Phyllis attended Georgia College & State University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Art. She graduated from Jones County High School. She was raised in Jones County, Gray, Georgia, and has lived in Macon for over 30 years. She is a wife, mother, and grandmother.

Phyllis is a registered art therapist. She previously worked as a sex offender counselor and adjunct instructor with incarcerated kids. She has over 30 years of experience providing mental health services and retired from the State of Georgia in 2016.

Phyllis Tufts Hightower previously ran for state representative in House District 143, but did not win.

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The candidate's website says, "- Support and create Apprenticeship programs that will give our youth a hand up to opening doors to highly skilled occupations"

Supports creating apprenticeship programs for youth.

- Supports creating apprenticeship programs for youth.

Economy

As of March 19, 2024, Phyllis Tufts Hightower’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

The candidate's website says, "- Fight for Medicaid reforms, because health care should be a right and not a privilege."

The candidate's website says, "-Support the fight to restore woman’s reproductive rights."

The candidate's website says, "- Fight to increase mental health funding and services in the State of Georgia."

Supports increasing mental health funding and services.

- Supports Medicaid reforms.
- Supports abortion.
- Supports increasing mental health funding and services.

Healthcare

Voting & Elections

The candidate's website says, "-Support Second Chance Programs for our youth so that youthful mistakes do not cancel out their future."

Supports Second Chance Programs for youth.

- Supports Second Chance Programs for youth.

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The History Makers: THE HONORABLE FLOYD GRIFFIN

Floyd Griffin was born and raised in Milledgeville, Georgia. Griffin holds an associate's degree in funeral service from Grupton Jones College, a bachelor's in building construction from Tuskegee Institute, and a master's degree in contract procurement and management from the Florida Institute of Technology. He is also a graduate of the Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College. Griffin is the first African American mayor of Milledgeville. 

Floyd Griffin is vice president of Slater Funeral Home in Milledgeville, a Griffin family-owned business. He served 23 years in the U.S. military beginning in 1967. Griffin was a helicopter pilot and flight instructor in Vietnam, then served a tour in Germany, where he was a logistics officer, battalion chief, and director of engineering and housing. He was later assigned to the Pentagon. Following his retirement from the military in 1990, Griffin taught military science at Wake Forest University and Winston-Salem State University.

Ballotpedia: Floyd Griffin

Floyd Griffin is currently the Mayor of Milledgeville, Georgia. He was elected to this position in 2001, and has served 6 terms in this position. His first political position was as a Georgia State Senator, and he was elected in 1994. Since then, he has run for Lieutenant Governor of Georgia in 1998, State Senate in 2010, State House of Representatives in 2016, and Georgia Secretary of State in 2022 but lost all of these races. 

As of March 19, 2024, Floyd Griffin did not have a website or any information online.

13WMAZ: Former Mayor of Milledgeville Floyd Griffin announces candidacy for Georgia State House District 149

The Baldwin Bulletin: Griffin announces run for Ga. State House Dist. 149

According to candidate's team, he has "he lived through the discriminatory poll tax laws that were put in place to keep poor Blacks in the south from voting" and has "been a leader in the fight for voting rights for Black voters in Georgia for decades... after years of fighting for Civil Rights as an activist".

Supports making voting more accessible and stop "widespread voter suppression".

- According to candidate's team, he has "he lived through the discriminatory poll tax laws that were put in place to keep poor Blacks in the south from voting" and has "been a leader in the fight for voting rights for Black voters in Georgia for decades... after years of fighting for Civil Rights as an activist".
- Supports making voting more accessible and stop "widespread voter suppression".

Floyd Griffin

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- 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.