2020 Primary Election

James Knox

Ideological PACs

Medicaid expansion and auto-enrollment of the uninsured

Strengthen the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions

- Protect and strengthen Medicare
- Medicaid expansion and auto-enrollment of the uninsured
- Strengthen the Affordable Care Act’s protections for pre-existing conditions
- Expand U.S. Public Health Service

Healthcare

reverse rollbacks of clean air, clean water, and fuel economy standards

Rapidly phased-in ban on single-use plastics and other sustainability efforts

- Re-enter the Paris Climate Accords
- reverse rollbacks of clean air, clean water, and fuel economy standards
- Rapidly phased-in ban on single-use plastics and other sustainability efforts

Environment

Supports universal criminal history checks for gun purchases, red flag laws, and closing gun show loophole

Supports ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines to the general public

- Supports Second Amendment
- Supports universal criminal history checks for gun purchases, red flag laws, and closing gun show loophole
- Supports ban on the sale of semi-automatic rifles and high-capacity magazines to the general public

Gun Safety

Supports fast and generous direct emergency relief during economic crises

Lower taxes for all but wealthiest Americans

- Supports fast and generous direct emergency relief during economic crises
- Lower taxes for all but wealthiest Americans
- Calls for campaign finance reform
- Reduce dependence on China for goods

Economy

Mother is an immigrant who came to America at 23 and has achieved the American Dream

Wants to reform the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

Put American workers first, respect human rights, and create a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants who are already here and follow the law

- Mother is an immigrant who came to America at 23 and has achieved the American Dream
- Wants to reform the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
- Strengthen our borders
- Put American workers first, respect human rights, and create a path to legal status for undocumented immigrants who are already here and follow the law

Immigration

Administration

Free trade school and vocational training

Increasing teacher pay and breaking the link between a community’s wealth and the funding available for its public schools

- Free trade school and vocational training
- Debt-free public college
- Increasing teacher pay and breaking the link between a community’s wealth and the funding available for its public schools

Education

Jon Ossoff

Marckeith DeJesus

Loan from Self

Other issues don't matter without addressing underlying ability for individuals to earn a living wage

Need to expand individuals access to credit and capital, specifically for middle and working class folks

Paycheck Protection Program is evidence of favoring corporations and millionaires over small businesses

- Other issues don't matter without addressing underlying ability for individuals to earn a living wage
- Need to expand individuals access to credit and capital, specifically for middle and working class folks
- Paycheck Protection Program is evidence of favoring corporations and millionaires over small businesses

Everyone is entitled as a basic human right to preventative healthcare

- Universal basic healthcare system
- Single payer option 
- Everyone is entitled as a basic human right to preventative healthcare

Move to increase carbon capturing with our farmers

Reduce carbon emissions by creating clean energy opportunities, particularly giving that economic opportunity to people in rural areas and people of color

Expand public transit infrastructure to alleviate carbon emissions from traffic congestion

- Re-sign Paris Accords
- Adopt UN sustainable development goals
- Move to increase carbon capturing with our farmers
- Reduce carbon emissions by creating clean energy opportunities, particularly giving that economic opportunity to people in rural areas and people of color 
- Expand public transit infrastructure to alleviate carbon emissions from traffic congestion

Create pathways to citizenship for millions of people who have been here undocumented

Create a system where people understand the process and it doesn't take 15 years to get through

- Believes current system is broken
- Create pathways to citizenship for millions of people who have been here undocumented
- Need more legal pathways to citizenship
- Create a system where people understand the process and it doesn't take 15 years to get through

Deployment of military resources is inequitable, make sure more of it gets to front line soldiers

VA resources, medical care, job training, and business opportunities need to be greater for soldiers returning home

Prioritize America as a global community and the interconnectedness of us all

Prioritize bringing peace to the world and economic prosperity to all

- Deployment of military resources is inequitable, make sure more of it gets to front line soldiers
- VA resources, medical care, job training, and business opportunities need to be greater for soldiers returning home
- Prioritize America as a global community and the interconnectedness of us all
- Prioritize bringing peace to the world and economic prosperity to all

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Georgia has a bad history with race relations and students are still being expelled for racial epithets, which is learned behavior

K-12 education is critical to creating a workforce

Decreasing student debt is critical to giving millennials a fighting shot at the American Dream

Common Core standards have eviscerated the ability for teachers to really teach without just teaching to test

Education is critical to the thriving of our economy

- Georgia has a bad history with race relations and students are still being expelled for racial epithets, which is learned behavior
- K-12 education is critical to creating a workforce
- Decreasing student debt is critical to giving millennials a fighting shot at the American Dream
- Common Core standards have eviscerated the ability for teachers to really teach without just teaching to test
- Increase teacher pay
- Education is critical to the thriving of our economy

Has managed federal funds, worked in government, and been a judge of judges.

70% of the electorate this race will be African American and she is the only African American woman in the race.

Does not seek to be a career politician, is a lawyer by training and a public servant who understands the struggle of working class people.

- Has managed federal funds, worked in government, and been a judge of judges.
- 70% of the electorate this race will be African American and she is the only African American woman in the race.
- Does not seek to be a career politician, is a lawyer by training and a public servant who understands the struggle of working class people.

Maya Dillard-Smith

Labor PACs

Barack Obama and the ACA motivated her to become a Democrat.

Believes that Healthcare is a human right.

Believes that the lack of universal access to healthcare has removed some of our economic opportunity.

Introduce public option to start a universal healthcare option and create a competitive healthcare market.

- Barack Obama and the ACA motivated her to become a Democrat.
- Believes that Healthcare is a human right.
- Believes that the lack of universal access to healthcare has removed some of our economic opportunity.
- Introduce public option to start a universal healthcare option and create a competitive healthcare market.
- Medicaid expansion in Georgia.
- Lower the age for Medicare.

Believes that we are facing an existential threat, that needs bold and immediate action.

Supports restoring the protections for clean air and water.

- Believes that we are facing an existential threat, that needs bold and immediate action.
- Supports restoring the protections for clean air and water.

Supports universal background checks, red flag laws and closing the boyfriend loophole

Wants to preserve Second Amendment rights while also preventing access to guns for people who have a background of criminal offenses, domestic violence or are mentally ill.

- Supports universal background checks, red flag laws and closing the boyfriend loophole
- Wants to preserve Second Amendment rights while also preventing access to guns for people who have a background of criminal offenses, domestic violence or are mentally ill.

Supports increasing equitable access to capital for women and minority owned businesses.

- Increased investment in infrastructure.
- Supports increasing equitable access to capital for women and minority owned businesses.

Believes Trump has undermined our global alliances.

Supports restoring the strength of our alliances through diplomacy, including increasing funding and recruiting talent

Assure global allies they have American support for restoring peace

- Believes Trump has undermined our global alliances.
- Supports restoring the strength of our alliances through diplomacy, including increasing funding and recruiting talent
- Assure global allies they have American support for restoring peace

Believes in the importance of sitting with people who disagree with you, and finding common ground on issues that don't compromise your core values.

- Believes in the importance of sitting with people who disagree with you, and finding common ground on issues that don't compromise your core values.

Supports a robust investment in public education through an equitable distribution of capital.

- Supports a robust investment in public education through an equitable distribution of capital. 
- Universal Pre-k. 
- Increased funding for Title 1 schools. 
- Increased access to Pell Grants.

Has gotten more votes than David Perdue has ever won in Georgia.

Has been fighting for working families for the last two decades.

- Has gotten more votes than David Perdue has ever won in Georgia.
- Has the support of Labor Unions.
- Has been fighting for working families for the last two decades.

Everyone should have the right to vote and elections should be free from foreign interference.

- Everyone should have the right to vote and elections should be free from foreign interference.

Election Integrity

Sarah Riggs Amico

Business PACs

Believes that we are at an breaking point in our country's history, that there is much anxiety among Georgians right now.

It is important to know how issues get passed at the federal level and at what cost political stability must return to our country.

- Believes that we are at an breaking point in our country's history, that there is much anxiety among Georgians right now.
- It is important to know how issues get passed at the federal level and at what cost political stability must return to our country.

Supports universal healthcare through the expansion of the Affordable Care Act.

Supports the federal government taking on Medicaid.

Supports public option expansion for Affordable Care Act and opening up the ACA for people unemployed due to COVID-19.

- Supports universal healthcare through the expansion of the Affordable Care Act.
- Lowering age for Medicare to 55.
- Supports the federal government taking on Medicaid.
- Supports public option expansion for Affordable Care Act and opening up the ACA for people unemployed due to COVID-19.

Believes it could save an estimated 2 trillion dollars a year in federal spending, and would save a family of four an estimated $2,000 per year.

- Supports the Green New Deal.
- Believes it could save an estimated 2 trillion dollars a year in federal spending, and would save a family of four an estimated $2,000 per year.

Served as Public Safety Director during time as Mayor and therefore has personal experience with assault weapons.

Outlaw assault weapons and extended magazines.

Institute red flag laws and invest in the ATF in an effort to build a searchable database.

- Served as Public Safety Director during time as Mayor and therefore has personal experience with assault weapons.
- Supports universal background checks.
- Outlaw assault weapons and extended magazines.
- Institute red flag laws and invest in the ATF in an effort to build a searchable database.

Supports HR40 and S.1083, which call for the creation of a panel of experts to determine the best way we can address racial injustices to black Americans

- Supports criminal justice reform
- Supports HR40 and S.1083, which call for the creation of a panel of experts to determine the best way we can address racial injustices to black Americans

Path to citizenship for undocumented workers

Restore aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador

- Citizenship for DREAMers
- Path to citizenship for undocumented workers
- Restore aid to Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador
- Secure, smart borders instead of a wall
- Restructure immigration system 
- Revamp visa process

Proud of the work she has done across the aisle when she served as Mayor of Columbus and working with hundreds of city council members who did not agree with her on certain political issues.

People will vote with you if you agree on the outcome of the issue, even if you disagree politically.

- Proud of the work she has done across the aisle when she served as Mayor of Columbus and working with hundreds of city council members who did not agree with her on certain political issues.
- People will vote with you if you agree on the outcome of the issue, even if you disagree politically.

Invest in public education on a federal level in order to remedy the disparity created by school funding via property taxes.

Supports community schools concept in an effort to protect students' nourishment and mental health.

- Invest in public education on a federal level in order to remedy the disparity created by school funding via property taxes.
- Supports community schools concept in an effort to protect students' nourishment and mental health.

Teresa has held elected office before as Mayor, and holds that as an advantage in terms of negotiations, balancing budgets, keeping stability in government, and holding national security clearance.

Has been in Georgia politics for 30 years and believes that experience is important when going up against a Republican incumbent.

- Teresa has held elected office before as Mayor, and holds that as an advantage in terms of negotiations, balancing budgets, keeping stability in government, and holding national security clearance.
- Has been in Georgia politics for 30 years and believes that experience is important when going up against a Republican incumbent.

Supports a progressive tax system and wants to focus on helping the middle class.

- Supports a progressive tax system and wants to focus on helping the middle class.
- Roll back Trump Administration tax cuts.

Taxes

Teresa Tomlinson

Tricia Carpenter McCracken

The US Senate is the most deliberative legislative body in the world, making this race the highest profile race on Georgia voters' ballots, below the presidential race. Which Democrat will you nominate to challenge the current Republican Senator, David Purdue, in November?

Creates federal legislation within the upper house of US Congress

US Senate

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