2026 Georgia Primary Election

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2026 Georgia Primary Runoff

Graham Salter Bowers is an information technology (IT) professional. 

Graham's campaign for state representative is his first run for public office. 

Supports housing reform and removing "unnecessary" state barriers that prevent building attainable housing.

Seeks to strengthen homestead exemptions to protect homeowners from rising property taxes.

Supports property tax relief for seniors and working families.

Supports investing in reducing traffic and alternative mobility options.

- Wants to lower the cost of living.
- Supports housing reform and removing "unnecessary" state barriers that prevent building attainable housing.
- Seeks to strengthen homestead exemptions to protect homeowners from rising property taxes.
- Supports property tax relief for seniors and working families.
- Supports investing in reducing traffic and alternative mobility options.

Economy

Wants to establish ethical standards for AI use in government and industry.

Wants to ensure data centers "pay their fair share for water, land, and energy usage."

Wants to protect workers whose jobs may be disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI) automation.

Supports restricting tax incentives given to large data center developments.

- Wants to establish ethical standards for AI use in government and industry.
- Wants to ensure data centers "pay their fair share for water, land, and energy usage."
- Wants to protect workers whose jobs may be disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI) automation.
- Supports restricting tax incentives given to large data center developments.

Energy & the Environment

Seeks to "protect fundamental rights, including reproductive healthcare."

- Seeks to "protect fundamental rights, including reproductive healthcare."
- Supports lower prescription drug costs.

Healthcare

Opposes "efforts that create confusion or barriers for voters."

- Opposes "efforts that create confusion or barriers for voters."

Voting & Elections

Supports policies that limit access to guns.

Supports policies that protect same-sex marriage.

Wants to protect LGBTQ+ Georgians from discrimination.

Aims to strengthen privacy protections for Georgia residents.

Supports increasing transparency around government use of surveillance technologies.

- Supports policies that limit access to guns.
- Supports policies that protect same-sex marriage.
- Wants to protect LGBTQ+ Georgians from discrimination.
- Aims to strengthen privacy protections for Georgia residents.
- Supports increasing transparency around government use of surveillance technologies.

Public Safety

As of March 11, 2026, Graham Salter Bowers’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Graham Salter Bowers

- Supports policies that limit access to guns.
- Supports policies that protect same-sex marriage.
- Wants to protect LGBTQ+ Georgians from discrimination.

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Mary Frances Williams was raised in Marietta. She graduated from Marietta City High School and is a member of the First United Methodist Church of Marietta.

Mary currently serves as a state representative. She was first elected in 2018.

Mary worked as a public policy advocate for nonprofits.

As of March 11, 2026, Mary Frances Williams’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports Medicaid expansion and advocates for making healthcare affordable and accessible.

- Supports Medicaid expansion and advocates for making healthcare affordable and accessible.

Supported hand marked paper ballots and was critical of electronic voting machines.

- Supported hand marked paper ballots and was critical of electronic voting machines.

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Georgia State Representative, District 37, Democratic Primary

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