DeKalb County

Served as an alternate on the DeKalb Board of Ethics before taking office. In her 2022 primary she noticed early tapes showed zero votes for her, which led to a hand recount that fixed a programming error; she now backs a countywide housing trust fund and zoning for smaller single-family homes.

Sources: DeKalb County, America Counts, Campaign site

Has campaigned against data center expansion in South DeKalb and opposes spending county money on a new public safety training center; she was an organizer in the Stop Cop City movement. Endorsed by the Sierra Club, Georgia Conservation Voters and the Working Families Party.

Sources: AJC, Ballotpedia, The Cool Down

Ran unopposed for the Democratic nomination for a second term. In the Senate he voted for the American Rescue Plan, the Inflation Reduction Act and the 2023 bipartisan debt ceiling deal.

Sources: Wikipedia, Black Vote Watch

As mayor she signed an ordinance ending cash bail for low-level city offenses, which Republicans are now using against her. Endorsed by Joe Biden, Eric Holder, Rep. Sanford Bishop and the federal employees' union AFGE.

Sources: AJC, AFGE, Campaign site

A Yale Law graduate and JD Vance's former roommate, he made public Vance's 2016 texts wondering if Trump could become "America's Hitler."

Sources: Wikipedia, AJC

Says "the people are owed integrity" and that she would run elections as impartially as she ran her courtroom. Endorsed by Roy Barnes, EMILY's List and the Georgia Association of Black Women Attorneys.

Sources: iVoterGuide, Democratic secretaries of state

Running on gun violence prevention, open records and diversion programs for first-time nonviolent offenders. Wants Georgia to join other states in challenging the Trump-approved Warner Bros. Discovery deal.

Sources: Wikipedia, DAGA, AJC

Wants drought and water plans, more farm-to-school food, and farmland impact reviews before data centers and big developments go in. Endorsed by the Sierra Club and Georgia Equality.

Sources: The Atlanta Objective, Georgia Equality PAC

Wants to stop insurers from setting premiums by ZIP code and credit score. The state ethics commission fined her $5,000 in 2022 for filing three campaign finance reports late.

Sources: Insurance Journal, AJC

Says "people cannot afford to live" and is running on child care, fair pay and fixing the unemployment system. Endorsed by the Working Families Party.

Sources: The Story Exchange, Campaign site

Wants universal preschool and less reliance on high-stakes testing, and says she wants to restore trust in teachers.

Sources: WABE, iVoterGuide

Has called for an independent audit of Georgia Power's profits, and his analysis found data center power discounts push more than a billion dollars in costs onto households.

Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign site

Running on "People Before Profits" and against rate increases, saying the state keeps giving corporations welfare. Endorsed by the Sierra Club and Georgia Conservation Voters.

Sources: Campaign site, WABE, Endorsements

Practiced law in Decatur, spent twelve years as a DeKalb associate magistrate judge and sat on the county commission from 2001 to 2006. Ranking member of the House Judiciary subcommittee on courts, intellectual property and AI.

Sources: ElectionsGA, Wikipedia

Succeeded John Lewis and voted in January 2021 to impeach Trump for inciting the Capitol attack. Stepped down as state Democratic Party chair in March 2025 after the party made the job full-time; endorsed by AFGE and Giffords.

Sources: LCV, FOX 5 Atlanta, AFGE, Giffords

Won a crowded Democratic primary running as "Georgia's leading science voice" and says she'll stand up to Trump on Medicare and medical research cuts. Endorsed by MoveOn, Indivisible, J Street and Stand Up for Science.

Sources: MoveOn, Ballotpedia News, Indivisible

Running on school funding, health care access and a "Georgia Insurance Bill of Rights" on rate increases. Endorsed by U.S. Reps. Hank Johnson and Nikema Williams.

Sources: Campaign site, Endorsements

Former director of the Healthy Mothers, Healthy Babies Coalition of Georgia. Focuses on school funding, the environment and gun violence; endorsed by the Georgia Association of Educators, the Sierra Club and Georgia Equality.

Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign site, Endorsements

Wrote the law creating Georgia's Address Confidentiality Program for survivors of domestic violence, stalking and trafficking. Endorsed by Georgia WIN List, Georgia Equality, Fair Fight and the Southeastern Carpenters.

Sources: Campaign site, Endorsements

Ran voter protection for the state Democratic Party in 2020 and 2021. Called the 2026 Republican hand-recount bill "extraordinarily irresponsible"; endorsed by Parent, the Georgia AFL-CIO, Moms Demand Action and the Georgia Association of Educators.

Sources: Wikipedia, AP, Campaign site

In 2024 joined a lawsuit asking Gov. Kemp to hold ethics hearings on three Republican State Election Board members. The State Ethics Commission fined him $5,000 in 2009 for 15 late campaign disclosure filings.

Sources: FOX 5 Atlanta, AJC, Wikipedia

Co-sponsored the bill to block mining near the Okefenokee Swamp and voted for the HB 1015 income tax cut. Endorsed by the Asian American Advocacy Fund.

Sources: Wikipedia, Campaign site, Branch, Asian American Advocacy Fund

Ran a Music & Memory program for dementia patients at A.G. Rhodes. Endorsed by Georgia Equality, Georgia WIN List and Georgia Conservation Voters.

Sources: Asian American Advocacy Fund, Georgia Equality PAC

Georgia's first openly LGBTQ legislator. Spoke and voted against the 2023 ban on gender-affirming care for minors and filed an environmental justice bill for polluted neighborhoods.

Sources: Wikipedia, WABE, Georgia Conservation Voters

Helped pass the 2020 law rebuilding the DeKalb Board of Ethics. Co-sponsored 2023 bills to end qualified immunity and require active body cameras.

Sources: AJC, FOX 5 Atlanta, Wikipedia

Wrote the legislation that created the City of Tucker and chaired the House Democratic Caucus from 2021 to 2025. Testified to a U.S. Senate committee in 2021 that SB 202 was meant to suppress votes in communities of color.

Sources: City of Tucker, Sen. Alex Padilla

Opposed a data center project in south DeKalb and wants a statewide data center moratorium. Endorsed by the LGBTQ+ Victory Fund, Run for Something and HRC.

Sources: WABE, Victory Fund, Run for Something

Endorsed by Georgia WIN List and Georgia Equality PAC.

Sources: Georgia Equality PAC, On Common Ground News

Wrote the 2016 law requiring police to send backlogged rape kits to the GBI for testing. Defended Georgia's certified 2020 results against the Trump campaign's fraud claims.

Sources: FOX 5 Atlanta, Washington Examiner, Wikipedia

Wrote the 2023 George Burgess Act expanding rights for adults under guardianship. In 2025 was one of two House Democrats who stayed on the floor to vote no on banning state money for gender-affirming care for prisoners.

Sources: Georgia WIN List, The Current

Co-sponsored legislation setting penalties for misclassifying workers. Endorsed by Reproductive Freedom for All, Fair Fight and the Georgia Association of Educators.

Sources: Campaign site, Reproductive Freedom for All, iVoterGuide