Wants to suspend the gas tax until May 30th and lower state income tax from 5.7% to 4.9%.

Supports raising the minimum wage to $15.

As a state representative, helped raise pay for Georgia state employees by $5,000, give retirees a raise in their pensions based on cost of living, and punish companies who wrongly reported workers as contractors to avoid paying benefits and required pay.

- Wants to suspend the gas tax until May 30th and lower state income tax from 5.7% to 4.9%. 
- Supports raising the minimum wage to $15. 
- As a state representative, helped raise pay for Georgia state employees by $5,000, give retirees a raise in their pensions based on cost of living, and punish companies who wrongly reported workers as contractors to avoid paying benefits and required pay.

Economy

Wants to "protect[] our democracy and voting rights."

- Wants to "protect[] our democracy and voting rights."

Voting & Elections

Promises to work for access to high quality, affordable healthcare and to make sure that "women have autonomy over their bodies and reproductive decisions," including "safe, legal, and available" abortion.

Said, "I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy."

As a state representative, supported better access to mental health and substance abuse care, including getting rid of student loans for mental health providers working in underserved areas.

As a state representative, helped get pregnancy Medicaid extended for 12 months after birth and to expand Medicaid to Georgians with HIV-AIDS.

- Promises to work for access to high quality, affordable healthcare and to make sure that "women have autonomy over their bodies and reproductive decisions," including "safe, legal, and available" abortion.
- Said, "I believe healthcare is a right, not a privilege for the wealthy." 
- As a state representative, supported better access to mental health and substance abuse care, including getting rid of student loans for mental health providers working in underserved areas. 
- As a state representative, helped get pregnancy Medicaid extended for 12 months after birth and to expand Medicaid to Georgians with HIV-AIDS.

Healthcare

Wants to "build[] the strongest and best possible schools for our kids."

Promises to work to increase teacher pay, decrease classroom size, and change the school funding formula "to make sure we account for the role of poverty in school."

Said, "I am very proud to have stood up against politicians who want to practice revisionist history in our schools and censor teachers from accurate and truthful information about race and racism in our country's history."

- Wants to "build[] the strongest and best possible schools for our kids." 
- Promises to work to increase teacher pay, decrease classroom size, and change the school funding formula "to make sure we account for the role of poverty in school." 
- Said, "I am very proud to have stood up against politicians who want to practice revisionist history in our schools and censor teachers from accurate and truthful information about race and racism in our country's history."

Education

As a state representative, helped raise teacher pay by $5,000 and get a 5% pay raise for school nutrition workers, bus drivers, and school nurses.

Promises to work to pass gun reform measures, including closing background check loopholes, requiring training for gun owners, raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21, banning high-capacity guns, and keeping domestic abusers and people with serious mental illnesses from having guns.

As a state representative, worked to allow behavioral health specialists to go with the police on mental health calls and to set up "accountability courts."

- As a state representative, helped raise teacher pay by $5,000 and get a 5% pay raise for school nutrition workers, bus drivers, and school nurses. 
- Promises to work to pass gun reform measures, including closing background check loopholes, requiring training for gun owners, raising the age to purchase a gun from 18 to 21, banning high-capacity guns, and keeping domestic abusers and people with serious mental illnesses from having guns. 
- As a state representative, worked to allow behavioral health specialists to go with the police on mental health calls and to set up "accountability courts."

Public Safety

Becky Evans

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