Charlie has a bachelors of arts in religion and political science and a law degree from the University of Georgia.

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Charlie is an attorney. He works at Cook & Connelly, LLC., a family law firm where he has been for three years. He previously worked as the Senior Assistant District Attorney for Fulton County.

Charlie Bailey ran for Attorney General in 2018, but lost to Republican candidate, Christopher M Carr.

Healthcare

Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

- Plans to increase funding for schools, reduce class sizes, and raise teacher salaries.

Education

Supports increasing pay for law enforcement officers.

Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.

Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."

Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

- Supports increasing pay for law enforcement officers. 
- Wants to improve public agency screening tools to improve recruitment capabilities.
- Plans to fund policies that will "ensure that our law enforcement training will keep citizens and law enforcement officers safe and that officers will treat everyone they meet with the respect they deserve."
- Wants to fund the Georgia Bureau of Investigation’s state crime lab to help process backlogged sexual assault kits and ballistics tests.

Public Safety

As of March 24, 2022, Charlie Bailey’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Economy

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Charlie Bailey

Kwanza is from Atlanta, Georgia. He went to Benjamin E Mays High School. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Before his campaign for Lt. Governor, Kwanza was a Managing Director. He worked at Maxwell Stamp, an economic consultancy where he worked for one year. He previously worked as Director of Business Development at MacTec, and engineering and consulting firm.

Kwanza Hall is currently a former US Congressman representing District 05. He was also a member of Atlanta City Council and the Atlanta Board of Education. He was first elected in 2005 and has served for a total of 15 years.

Plans to increase access to medical care by expanding Medicaid.

Wants to protect Georgia's parks to ensure clean water and air.

Supports reopening cloud medical facilities.

- Plans to increase access to medical care by expanding Medicaid. 
- Wants to protect Georgia's parks to ensure clean water and air.
- Supports reopening cloud medical facilities.

Wants to "stop the madness \[about the "Big Lie"] and put the real issues first."

- Wants to "stop the madness \[about the "Big Lie"] and put the real issues first."

Supports the inclusion of black history in school curriculums.

- Plans to protect teachers and education.
- Supports the inclusion of black history in school curriculums.

Plans to provide "training to work in the traditional or the new economy."

- Plans to provide "training to work in the traditional or the new economy."
- Supports affordable housing.

As of March 24, 2022, Kwanza Hall’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Kwanza Hall

- The Lieutenant Governor (Lt. Governor for short) is similar to the Vice President of the United States. If the Governor is incapacitated for any reason, the Lt. Governor takes over their powers until the Governor recovers or the term ends.
- The Lt. Governor influences which new laws get passed by using their role as the President of the State Senate. They work with advocates to introduce legislation and assist in the selection of which bills go up for debate.
- The Lt. Governor oversees debate in the State Senate, guiding the discussion of legislation and casting tie-breaking votes when necessary. 
- The Lieutenant Governor is elected every four years in midterm election years (e.g. 2022, 2026, 2030). Unlike the Governor, the Lt. Governor is not subject to term limits and can run an unlimited number of times.

The second highest elected official in the state and President of the State Senate