Chris lives with his wife, Jolee. They have a daughter and a son and attend Silvertown Baptist Church.

Chris works as a customer service representative at Physicians Plus. His first job was working at Dominos Pizza.

Chris previously ran to be a Georgia state representative but was not elected.

Wants to end partisan gerrymandering by creating an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission.

- Wants to end partisan gerrymandering by creating an independent, non-partisan redistricting commission.

Voting & Elections

Wants to invest in infrastructure, including high speed internet, and encourage labor unions to raise wages.

Plans to lower property taxes while making sure that the state government invests in school funding.

Sees legalized marijuana and sports betting as new sources of funding for the state.

- Wants to invest in infrastructure, including high speed internet, and encourage labor unions to raise wages. 
- Plans to lower property taxes while making sure that the state government invests in school funding. 
- Sees legalized marijuana and sports betting as new sources of funding for the state.

Economy

Wants to make sure that everyone has access to affordable, quality health care.

- Wants to make sure that everyone has access to affordable, quality health care.

Healthcare

Wants to legalize marijuana, regulate the industry, release those in prison for marijuana-related offenses, and expunge the records of people with marijuana-related convictions.

- Wants to legalize marijuana, regulate the industry, release those in prison for marijuana-related offenses, and expunge the records of people with marijuana-related convictions.

Public Safety

Wants "to protect our public schools from corporate greed and budget cuts, and to enhance the public school curriculum to educate and prepare our children for the high demand, skilled trades of the present and future."

Believes that school funding should never be cut.

- Wants "to protect our public schools from corporate greed and budget cuts, and to enhance the public school curriculum to educate and prepare our children for the high demand, skilled trades of the present and future." 
- Believes that school funding should never be cut.

Education

Chris Benton

John earned a degree in Economics from Mercer University. He also completed his law degree at Mercer University School of Law.

John is a partner at the James-Bates-Brannan-Groover law firm.

John Kennedy is currently the State Senator for District 18. He was first elected in 2014. He served as Caucus Chairman for the Senate Majority during the 2017-2018 legislative term.

Wants to ensure fair and secure elections.

- Wants to ensure fair and secure elections.

Supports tax cuts for Middle Georgia families.

Supported suspending the state gas tax to provide relief to Georgains.

- Supports tax cuts for Middle Georgia families. 
- Wants to invest in rural broadband. 
- Supported suspending the state gas tax to provide relief to Georgains.

As of July 5, 2022, John Kennedy’s website did not contain information on this issue.

- Supports the 2nd Amendment. 
- Supports investing in public safety.

Opposes "divisive ideologies" in the classroom.

- Opposes "divisive ideologies" in the classroom.

John Kennedy

- 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.