a livable minimum wage.
- Wants to ensure that veterans receive VA pension and other benefits on time.
- Supports investing in telecom networks to expand broadband.

As of March 24, 2022, Derrick Jackson’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Derrick Jackson

Wants to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible by expanding Medicaid.

Supports pro-choice policies, saying "reproductive rights and bodily autonomy are human rights."

- Wants to make affordable, quality healthcare accessible by expanding Medicaid.
- Supports pro-choice policies, saying "reproductive rights and bodily autonomy are human rights."

Wants to keep Georgia "the number one place to do business, but also the number one place for workers to raise a family."

Wants to address unemployment, loss of revenue, and business closures that have happened as a result of COVID-19.

- Wants to keep Georgia "the number one place to do business, but also the number one place for workers to raise a family."
- Wants to address unemployment, loss of revenue, and business closures that have happened as a result of COVID-19.

Wants to provide "the best education the state can provide" for Georgia students.

- Wants to provide "the best education the state can provide" for Georgia students.

Wants to "fight against voter suppression, and make sure every legal vote is counted." He did not provide any further information on this topic.

- Wants to "fight against voter suppression, and make sure every legal vote is counted." He did not provide any further information on this topic.

As of May 14, 2025, Erick Eugene Allen’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Erick Eugene Allen

Wants to increase the recruitment and retention of physicians and mid-level medical officials.

Supports the construction of community health centers in underserved areas, including the construction of mental health and substance abuse recovery centers.

Wants to incentivize smaller physician practices to provide care to Medicaid patients.

Plans to set aside funding for hospitals that provide care to vulnerable patients.

- Wants to increase the recruitment and retention of physicians and mid-level medical officials.
- Supports the construction of community health centers in underserved areas, including the construction of mental health and substance abuse recovery centers.
- Wants to incentivize smaller physician practices to provide care to Medicaid patients.
- Plans to set aside funding for hospitals that provide care to vulnerable patients.

Wants to develop a teacher advisory committee to advise political leadership on a progressive curriculum including teaching "practical subjects (practical finance, entrepreneurship) for students, offer trade programs, support for special education, infrastructure improvements and technology including state satellite internet."

Supports increasing funding to the Hope scholarship.

Wants to subsidize tuition for two-year community college programs for graduating high school students that have lived in the state for at least two years. In exchange, scholars are expected to work in Georgia’s underserved communities for two years after finishing school.

- Plans to increase teacher salaries.
- Wants to develop a teacher advisory committee to advise political leadership on a progressive curriculum including teaching "practical subjects (practical finance, entrepreneurship) for students, offer trade programs, support for special education, infrastructure improvements and technology including state satellite internet."
- Supports increasing funding to the Hope scholarship.
- Wants to subsidize tuition for two-year community college programs for graduating high school students that have lived in the state for at least two years. In exchange, scholars are expected to work in Georgia’s underserved communities for two years after finishing school.

As of March 24, 2022, Jason Hayes’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Plans to advocate for small business tax breaks.

Supports the inclusion of small businesses in Georgia Medicaid expansion.

Wants to develop a Small Business Association (SBA) equivalent for Georgia small businesses.

Wants to incentivize corporations to invest in "disenfranchised and rural communities" by creating jobs that hire locally.

- Plans to advocate for small business tax breaks.
- Supports the inclusion of small businesses in Georgia Medicaid expansion.
- Wants to develop a Small Business Association (SBA) equivalent for Georgia small businesses.
- Wants to incentivize corporations to invest in "disenfranchised and rural communities" by creating jobs that hire locally.

Wants to increase education about the voting process and voter rights.

Plans to increase voter access by increasing the number of days and hours that the polls are open.

Supports improving access to vote by mail and dropbox by opening more sites and monitoring them.

Wants to improve recruitment and retention of poll workers.

Plans to invest in new voting technology, including the ability to vote by computer.

- Wants to increase education about the voting process and voter rights. 
- Plans to increase voter access by increasing the number of days and hours that the polls are open. 
- Supports improving access to vote by mail and dropbox by opening more sites and monitoring them. 
- Wants to improve recruitment and retention of poll workers.
- Plans to invest in new voting technology, including the ability to vote by computer.

Jason Hayes

Plans to increase access to medical care by expanding Medicaid.

Wants to protect Georgia's parks to ensure clean water and air.

Supports reopening cloud medical facilities.

- Plans to increase access to medical care by expanding Medicaid. 
- Wants to protect Georgia's parks to ensure clean water and air.
- Supports reopening cloud medical facilities.

Wants to "stop the madness \[about the "Big Lie"] and put the real issues first."

- Wants to "stop the madness \[about the "Big Lie"] and put the real issues first."

Supports the inclusion of black history in school curriculums.

- Plans to protect teachers and education.
- Supports the inclusion of black history in school curriculums.

Plans to provide "training to work in the traditional or the new economy."

- Plans to provide "training to work in the traditional or the new economy."
- Supports affordable housing.

As of March 24, 2022, Kwanza Hall’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Kwanza Hall

As of May 14, 2025, Rashid Malik’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Rashid Malik

Said, "More than 1 million Georgians have no insurance whatsoever, and our uninsured rate is the 3rd worst in the country."

Plans to increase access to reproductive healthcare and reduce healthcare disparities, specifically for LGBTQ+ Georgians.

- Said, "More than 1 million Georgians have no insurance whatsoever, and our uninsured rate is the 3rd worst in the country."
- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Plans to increase access to reproductive healthcare and reduce healthcare disparities, specifically for LGBTQ+ Georgians.

Wants to increase funding for public schools.

- Wants to increase funding for public schools.

Plans to advance the rights of workers to organize to improve working conditions.

Supports a "balanced approach" to improving the economy that benefits both workers and businesses.

- Plans to advance the rights of workers to organize to improve working conditions.
- Supports a "balanced approach" to improving the economy that benefits both workers and businesses.

Wants to "ensure that our elections are free, fair, and accessible for everyone."

- Wants to "ensure that our elections are free, fair, and accessible for everyone."

Said, "We have a problem with mass incarceration and police accountability in Georgia. The state of Georgia is a global leader in incarceration."

Plans to hold police officers accountable in situations of police abuse.

Said, "I will work to end the systemic racial and economic bias."

- Said, "We have a problem with mass incarceration and police accountability in Georgia. The state of Georgia is a global leader in incarceration."
- Plans to hold police officers accountable in situations of police abuse.
- Said, "I will work to end the systemic racial and economic bias."

Renitta Shannon

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As of May 14, 2025, Tony Brown’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Tony Brown

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Supports updating training for law enforcement.

Wants to increase pay for law enforcement officers.

- Supports updating training for law enforcement.
- Wants to increase pay for law enforcement officers.

Supports cutting taxes for retired veteran benefits.

Plans to expand Georgia's economy through a "billion dollar plan."

Supports legislation to ensure equal pay for women.

- Wants to invest in rural Georgia.
- Supports cutting taxes for retired veteran benefits.
- Plans to expand Georgia's economy through a "billion dollar plan."
- Supports legislation to ensure equal pay for women.

As of March 24, 2022, Tyrone Brooks’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Tyrone Brooks

- The Lieutenant Governor (Lt. Governor for short) is similar to the Vice President of the United States. If the Governor is incapacitated for any reason, the Lt. Governor takes over their powers until the Governor recovers or the term ends.
- The Lt. Governor influences which new laws get passed by using their role as the President of the State Senate. They work with advocates to introduce legislation and assist in the selection of which bills go up for debate.
- The Lt. Governor oversees debate in the State Senate, guiding the discussion of legislation and casting tie-breaking votes when necessary. 
- The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years in midterm election years (e.g. 2022, 2026, 2030). Unlike the Governor, the Lt. Governor is not subject to term limits and can run an unlimited number of times.

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