With final votes are still being tabulated around the state, we know one thing for sure– well, SEVEN!
When the Georgia General Assembly convenes in January, it will do so with a record seven openly LGBTQ legislators, more than any other southern state, and the most in our state’s history. What’s even more is that the State Senate has its first openly lesbian member in Senator-elect Kim Jackson. Kim joins Representative-elect Marvin Lim as the two freshmen members of the LGBTQ caucus at the state legislature with previously elected Representatives Karla Drenner, Park Cannon, Renitta Shannon, Sam Park, and Matthew Wilson.
Building on that success, Georgia Equality endorsed candidates won their races at a rate of 70%! We look forward to learning more about the turnout in the coming days, but want to congratulate each of the winning endorsed candidates listed below. We are excited to work with each of you in your elected roles to advance LGBTQ equality at every level of government in Georgia.
BUT, as is typical for Georgia, WE ARE NOT DONE VOTING! Depending on the way the final numbers from Tuesday shake out, we will likely have two runoff elections coming up on December 1st (state races), and then again on January 5th (races for the US Senate).
Winning Endorsed Campaigns:
State Senate:
SD 6: Jen Jordan
SD 17: Brian Strickland
SD 39: Sonya Halpern — ADVANCING TO RUNOFF
SD 40: Sally Harrell
SD 41: Kim Jackson
SD 48: Michelle Au
State House of Representatives:
HD 37: Mary Frances Williams
HD 39: Erica Thomas
HD 40: Erick Allen
HD 48: Mary Robichaux
HD 50: Angelica Kausche
HD 51: Josh McLaurin
HD 52: Betsy Holland
HD 79: Michael Wilensky
HD 80: Matthew Wilson
HD 95: Beth Moore
HD 101: Sam Park
HD 102: Greg Kennard
HD 105: Donna McLeod
HD 107: Shelly Hutchinson
HD 109: Regina Lewis-Ward
Municipal Offices:
Athens/Clarke County District Attorney: Deborah Gonzalez — ADVANCING TO RUNOFF
Athens/Clark County Sherriff: John Q. Williams
Cobb County Commission Chair: Lisa Cupid
Cobb County Commission, District 2: Jerica Richardson
Cobb County District Attorney: Flynn D. Broady Jr.
Cobb County Sherriff: Craig Owens
DeKalb County Commission, District 1: Robert Patrick
Fulton County Commission, District 4: Natalie Hall
Gwinnett County Commission Chair: Nicole Love Hendrickson
Gwinnett County Sheriff: Keybo Taylor