Asa is from Decatur. He briefly lived in Maryland before settling back in the Stone Mountain area in 2015.

Asa has most recently worked with a variety of Democratic organizations in Georgia. Asa is a Navy veteran.

Asa has not previously run for any public office.

As of April 25, 2022, Asa Smith’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Wants to stop gentrification of neighborhoods.

Supports high speed rail projects in the Southeast.

- Wants to stop gentrification of neighborhoods.
- Supports affordable housing
- Supports high speed rail projects in the Southeast.

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Said police reform is a top focus for his campaign.

Wants to implement standardized training for law enforcement, including annual deescalation training and training on the constitution and state law

Wants to implement periodic drug screens for police officers to "ensure those who serve and protect aren’t under the influence of mood altering substances"

Wants to provide mental health support to law enforcement and bi-annual psychological evaluations

- Said police reform is a top focus for his campaign.
- Wants to implement standardized training for law enforcement, including annual deescalation training and training on the constitution and state law
- Wants to implement periodic drug screens for police officers to "ensure those who serve and protect aren’t under the influence of mood altering substances"
- Wants to provide mental health support to law enforcement and bi-annual psychological evaluations

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Asa Smith

Chase lives in Hapeville, Georgia, with his fiancé, Imani.

Chase holds a B.A. in both International Affairs and Political Science from the University of Georgia as well as a Masters in Public Administration from Georgia State University. Chase is a managing associate at the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), a national non-profit headquartered in Midtown. He previously taught English in Chile.

Chase has not previously run for any public office. Chase is currently serving his second term as the President of the Young Democrats of Atlanta.

Wants to make Election Day a state holiday.

Says, "I will fight to expand access to the ballot box through longer hours and more absentee drop-off locations".

Says, "I will hold town halls and canvass throughout the year across the district to meet folks where they are and to help solve their issues that policy changes under the gold dome will not".

Says, "The recent redistricting process was done in a way which targeted individuals and pinned candidates against each other. Our maps should be redrawn in a way which is reflective of population changes, not to unseat or prevent a candidate from running".

- Wants to make Election Day a state holiday.
- Says, "I will fight to expand access to the ballot box through longer hours and more absentee drop-off locations".
- Says, "I will hold town halls and canvass throughout the year across the district to meet folks where they are and to help solve their issues that policy changes under the gold dome will not".
- Says, "The recent redistricting process was done in a way which targeted individuals and pinned candidates against each other. Our maps should be redrawn in a way which is reflective of population changes, not to unseat or prevent a candidate from running".

Supports building sustainable infrastructure that is safe and equitable, especially for the south side of the district.

Wants to increase access to affordable housing.

Wants to raise state minimum wage to at (minimum) $15/hour.

Says, "Our state should continue incentivizing film companies to continue investing in Georgia".

Supports legalizing marijuana and says, "the tax revenue will bring millions of dollars to the state every year".

- Supports building sustainable infrastructure that is safe and equitable, especially for the south side of the district. 
- Wants to increase access to affordable housing.
- Wants to raise state minimum wage to at (minimum) $15/hour.
- Says, "Our state should continue incentivizing film companies to continue investing in Georgia". 
- Supports legalizing marijuana and says, "the tax revenue will bring millions of dollars to the state every year".

Supports Medicaid expansion to help "ensure that folks in rural areas have access to medical care close to home".

Says, "No Georgian should receive a surprise medical bill that forces them to go into debt".

- Supports Medicaid expansion to help "ensure that folks in rural areas have access to medical care close to home".
- Says, "No Georgian should receive a surprise medical bill that forces them to go into debt".

Supports hiring more teachers and increasing their base pay.

Wants to ensure that Georgia public schools are fully funded.

Says, "We should also decrease the classroom sizes in our schools".

- Supports hiring more teachers and increasing their base pay. 
- Wants to ensure that Georgia public schools are fully funded.
- Says, "We should also decrease the classroom sizes in our schools".

Wants to decriminalize traffic violations.

Says, "We should invest in hiring mental health professionals that are dispatched when an individual is a threat to themselves or others".

- Wants to decriminalize traffic violations.
- Says, "We should invest in hiring mental health professionals that are dispatched when an individual is a threat to themselves or others".

Chase Stell

Nan lives in Ormewood Park in Atlanta, Georgia. She has two sons. She is a member of the Unitarian-Universalist Congregation of Atlanta.

Nan received her B.A. in English from Mary Washington College of the University of Virginia. Before running for office, she worked seventeen years for Nabisco and was active in the Bakery, Confectionery, and Tobacco Union.

Nan is the current incumbent state senator from District 36. She was first elected to the role in 2006 after serving 10 terms in the Georgia House of Representatives. Nan serves on several standing committees including Appropriations, Finance and Health and Human Services.

Helped create the Women's Legislative Caucus and the Working Families Legislative Caucus.

Says, "I am committed to being a voice for the people in the ongoing efforts to build a strong democracy".

- Helped create the Women's Legislative Caucus and the Working Families Legislative Caucus.
- Says, "I am committed to being a voice for the people in the ongoing efforts to build a strong democracy".

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Says, "Affordable housing is a human right, and in that people also have the right to safe and sound living conditions where their health and wellbeing aren't negatively impacted".

- Says, "Affordable housing is a human right, and in that people also have the right to safe and sound living conditions where their health and wellbeing aren't negatively impacted".

Says "access to affordable, quality healthcare is vital for Georgians to prosper".

Wants to expand Medicaid and decrease Georgia's maternal mortality rate by providing a full year of Medicaid coverage for postpartum women.

As State Senator, Nan fought for women's birth control options.

- Says "access to affordable, quality healthcare is vital for Georgians to prosper".
- Wants to expand Medicaid and decrease Georgia's maternal mortality rate by providing a full year of Medicaid coverage for postpartum women.
- As State Senator, Nan fought for women's birth control options. 
- Supports the Affordable Insulin Now Act.

Says, "Education is the golden ticket out of poverty, moving up in the world, and having a sustainable path once out of incarceration".

Supports bringing college education programs to prisons.

- Says, "Education is the golden ticket out of poverty, moving up in the world, and having a sustainable path once out of incarceration".
- Supports bringing college education programs to prisons.

As State Senator, serves on the Higher Education committee.

- As State Senator, serves on the Higher Education committee.

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- 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.

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