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Jason Esteves

DEMOCRAT

Jason Esteves is running for Georgia Governor, Democratic Primary.

Personal background

Jason Fernando Esteves is a father and husband.

Professional background

Jason is an entrepreneur and small business owner, He previously worked as a public school teacher.

Political background

Jason previously served as a member of the Georgia State Senate. He was elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. He left office in September 2025. He previously served as a member of the Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education from 2013 to 2022.

Economy

Believes access to quality, affordable housing and child care is essential to strengthening the economy, improving educational outcomes, and protecting family well-being.

Plans on "[standing] up to the out-of-state corporations squeezing Georgia families out of the housing market, increase the housing supply, and protect renters from predatory landlords."

Plans to prioritize local small businesses and ease access to capital for Georgians.

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Education

Opposes school voucher programs, which are programs that enable families to use public school funds to access schools beyond their local option, including private schools.

Supports fully funding public schools, modernizing school funding, increasing teacher pay, and expanding early learning programs.

Wants to improve literacy rates and implement remediation for students with learning disabilities

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Healthcare

Supports access to abortion and plans to overturn Georgia’s abortion ban.

Supports lowering insurance premiums by expanding Medicaid, reducing prescription drug costs, expanding rural hospitals and clinics, and increasing resources for senior care.

Seeks to expand preventative care and screenings, including for cancer and HIV.

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Public Safety

Supports investing in violence prevention and community-based safety strategies.

Supports gun control policies.

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Energy & the Environment

Seeks to ensure data center developments to "pay their fair share for new energy projects, ensuring that the cost of any additional energy output isn’t passed on to Georgia families and small businesses."

Seeks to "end the billions of dollars in tax handouts for new data center construction."

Supports ensuring counties and municipalities have control over zoning laws and receive public input before new data center projects are approved.

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Voting & Elections

As of March 11, 2026, Jason Esteves’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Foreign Policy and Immigration

As of March 11, 2026, Jason Esteves’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Endorsements

Endorsed by the Georgia Conservation Voters, Georgia Equality, and Moms Demand Action.

Endorsed by the International Brotherhood of Teamsters Local 528, UFCW Local 1996, UNITE HERE! Local 23, Workers United, and AFSCME Local 1644.

Endorsed by former U.S. Deputy Attorney General, Sally Yates.

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