2026 Georgia Primary Election

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Alana Sanders is from Covington, Louisiana. She earned her bachelor's degree in mass communications from Grambling State University, her master's degree in business management from American InterContinental University, her master's degree in human resources management from Kaplan University, and her Doctor of Philosophy from Walden University. She currently lives in Covington, Georgia

Alana currently works as the director of government affairs at the SheLead Initiative, a business and marketing consultant at MarketingPros, LLC, and a professor of business at Liberty University. She previously worked as the director of strategic initiatives at Kidpreneurs Inc., a textbook author at Top Hat and Pearson Education, a publisher at MidsUp Worldwide, a business consultant at Organically McKinley Cosmetics, and a publisher at The Social Connection Magazine. 

Alana previously served as a member of the Newton County, Georgia, Commission. She served one term from 2020 to 2025. 

Supports polices that will make housing more affordable and accessible.

Calls for the placement of data centers that respect "residential areas, infrastructure capacity, and environmental sustainability."

- Supports polices that will make housing more affordable and accessible.
- Calls for the placement of data centers that respect "residential areas, infrastructure capacity, and environmental sustainability."

Economy

Prioritizes policies that protect Newton County's natural resources.

- Prioritizes policies that protect Newton County's natural resources.

Energy & the Environment

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

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Public Safety

Advocates for increased funding for schools and safe learning environments.

- Advocates for increased funding for schools and safe learning environments.

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Karla Daniels Hooper moved to Georgia in 1992 to attend Emory University. She has been a resident of Covington, Georgia, for 22 years.

Karla has worked as a grant writer and previously served as the Executive Director for the Diabetes Association of Atlanta.

Karla Daniels Hooper's campaign for Georgia State Representative, District 113, is her first entry into politics.

Karla's campaign for Georgia State Representative, District 113, is her first entry into politics.

Supports tax policies that benefit small businesses over large corporations.

Plans to address corporate housing practices that increase rents and home prices.

Supports lowering property taxes, especially for seniors and long-time residents.

Supports tax relief for the middle class, aiming to help working families retain more income and ensure long-term financial stability, with a focus on fairness and balance.

- Supports tax policies that benefit small businesses over large corporations.
- Plans to address corporate housing practices that increase rents and home prices.
- Supports lowering property taxes, especially for seniors and long-time residents.
- Supports tax relief for the middle class, aiming to help working families retain more income and ensure long-term financial stability, with a focus on fairness and balance.

As of March 11, 2026, Karla Daniels Hooper’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports expanding Medicaid to ensure access to healthcare regardless of income or employment status, aiming to close the coverage gap for working families and enhance local hospitals and public health outcomes.

- Supports expanding Medicaid to ensure access to healthcare regardless of income or employment status, aiming to close the coverage gap for working families and enhance local hospitals and public health outcomes.

Supports increased funding for public schools to ensure all children have access to high-quality education, regardless of ZIP code.

- Supports increased funding for public schools to ensure all children have access to high-quality education, regardless of ZIP code.

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Georgia State Representative, District 113, Democratic Primary

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