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Georgia Assembly Profile

Mary Frances is originally from Marietta, Georgia. She has a bachelor's degree from Earlham College in Richmond, Indiana, and a master's degree in social work from the University of Georgia. She has two sons and two grandchildren. She attends First United Methodist Church of Marietta.

Mary Frances used to work as an advocacy consultant.

Mary Frances Williams is currently the state representative for district 37. She was first elected in 2018 and has been in office for two terms.

Supports a living wage, equal pay for women, and making it easier for entrepreneurs to start businesses by changing the tax code and "closing special interest loopholes."

Wants to build a comprehensive regional transit network.

- Supports a living wage, equal pay for women, and making it easier for entrepreneurs to start businesses by changing the tax code and "closing special interest loopholes." 
- Wants to build a comprehensive regional transit network.

Supports using paper ballots, secure voting technology, and mailing absentee ballots to voters.

Wants to create a nonpartisan, independent redistricting commission.

- Supports using paper ballots, secure voting technology, and mailing absentee ballots to voters. 
- Wants to create a nonpartisan, independent redistricting commission.

Wants to expand Medicaid to 500,000 additional Georgians.

Opposes budget cuts for public health and safety-net programs and supports reforms to end surprise medical billing.

- Wants to expand Medicaid to 500,000 additional Georgians. 
- Opposes budget cuts for public health and safety-net programs and supports reforms to end surprise medical billing.

Wants to increase public school funding, raise teacher pay, and make testing more flexible.

Supports smaller classroom sizes, pre-k and after school programs, and ending discriminatory school discipline.

Wants to fully funding the HOPE scholarship program and restore grants for technical colleges and associate degrees.

- Wants to increase public school funding, raise teacher pay, and make testing more flexible. 
- Supports smaller classroom sizes, pre-k and after school programs, and ending discriminatory school discipline. 
- Wants to fully funding the HOPE scholarship program and restore grants for technical colleges and associate degrees.

Wants to repeal campus carry and opposes getting rid of bans on carrying concealed weapons in daycare centers, sports arenas, and high school advanced placement exam centers.

- Wants to repeal campus carry and opposes getting rid of bans on carrying concealed weapons in daycare centers, sports arenas, and high school advanced placement exam centers.

Mary Frances Williams

- 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.