Joe Lester is from Blue Springs, Georgia. He has a dental degree from Meharry Medical College. He and his wife, Kimberly, have four daughters and seven grandchildren together. 

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Joe N. Lester is from Blue Springs, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fort Valley State College and a dental degree from Meharry Medical College. Joe and his wife, Kimberly, have four daughters and seven grandchildren and live in Conyers, Georgia, together. 

Joe is a pediatric nurse practitioner. He has been in this role for over 20 years.

Joe's campaign for Georgia's 13th congressional district is his first time running for public office.

Joe previously ran for the Georgia State Senate to represent District 43 in 2022, but did not win.

Supports increasing access to capital for small businesses, channeling federal contracts and grants, and providing the same tax breaks for small businesses as those given to large corporations.

Supports increasing access to capital for small businesses.

Plans to channel federal contracts and grants.

Supports providing the same tax breaks large corporations receive to small businesses.

- Supports increasing access to capital for small businesses.
- Plans to channel federal contracts and grants.
- Supports providing the same tax breaks large corporations receive to small businesses.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Joe N. Lester’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Public Safety

Plans to protect Social Security and Medicare by locking in permanent funding.

Supports capping prescription drug prices.

Wants to help aging parent stay independent by making access to home health services easier.

Plans to direct additional money from the federal health fund toward clinics in underserved areas.

- Plans to protect Social Security and Medicare by locking in permanent funding.
- Supports capping prescription drug prices.
- Wants to help aging parent stay independent by making access to home health services easier.
- Plans to direct additional money from the federal health fund toward clinics in underserved areas.

Healthcare

Supports restoring resources to neighborhood schools, expanding apprenticeships and technical college grants, and forgiving student debt for nurses, teachers, and first responders.

Supports restoring resources to neighborhood schools.

Plans to expand apprenticeships and technical college grants.

Supports forgiving student debt for nurses, teachers, and first responders.

- Supports restoring resources to neighborhood schools.
- Plans to expand apprenticeships and technical college grants.
- Supports forgiving student debt for nurses, teachers, and first responders.

Education

Plans to pass a clean air and water package, including cleanup of South River.

Supports investment in modern water, broadband, and transit infrastructure.

- Plans to pass a clean air and water package, including cleanup of South River.
- Supports investment in modern water, broadband, and transit infrastructure.

Energy & the Environment

Wants to reform the immigration system "with humanity and vision, not hatred and fear."

- Wants to reform the immigration system "with humanity and vision, not hatred and fear."

Foreign Policy and Immigration

Voting & Elections

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Joe N. Lester

Joe N. Lester is from Blue Springs, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fort Valley State College and a dental degree from Meharry Medical College. Joe and his wife, Kimberly, have four daughters and seven grandchildren and live in Coyers, Georgia, together. 

Joe N. Lester is from Blue Springs, Georgia. He earned a bachelor's degree from Fort Valley State College and a dental degree from Meharry Medical College. Joe and his wife, Kimberly, have four daughters and seven grandchildren together. 

- Your US Representative represents the interests of your district in the US House of Representatives, the lower house of Congress. Georgia currently has 14 US Representatives.
- US Representatives can author, sponsor, debate, and vote on bills that become national law.
- Representatives may serve on congressional committees. Committees focus on certain policy areas, such as transportation, education, or labor. They may also run for higher positions within their party, such as the Speaker of the House or Majority/Minority Leader.
- Representatives are elected to two-year terms. To hold this office, a candidate must be a legal resident of Georgia and a US citizen for at least seven years before their election. US Representatives are paid a salary of $174,000/year.