- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Georgia Senate

Georgia

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Economic Growth

Housing Costs

Economy

Energy & the Environment

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

Public Safety

Education

State Senator

- Your state representative represents the interests of your local district in the Georgia State House of Representatives.
- Your state representative can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws. All bills dealing with the state budget originate in the Georgia House of Representatives.
- The State House of Representatives, along with the State Senate, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 180 members of the Georgia House of Representatives, each representing a single district.
- State Representatives are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342. They only serve in the role part-time.

Your representative and state lawmaker in the Georgia House of Representatives

Healthcare Costs

Jobs & Opportunity

State Representative

- County Commissioners create and pass laws at the county-level. These laws show up in very tangible ways, such as determining how much you pay in property and sales taxes, public transportation, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners are responsible for preparing and passing the county budget. The budget determines how much funding goes to various public services, such as public transportation, law enforcement, repairing roads, and maintaining infrastructure.
- County Commissioners oversee the administrative duties of your county’s government to ensure the safety, comfort, and well-being of county residents.
- County Commissioners are elected to 4-year terms in staggered years. Typically, you only vote for the County Commissioner that represents your county commission district.

Creates new laws and passes the budget for your county

Gilmer

Taxes

Public Transportation

Public Services

Housing & Urban Development

Transportation & Infrastructure

County Commissioner

Glynn

- The Board of Education runs the public school system. The Board of Education is entirely independent from the rest of the county government.
- Board of Education members work together to make school policy, set the budget, and appoint the superintendent to run the schools day to day.
- Board of Education members are elected to four-year terms in nonpartisan elections.

2024 Georgia candidates

Georgia State Senator Runoff, District 55, Democratic Primary

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Georgia State Representative Runoff, District 131, Republican Primary

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Georgia State Senator Runoff, District 34, Democratic Primary

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Georgia State Representative Runoff, District 180, Republican Primary

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Gilmer County Commissioner Runoff, Republican Primary

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Glynn County Commissioner Runoff

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Glynn County Commissioner Runoff, District 2, Republican Primary

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Grady County Commissioner Runoff, District 1

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Greene County Commissioner Runoff, District 4, Republican Primary

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Gwinnett County Board of Education Member Runoff, District 1

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