2026 Georgia Primary Election

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Elfreda Desvignes is from New York. She has three children and ten grandchildren.

Elfreda is a property management professional and the founder of a leasing training company. She also provides job training and certifications to help community members achieve financial independence. Elfreda previously served in the Navy Junior Reserve Officers' Training Corps (JROTC).

Elfreda previously ran for U.S. Congress.

Supports reducing regulations for small business owners.

Supports implementing rent stabilization measures.

Supports affordable housing for teachers and first responders.

- Supports reducing regulations for small business owners.
- Supports implementing rent stabilization measures.
- Supports affordable housing for teachers and first responders.

Economy

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

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Healthcare

Supports a state-level Voting Rights Act to prevent voter suppression.

Will fight against "takeover" bills that threaten the independence of election boards in Cobb and Fulton.

- Supports a state-level Voting Rights Act to prevent voter suppression.
- Will fight against "takeover" bills that threaten the independence of election boards in Cobb and Fulton.

Voting & Elections

Supports bills like SB 391 that protect sensitive locations—schools, hospitals, and places of worship—from raids without a judicial warrant.

- Believes in economic empowerment.
- Supports bills like SB 391 that protect sensitive locations—schools, hospitals, and places of worship—from raids without a judicial warrant.

Public Safety

Supports fully funding public education and opposes using tax dollars for private education.

Supports smart justice reform that prioritizes vocational training and mental health response over mass incarceration.

- Supports fully funding public education and opposes using tax dollars for private education.
- Supports smart justice reform that prioritizes vocational training and mental health response over mass incarceration.

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Elfreda Desvignes

Elfreda Desvignes is from New York. She has three children and is a grandmother of ten.

Elfreda is a property management professional and the owner of a leasing training company. She is also a trained advocate with certifications in debate, campaign management, and community activism. 

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Erica Denise Solomon - Ballotpedia

Erica Denise Solomon is from Columbia, South Carolina. She has a bachelor's degree in mass communications (broadcast journalism) from Bethune-Cookman University and a master's in business administration from the University of Georgia. She lives in Atlanta. 

Erica is a former journalist. She worked for local television stations for seven years. 

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Erica is currently a government consultant at Erica-Denis Company. Previously, she was a senior communications manager at Krispy Krunchy Foods, an external communications manager at Georgia-Pacific LLC, and a journalist at TEGNA where she worked in local television.

Erica previously ran for Georgia State Senator, District 35, in a special election in 2025 but did not win.

Supports small businesses and local entrepreneurs.

Supports improving affordable housing access by ensuring homes remain affordable for working families and protecting neighborhoods from private equity firms that seek to buy land and displace local residents.

Supports improving affordable housing access by protecting neighborhoods from private equity firms that seek to buy land and displace local residents.

Plans to ease financial pressures by lowering living costs, expanding affordable housing, raising minimum wage, and boosting small businesses and entrepreneurship, especially in communities of color.

- Supports small businesses and local entrepreneurs.
- Supports improving affordable housing access by protecting neighborhoods from private equity firms that seek to buy land and displace local residents.
- Plans to ease financial pressures by lowering living costs, expanding affordable housing, raising minimum wage, and boosting small businesses and entrepreneurship, especially in communities of color.

As of March 11, 2026, Erica Denise Solomon’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Supports making Election Day a holiday, restoring Sunday voting, and expanding early voting.

- Supports making Election Day a holiday, restoring Sunday voting, and expanding early voting.

Supports gun control and was awarded the 2025 Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate distinction.

Supports gun control and was awarded the 2025 "Moms Demand Action" Gun Sense Candidate distinction.

- Supports gun control and was awarded the 2025 "Moms Demand Action" Gun Sense Candidate distinction.

Supports improving workforce training, education, and literacy to enhance economic mobility through job training, educational programs, and literacy initiatives.

- Supports improving workforce training, education, and literacy to enhance economic mobility through job training, educational programs, and literacy initiatives.

Erica Denise Solomon

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Jaha V. Howard earned a bachelor's degree in chemistry and a doctoral degree in dental surgery from Howard University, and a master's degree in oral sciences from the University of Illinois-Chicago. He lives in Atlanta, Georgia.

Jaha V. Howard - BallotReady

Jaha is the owner and pediatric dentist at a pediatric dentistry. He is also the co-founder of Families Against Racism and Wave of Excellence Group.

Jaha V. Howard is currently State Senator representing District 35, serving parts of Cobb and Fulton counties.

Jaha V. Howard (Cobb County Commissioner Board District 2, Georgia, candidate 2025) - Ballotpedia

Cobb County 6/18/24 Runoff Election Results

Jaha currently serves in the Georgia State Senate, representing District 35. He won a special election in 2025 and is in his first term. Jaha previously served on the Cobb County School District, representing District 2. He served two terms from 2018 to 2022 and 2024 to 2025. Jaha previously ran for the Georgia State Superintendent of Schools in 2022 and the Georgia State Senate to represent District 6 in 2016 and 2017, but he did not win.

Proposes that new small business owners pay zero taxes for the first two years and small business who pay their taxes on time for a set number of years get a tax break.

Seeks to incentivize affordable housing by fighting "big companies from buying all of the single-family homes to convert to short-term rentals... hold[ing] predatory third-parties accountable for keeping rents artificially high... [and helping] responsible developers with tax breaks."

- Proposes that new small business owners pay zero taxes for the first two years and small business who pay their taxes on time for a set number of years get a tax break.
- Seeks to incentivize affordable housing by fighting "big companies from buying all of the single-family homes to convert to short-term rentals... hold[ing] predatory third-parties accountable for keeping rents artificially high... [and helping] responsible developers with tax breaks."

Believes that to truly reduce energy costs renewable energy source investments need to be broadened across the state.

Promises to present legislation requiring data centers to pay their "fair share."

- Believes that to truly reduce energy costs renewable energy source investments need to be broadened across the state.
- Promises to present legislation requiring data centers to pay their "fair share."

Wants to work to ensure all Georgians have quality healthcare options within a reasonable distance.

Thinks its unacceptable that platforms in healthcare are "extremely outdated and not user-friendly."

- Wants to work to ensure all Georgians have quality healthcare options within a reasonable distance.
- Thinks its unacceptable that platforms in healthcare are "extremely outdated and not user-friendly."

As of March 11, 2026, Jaha V. Howard’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants to work to redirect existing educational resources to ensure literacy rates across the state are a top priority.

- Wants to work to redirect existing educational resources to ensure literacy rates across the state are a top priority.

State Senate candidate’s anti-gay, misogynistic Facebook posts uncovered

Had social media posts showcasing anti-LGBTQ+ and misogynistic views—which he apologized for—unearthed prior to losing his race for the Georgia State Senate in 2017.

- Had social media posts showcasing anti-LGBTQ+ and misogynistic views—which he apologized for—unearthed prior to losing his race for the Georgia State Senate in 2017.

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Jaha V. Howard

Jaha is the owner and the pediatric dentist of A+ Pediatric Denistry. He is also the co-founder of Families Against Racism and Wave of Excellence Group.

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