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Plans to reduce Dade and Walker Counties' 4% unemployment rate by over 25% within two years, aiming for a record low in three decades by collaborating with major employers and attracting new businesses.

Wants to reduce Dade and Walker Counties' 4% unemployment rate by over 25% within two years, aiming for a record low in three decades by collaborating with major employers and attracting new businesses.

Believes in applying free market principles to agriculture, opposes government control of food supply, and supports market-driven innovation and transparency to benefit consumers in NW Georgia's volatile commodity markets.

Opposes federal regulations on local food retail, supports herd shares for direct ranch-to-consumer sales, and advocates for more market options to ensure fair profits for local beef producers in NW Georgia.

Supports transport regulatory reform in Georgia, advocating for relaxed trucking regulations like three-axle dump trucks and safer, off-highway truck inspections for efficiency, following precedents set during crises.

The candidate's website says, "Zoning regulations drive up the cost of housing and disproportionately harm low-to-middle income households... Zoning hinders small business development and home building... Code enforcement should never be used as a revenue tool for local municipalities."

Supports capitalism, plans to reduce regulations in Georgia, opposes socialism, and believes in protecting small business interests against the influence of wealthy lobbyists.

Opposes Georgia's use of public funds for corporate subsidies and economic incentives, advocating for financial freedom to enhance local business growth without state interference in picking economic winners and losers.

Supports reducing income tax in Georgia, arguing it allows residents to retain more earnings and stimulates local economies, citing Tennessee's tax-free income and consequent growth as a model contrasting with Northwest Georgia's limited economic expansion.

Plans to reform Georgia's restrictive hemp legislation to align with Tennessee, advocating for North Georgia farmers' rights to cultivate hemp and capitalize on its economic benefits, including the sale of CBD products and hemp-based soaps.

Supports deregulating private aviation in Georgia to foster competition and innovation post-COVID-19, and sees potential benefits from adopting automated drone technologies for efficient transportation of people and industrial components.

Opposes excessive occupational licensing, viewing it as an obstacle to small business creation; advocates for Georgia to reevaluate and potentially reduce these requirements, taking cues from states that have successfully reformed their licensing models.

- Wants to reduce Dade and Walker Counties' 4% unemployment rate by over 25% within two years, aiming for a record low in three decades by collaborating with major employers and attracting new businesses.
- Believes in applying free market principles to agriculture, opposes government control of food supply, and supports market-driven innovation and transparency to benefit consumers in NW Georgia's volatile commodity markets.
- Opposes federal regulations on local food retail, supports herd shares for direct ranch-to-consumer sales, and advocates for more market options to ensure fair profits for local beef producers in NW Georgia.
- Supports transport regulatory reform in Georgia, advocating for relaxed trucking regulations like three-axle dump trucks and safer, off-highway truck inspections for efficiency, following precedents set during crises.
- The candidate's website says, "Zoning regulations drive up the cost of housing and disproportionately harm low-to-middle income households... Zoning hinders small business development and home building... Code enforcement should never be used as a revenue tool for local municipalities."
- Supports capitalism, plans to reduce regulations in Georgia, opposes socialism, and believes in protecting small business interests against the influence of wealthy lobbyists.
- Opposes Georgia's use of public funds for corporate subsidies and economic incentives, advocating for financial freedom to enhance local business growth without state interference in picking economic winners and losers.
- Supports reducing income tax in Georgia, arguing it allows residents to retain more earnings and stimulates local economies, citing Tennessee's tax-free income and consequent growth as a model contrasting with Northwest Georgia's limited economic expansion.
- Plans to reform Georgia's restrictive hemp legislation to align with Tennessee, advocating for North Georgia farmers' rights to cultivate hemp and capitalize on its economic benefits, including the sale of CBD products and hemp-based soaps.
- Supports deregulating private aviation in Georgia to foster competition and innovation post-COVID-19, and sees potential benefits from adopting automated drone technologies for efficient transportation of people and industrial components.
- Opposes excessive occupational licensing, viewing it as an obstacle to small business creation; advocates for Georgia to reevaluate and potentially reduce these requirements, taking cues from states that have successfully reformed their licensing models.

Economy

Believes Georgia has a legal claim to border land with Tennessee to access the Tennessee River, ensuring water supply for Atlanta's growth and preventing future shortages.

- Believes Georgia has a legal claim to border land with Tennessee to access the Tennessee River, ensuring water supply for Atlanta's growth and preventing future shortages.

Energy & the Environment

Opposes vertical integration in healthcare, supports limiting drug patent monopolies, advocates for domestic drug manufacturing, and questions high drug costs in the U.S. compared to other countries, especially for essential medications like insulin.

The candidate's website says, "Coronavirus Healthcare: Good information creates good decisions; unfortunately policy makers across the globe are making decisions in the dark. Antibody and COVID-19 tests should be plentiful and more accessible to avoid misguided economic decisions."

The candidate's website says, "Antibody and COVID-19 tests should be plentiful and more accessible to avoid misguided economic decisions."

Supports medical marijuana, citing patient testimonies and research, urges Georgia to expedite access, and advocates for it as a safer alternative to some prescription drugs for patients and veterans.

Supports Georgia Heartbeat Bill to protect lives, endorses life beginning at conception, advocates for ending abortion in Georgia, and aims to defund Planned Parenthood, aligning with principles of life and liberty for the unborn.

Supports Georgia Heartbeat Bill, endorses life beginning at conception, advocates for ending abortion in Georgia, and aims to defund Planned Parenthood.

- Opposes vertical integration in healthcare, supports limiting drug patent monopolies, advocates for domestic drug manufacturing, and questions high drug costs in the U.S. compared to other countries, especially for essential medications like insulin.
- The candidate's website says, "Antibody and COVID-19 tests should be plentiful and more accessible to avoid misguided economic decisions."
- Supports medical marijuana, citing patient testimonies and research, urges Georgia to expedite access, and advocates for it as a safer alternative to some prescription drugs for patients and veterans.
- Supports Georgia Heartbeat Bill, endorses life beginning at conception, advocates for ending abortion in Georgia, and aims to defund Planned Parenthood.

Healthcare

Supports advanced electronic voting systems in Georgia, as funded by Colton, for secure, verifiable elections; criticizes paper ballots and advocates for biometric voting to prevent errors and fraud, echoing President Trump's concerns about election integrity.

Supports advanced electronic voting systems in Georgia for "secure, verifiable elections"; criticizes paper ballots and advocates for biometric voting to prevent errors and fraud, echoing President Trump's concerns about election integrity.

Plans to enhance transparency in the Georgia State Senate by advocating for recorded votes on amendments, ensuring public awareness of legislative changes, and altering chamber voting rules to promote open governance.

- Supports advanced electronic voting systems in Georgia for "secure, verifiable elections"; criticizes paper ballots and advocates for biometric voting to prevent errors and fraud, echoing President Trump's concerns about election integrity.
- Plans to enhance transparency in the Georgia State Senate by advocating for recorded votes on amendments, ensuring public awareness of legislative changes, and altering chamber voting rules to promote open governance.

Voting & Elections

Supports Constitutional Carry, arguing that gun laws affect only law-abiding citizens, not criminals, and that permit fees and delays, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, impede the Second Amendment right to bear arms.

Supports rehabilitative education and skills training for prisoners and felons to facilitate their productive reintegration into society, thereby reducing recidivism and enhancing their employability post-incarceration.

Supports criminal justice reform, jury nullification, and plans related legislation. Advocates for decriminalizing marijuana for medicinal research and legal access for qualified patients in Georgia. Seeks less government intervention and greater personal freedom, aligning with Mr. Metz's values.

Supports criminal justice reform, jury nullification, and plans related legislation. 

Opposes civil asset forfeiture without conviction, citing due process violations and the infringement of the presumption of innocence, advocating for criminal convictions prior to property seizure.

Believes law enforcement deserves honor, high standards, and better pay, noting Georgia's low ranking for officer conditions. Supports improved compensation to attract candidates and regulations ensuring officers can act without fear for their safety.

Believes law enforcement deserves "honor, high standards, and better pay, noting Georgia's low ranking for officer conditions."

Advocates for decriminalizing marijuana for medicinal research and legal access for qualified patients in Georgia.

Supports improved compensation "to attract candidates and regulations ensuring officers can act without fear for their safety."

- Supports Constitutional Carry, arguing that gun laws affect only law-abiding citizens, not criminals, and that permit fees and delays, as seen during the COVID-19 pandemic, impede the Second Amendment right to bear arms.
- Supports rehabilitative education and skills training for prisoners and felons to facilitate their productive reintegration into society, thereby reducing recidivism and enhancing their employability post-incarceration.
- Supports criminal justice reform, jury nullification, and plans related legislation. 
- Opposes civil asset forfeiture without conviction, citing due process violations and the infringement of the presumption of innocence, advocating for criminal convictions prior to property seizure.
- Believes law enforcement deserves "honor, high standards, and better pay, noting Georgia's low ranking for officer conditions."
- Advocates for decriminalizing marijuana for medicinal research and legal access for qualified patients in Georgia.
- Supports improved compensation "to attract candidates and regulations ensuring officers can act without fear for their safety."

Public Safety

Believes Walker County Board of Education should improve Fairyland Elementary's meal situation, as it may be the only hot meal for 25% of students, and funding issues shouldn't fall on the PTO.

Believes in restoring classroom control and discipline for teachers, opposes current disciplinary regulations, supports HB 179 to improve school safety and learning, and plans to address issues with common core in Georgia's education system.

- Believes Walker County Board of Education should improve Fairyland Elementary's meal situation, as it may be the only hot meal for 25% of students, and funding issues shouldn't fall on the PTO.
- Believes in restoring classroom control and discipline for teachers, opposes current disciplinary regulations, supports HB 179 to improve school safety and learning, and plans to address issues with common core in Georgia's education system.

Education

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Believes in a smaller government, less involvement in daily life, and cutting unnecessary spending to promote economic thriving; supports necessary government for essential funding and projects.

- Believes in a smaller government, less involvement in daily life, and cutting unnecessary spending to promote economic thriving; supports necessary government for essential funding and projects.

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Said, "It is our job to protect them to the best of our ability... For this reason, I am against the government funding of gender affirming care for minors."

Opposes the government funding of gender affirming care for minors.

Supports Georgia's heartbeat-based abortion restrictions and plans to ensure pregnant women and families have resources for pregnancy and child-rearing, aligning with a pro-life stance that includes comprehensive support for maternal and child health.

Identifies as "pro-life" and supports Georgia's heartbeat-based abortion restrictions.

Plans to ensure pregnant women and families have resources for pregnancy and child-rearing.

- Opposes the government funding of gender affirming care for minors.
- Identifies as "pro-life" and supports Georgia's heartbeat-based abortion restrictions.
- Plans to ensure pregnant women and families have resources for pregnancy and child-rearing.

Believes in the right to possess protective means equal to the government's to ensure public safety, including arms and armor, and emphasizes the importance of safeguarding this fundamental right.

Believes in the right to possess protective means equal to the government's to ensure public safety, including arms and armor, and emphasizes the importance of safeguarding this "fundamental" right.

Supports law enforcement, acknowledging their role in community safety, and advocates for backing them to improve outcomes for both officers and the public, despite not being an expert in the field.

- Believes in the right to possess protective means equal to the government's to ensure public safety, including arms and armor, and emphasizes the importance of safeguarding this "fundamental" right.
- Supports law enforcement, acknowledging their role in community safety, and advocates for backing them to improve outcomes for both officers and the public, despite not being an expert in the field.

Said, "Our government has traditionally made it quite difficult for educators to simply educate... I would like to work to remove government tape and ridiculous requirements so that we can get the power back into the hands of the educators."

Said, "As a homeschooling mother, I do believe in the ability to have true school choice and will advocate for that."

Said, "Education is certainly multifaceted... However, there are many wonderful educators in my district that I will be leaning on to help guide the way in telling me what their needs are from a public education standpoint."

- Said, "Our government has traditionally made it quite difficult for educators to simply educate... I would like to work to remove government tape and ridiculous requirements so that we can get the power back into the hands of the educators."
- Said, "As a homeschooling mother, I do believe in the ability to have true school choice and will advocate for that."
- Said, "Education is certainly multifaceted... However, there are many wonderful educators in my district that I will be leaning on to help guide the way in telling me what their needs are from a public education standpoint."

Angela Pence

- 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.