Prevent Republicans from shutting down Obamacare exchanges in the state which would result in 60k people losing health insurance

Supports universal healthcare coverage and Medicare for All

- Expand Medicaid 
- Prevent Republicans from shutting down Obamacare exchanges in the state which would result in 60k people losing health insurance
- Supports universal healthcare coverage and Medicare for All

- <pv key='medicaid-expansion'>Expand Medicaid</pv> 
- Prevent Republicans from shutting down <pv key='aca'>Obamacare</pv> exchanges in the state which would result in 60k people losing health insurance
- Supports universal healthcare coverage and <pv key='medicare-for-all'>Medicare for All</pv>

Healthcare

Supports a $15 per hour minimum wage as the starting point of providing a living wage to all

Supports unions operating local and state job training through apprenticeship programs

- Supports a $15 per hour minimum wage as the starting point of providing a living wage to all
- Must prevent wage theft
- Supports unions operating local and state job training through apprenticeship programs

Economy

- Ban chokeholds
- Ban racial profiling
- Eliminate qualified immunity
- Ban no-knock warrants

- Ban chokeholds
- Ban racial profiling
- Eliminate <pv key='qualified-immunity'>qualified immunity</pv>
- Ban no-knock warrants

Criminal Justice

- Increase early voting from 21 to 45 days
- Make election day a holiday
- Stop voter purges
- Same-day voter registration

Voting & Elections

Work toward free public and technical college education

- Supports fully funding public schools
- Opposes public money for private schools
- Must hold charter schools accountable
- Restore the HOPE scholarship
- Work toward free public and technical college education
- Protect teacher pensions

Education

Expand the Georgia Department of Labor to speed up benefit claims

Guarantee masks and PPE for all Georgians

Require science-based plans for reopenings and use of masks

Extend the moratorium on COVID-19 evictions

- Expand the Georgia Department of Labor to speed up benefit claims
- Guarantee masks and PPE for all Georgians
- Require science-based plans for reopenings and use of masks
- Extend the moratorium on COVID-19 evictions

COVID

Create a housing trust fund to help localities build affordable housing

Would change state eviction laws to protect renters

- Must address homelessness
- Create a housing trust fund to help localities build affordable housing
- Opposes predatory lending
- Would change state eviction laws to protect renters

Housing & Urban Development

Zan Fort

No policy information publicly available.

Policy platform

Jo Anna Potts

Policy Platform

Linda Pritchett

Fight against any efforts that attempt to take away a woman’s right to choose

- Expand Medicaid
- Fight against any efforts that attempt to take away a woman’s right to choose

- <pv key='medicaid-expansion'>Expand Medicaid</pv>
- Fight against any efforts that attempt to take away a woman’s right to choose

Support legislation to restore the original promise of the HOPE Scholarship

- Reinvest in K-12 public schools
- Support legislation to restore the original promise of the HOPE Scholarship

- End cash bail
- Eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing

- End <pv key='cash-bail'>cash bail</pv>
- Eliminate mandatory minimum sentencing

Advocate for a fair, nonpartisan redistricting process

Support legislation which expands access to the ballot box

- Advocate for a fair, nonpartisan redistricting process
- Support legislation which expands access to the ballot box

Support legislation to increase Georgia’s minimum wage

Explore ways to increase the availability of affordable housing in the district

- Support legislation to increase Georgia’s minimum wage
- Explore ways to increase the availability of affordable housing in the district

Sonya Halpern

- Your state senator represents the interests of your district in the Georgia State Senate.
- Your state senator can author, sponsor, and vote on bills that may become state laws after going through the legislative process. 
- State Senators are involved in approving some appointments by the Governor.
- The State Senate, along with the State House of Representatives, makes up our state lawmaking body: the Georgia General Assembly.
- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
- State Senators are elected to two-year terms. They are paid a yearly salary of $17,342.