2020 Primary Election

Recent study shows US has spent over $1B locking up innocent black & brown people; Georgia is the state with the highest prison population

Georgia jails are overcrowded and unsafe; pose huge risk for COVID-19 to spread

Supports legalizing marijuana, especially empowering communities affected by war on drugs to profit

- Recent study shows US has spent over $1B locking up innocent black & brown people; Georgia is the state with the highest prison population
- Georgia jails are overcrowded and unsafe; pose huge risk for COVID-19 to spread
- Supports ending cash bail
- Supports legalizing marijuana, especially empowering communities affected by war on drugs to profit

Criminal Justice

Provide grants to minority communities impacted by health disparities

- Has personal background in HIV advocacy
- Expand medicaid for all
- Provide grants to minority communities impacted by health disparities

Healthcare

Address disparities in environmental health among black and brown communities

Strengthen state-level environmental protections

Ensure harmful chemical plants are shut down

- Address disparities in environmental health among black and brown communities
- Strengthen state-level environmental protections
- Ensure harmful chemical plants are shut down

Environment

Increase incentives for employers to offer tele-work

- Invest smartly in transportation
- Increase incentives for employers to offer tele-work

Transportation & Infrastructure

Making sure that children have food, clothes, and housing outside of the classroom

- Fully fund education programs
- Making sure that children have food, clothes, and housing outside of the classroom

Education

Invest in entrepreneurial programs for minorities with higher unemployment rates

- Invest in entrepreneurial programs for minorities with higher unemployment rates

Economy

Devin Barrington-Ward

Horacena Tate

Personally understands not having money to pay rent, buy food, or have good quality of life

Essential workers especially deserve higher pay

- Supports minimum of $15 hourly wage
- Personally understands not having money to pay rent, buy food, or have good quality of life
- Essential workers especially deserve higher pay

Expand medicaid, as this has been proven in other states to increase coverage in an affordable way

- Expand medicaid, as this has been proven in other states to increase coverage in an affordable way

Supports investing into infrastructure revitalization, which will also provide jobs

Disappointed by current President's lack of action towards this issue

- Supports investing into infrastructure revitalization, which will also provide jobs
- Disappointed by current President's lack of action towards this issue

Infrastructure

- Supports funding public schools
- Increase pay for teachers

Public transit is necessary for economic development

Will work hard to get viable transportation within district

- Public transit is necessary for economic development
- Will work hard to get viable transportation within district

Michael Carson

Her and her family have extensive background in educational advocacy

Increase teacher pay to address teacher shortage

More practical curriculums, including financial literacy and civics education

- Her and her family have extensive background in educational advocacy
- Increase teacher pay to address teacher shortage
- Build mentoring program for new teachers
- More practical curriculums, including financial literacy and civics education

Expand medicaid to address 500,000 uninsured Georgians

- Expand medicaid to address 500,000 uninsured Georgians
- Better fund rural hospitals and clinics

Need more transportation options to keep up with population and economic growth

- Need more transportation options to keep up with population and economic growth

Need more policies to protect our labor force and unions

- Need more policies to protect our labor force and unions
- Increase minimum wage to living wage
- Make benefits available to workers

Families need more security in the event of economic downturn

Implement community improvement districts

- Families need more security in the event of economic downturn
- Implement community improvement districts

Tania Robinson

The State Senate plays an important role in setting policy around economic development, education, criminal justice, and the minimum wage.

Your representative in the upper chamber of the state legislature

State Senate

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