Science Voter's Guide 2022

Science for Georgia has joined Science Debate and the National Science Policy Network to develop nonpartisan questions for Georgia candidates related to science, technology and health policy priorities.

This effort is part of a nationwide program to get the questions of Science and Technology constituents heard and acknowledged by candidates for office.

Science for Georgia has solicited question ideas from the public. We are now sending them to every Georgia candidate for Georgia Statewide Offices, US House, US Senate, GA House, and GA Senate.

Their responses will be recorded here.

Coalition members will not be commenting on responses or candidates. All answers will be published in the form received. We will not edit or alter them in any way. We play a neutral, non-partisan role in elevating the importance of science policy issues in election campaigns and in legislative action. All members of the collation are 501(c)(3) organizations.

Georgia Specific Science Questions

  1. What, if any, new action should the government take to stimulate research, innovation, and job creation in STEM fields for Georgia?
  2. The STEM workforce will account for 60% of Georgia’s jobs. What role does the Georgia Government play in training and encouraging a ready, and diverse, workforce?
  3. What steps will you take to ensure that our states' shared water ways are managed cooperatively and with consideration of the natural environment? For example the disputed ACT and ACF river basins in the tristate area.
  4. How would you protect the Okefenokee National Wildlife Refuge (OKE NWR) from current and future harm? How do you think proposed mining plans will affect the OKE NWR?
  5. What measures do you support to increase healthcare affordability for all Georgians?
  6. As the poultry industry grows in Georgia, how can Georgia ensure safe operating conditions and healthy air and water for poultry operations, the adjacent residents, and nearby crops?
  7. What is your stance on regulating or banning single-use plastics?
  8. Private corporations sometimes fund and direct scientific studies performed by Georgia public universities. How do we ensure our Public Universities establish transparency around funding sources to maintain scientific neutrality?
  9. What are your top 3 priorities for 2023?

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Answers to the Questions

Below you will find the answers to the questions. Use the buttons below to navigate to the appropriate race (US Senate / House or Georgia Senate / House). To find the candidates in your district, enter their name or the district number in the search box.

Georgia State Executive Offices

Governor Brian Kemp (i) R
Governor Stacy Abrams D
Lieutenant Governor Burt Jones R
Lieutenant Governor Charlie Bailey D
Attorney General Chris Carr (i) R
Jen Jordan D
Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (i) R
Bee Nguyen D
Superintendent of Public Instruction Richard Wodds (i) R
Alisha Searcy D
Agriculture Commissioner Tyler Harper R
Nakita Hemingway D
Labor Commissioner Bruce Thompson R
William Boddie D
Insurance Commissioner John King (i) R
Janice Laws Robinson D

US House Candidates

GA-1 Wade Herring
GA-1 Buddy Carter (I)
GA-2 Sanford Bishop Jr. (I)
GA-2 Chris West
GA-3 Val Almonord
GA-3 Drew Ferguson (I)
GA-4 Hank Johnson (I)
GA-4 Jonathan Chavez
GA-5 Nikema Williams (I)
GA-5 Christian Zimm
GA-6 Bob Christian
GA-6 Rich McCormick
GA-7 Lucy McBath (I)
GA-7 Mark Gonsalves
GA-8 Darrius Butler
GA-8 Austin Scott (I)
GA-9 Michael Ford
GA-9 Andrew Clyde (I)
GA-10 Tabitha Johnson-Green
GA-10 Mike Collins
GA-11 Antonio Daza-Fernandez
GA-11 Barry Loudermilk (I)
GA-12 Liz Johnson
GA-12 Rick Allen (I)
GA-13 David Scott (I)
GA-13 Caesar Gonzales
GA-14 Marcus Flowers
GA-14 Marjorie Taylor Greene (I)

Georgia State Senate

GA-1 James Jones
GA-1 Ben Watson (I)
GA-2 Derek Mallow
GA-2 Clinton Young
GA-3 Mike Hodges
GA-4 Billy Hickman (I)
GA-5 Sheikh Rahman (I)
GA-6 Jason Esteves
GA-6 Fred Glass
GA-7 Nabilah Islam
GA-7 Josh McKay
GA-8 Russ Goodman (I)
GA-9 Nikki Merritt (I)
GA-10 Emanuel Jones (I)
GA-11 Dean Burke (I)
GA-12 Freddie Sims (I)
GA-13 Carden Summers (I)
GA-14 Josh McLaurin
GA-14 Liz Hausmann
GA-15 Ed Harbison (I)
GA-16 Pingke Dubignon
GA-16 Marty Harbin (I)
GA-17 Kacy Morgan
GA-17 Brian Strickland (I)
GA-18 Chris Benton
GA-18 John Kennedy (I)
GA-19 Michael Moore
GA-19 Blake Tillery (I)
GA-20 Larry Walker (I)
GA-21 Brandon Beach (I)
GA-22 Harold Jones (I)
GA-22 Andrew Danielson
GA-23 Max Burns (I)
GA-24 Lee Anderson (I)
GA-25 Valerie Rodgers
GA-25 Ricky Williams
GA-26 David Lucas Sr. (I)
GA-27 Brent Binion
GA-27 Greg Dolezal (I)
GA-28 Matt Brass (I)
GA-29 Ellen Wright
GA-29 Randy Robertson (I)
GA-30 Mike Dugan (I)
GA-31 Jason Anavitarte (I)
GA-32 Sylvia Bennett
GA-32 Kay Kirkpatrick (I)
GA-33 Michael Rhett (I)
GA-34 Valencia Seay (I)
GA-34 Tommy Smith
GA-35 Donzella James (I)
GA-36 Nan Orrock (I)
GA-36 Brian Huefner
GA-37 Vanessa Parker
GA-37 Ed Setzler
GA-38 Horacena Tate (I)
GA-39 Sonya Halpern (I)
GA-40 Sally Harrell (I)
GA-40 Austin McDonald
GA-41 Kim Jackson (I)
GA-41 Jayre Jones
GA-42 Elena Parent (I)
GA-43 Tonya Anderson (I)
GA-43 Melanie Williams
GA-44 Gail Davenport (I)
GA-45 Matielyn Jones
GA-45 Clint Dixon (I)
GA-46 Andrew Ferguson
GA-46 Bill Cowsert (I)
GA-47 Conolus Scott Jr.
GA-47 Frank Ginn (I)
GA-48 Josh Uddin
GA-48 Shawn Still
GA-49 Jody Cooley
GA-49 Shelly Echols
GA-50 Paulette Williams
GA-50 Bo Hatchett (I)
GA-51 Steve Gooch (I)
GA-52 Chuck Hufstetler (I)
GA-53 Colton Moore
GA-54 Chuck Payne (I)
GA-55 Gloria Butler (I)
GA-56 Patrick Thompson
GA-56 John Albers (I)

Georgia State House

1 Mike Cameron
2 Steve Tarvin
Andrew Underwood
3 Mitchell Horner
4 Kasey Carpenter
5 Matt Barton
6 Jason Ridley
7 David Ralston
8 Stan Gunter
June Krise
9 Will Wade
10 Victor Anderson
11 Rick Jasperse
Kayla Hollifield
12 Eddie Lumsden
13 Katie Dempsey
14 Mitchel Scoggins
15 Matthew Gambill
16 Trey Kelley
17 Martin Momtahan
Sunshin Marshall
18 Tyler Smith
Pat Rhudy
19 Joseph Gullett
R.J. Coyle
20 Charlice Byrd
21 Brad Thomas
22 Jordan Ridley
Stacee Lashone Hill
23 Mandi Ballinger
24 Carter Barret
Sydney Walker
25 Todd Jones
Craig Meyer
26 Lauren McDonald
Matthew Helms
27 Lee Hawkins
28 Brent Cox
Claudia Wood
29 Matt Dubnik
Devin Pandy
30 Derrick McCollum
Kim Floria
31 Emory West Dunahoo Jr
32 Chris Erwin
33 Alan Powell
34 Devan Seabaugh
Dorothy Coker
35 Robert Trim
Lisa Campbell
36 Ginny Ehrhart
James Ryner
37 Marrites Redding
Mary Frances Williams
38 David Wilkerson
39 Olivis Angel
Terry Cummings
40 Fun Fong
Doug Stoner
41 Michael Smith
James Allen Rodi
42 Teri Anulewicz
43 Solomon Adesanya
Anna Tillman
44 Willie Mae Oyogoa
Don Parsons
45 Sharoon Cooper
Dustin McCormick
46 John Carson
Michael Garza
47 Jan Jones
48 mary robichaux
Scott Hilton
49 chuck martin
Peggy Gillen
50 Michelle Au
Narender Reddy
51 Ester Pantich
Peter Korman
52 Shea Roberts
Wendy Ahrenkiel
53 Kelly Coffman
Deborah Silcox
54 Betsy Holland
John Bailey
55 Inga Willis
Samuel Lenaeus
56 Mesha Mainor
57 Stacy Evans
Christopher Lodge
58 Park Cannon
59 Phil Olaleye
60 Sheila Jones
61 Roger Bruce
62 Tanya Miller
63 kim schofield
64 Montenia Edwards
Kimberly New
65 Mandisha Thomas
Jan Horne
66 Kimberly Alexander
67 Lydia Glaize
Marziyeah Amirizade
68 Tish Naghise
Stoney Mathis
69 Debra Bazemore
70 Calvin Louis Anderson Jr
Lynn Smith
71 John Collins
Afoma Eguh-Okafor
72 David Huddleston
73 Josh Bonner
74 William Harris
Karen Mathiak
75 Mike Glanton
Della Ashley
76 sandra scott
77 Rhonda Burnough
78 Demetrius Douglas
79 Yasmin Neal
80 Long Tran
Brian Anderson
81 Scott Holcomb
Mary Williams Benefield
82 Mary Margaret Oliver
Jenine Milum
83 Karen Lupton
Catherine Bernard
84 Omari Crawford
85 Karla Drener
86 Imani Barnes
Lisa Kinnemore
87 viola davis
88 Billy Mitchel
William Freeman
89 Becky Evans
Rick Sheppard
90 Saira Draper
Jodi Diodati
91 Angela Moore
92 Rhonda Taylor
93 Doreen Carter
94 Karen Bennett
95 Dar'shun Kendrick
Dexter Dawston
96 Pedro Marin
Daelen Lowry
97 Ruwa Romman
John Chan
98 Marvin Lim
99 Om Duggal
Matt Reeves
100 Louisa Jackson
David Clark
101 Gregg Kennard
Zach Procter
102 Gabe Okoye
Wesley Harding
103 Ernie Anaya
Soo Hong
104 Patrick Reinert
Chuck Efstation
105 Farooq Mughal
Arefeen Chowdhury
106 Shelly Hutchinson
Preston Wren
107 Samuel Park
Hai Cao
108 Jasmine Clark
Johnny Crist
109 Dewey McCalin
110 Segun Adeyina
Charles Lollar
111 Ryan Cox
Rey Martinez
112 Debbie Reed
Bruce Williamson
113 Sharon Henderson
114 Malcom Adams
Tim Fleming
115 Regina Lewis-Ward
116 El-Mahdi Holly
Bruce Bennington
117 Demetrius Rucker
Lauren Daniel
118 Sharonda Bell
Clint Crowe
119 Danny Rampey
120 Mokah Jasmine Johnson
Houston Gaines
121 Jeff Auerbach
Marcus Wiedower
122 Spencer Frye
123 Rob Leverett
124 Kat Howkins
Trey Rhodes
125 Barry Fleming
126 Gloria Frazier
William Harris
127 Mark Newton
128 Mack Jackson
129 Henry Howard
Scott Cambers
130 Lynn Gladney
Dan Swenson
131 Jodi Lott
132 Brian Prince
133 Hoganne Walton
Kenneth Vance
134 Anthony Dickson
David Knight
135 Beth Camp
136 David Jenkins
137 Debbie Buckner
Justin Rickett
138 Vance Smith
139 Richard H Smith
140 Teddy Reese
141 Carolyn Hugley
142 Miriam Paris
143 James Beverly
144 Nettie B. Conner
Dale Washburn
145 Robert Dickey
James Cooper III
146 Courtnet Driver
Shaw Blackmon
147 Ariel Phillips
Bethany Ballard
148 Noel Williams Jr.
149 Danny Mathis
150 Patty Bentley
151 Joyce Barlow
Mike Cheokas
152 Bill Yearta
153 David Sampson
Tracy Taylor
154 John Hayes
Gerald Greene
155 Matt Hatchett
156 Lethia Kittrell
Leesa Hagan
157 Bill Werkheiser
158 Madeline Smith
Larry Parrish
159 Jon G. Burns
160 Lehman Franklin
161 Margo Barbee
Bill Hitchens
162 Carl Gilliard
163 Anne Westbrooke
164 Marcus Thompson
Ron Stephens
165 Edna Jackson
Clinton Cowart
166 Jesse Petrea
167 Buddy DeLoach
168 AI Williams
169 Mickey Brockington
Clay Pirkle
170
Penny Houston
171 Joe Campbell
172 Sam Watson
173 Keith Jenkins
Darlene Taylor
174 John Corbett
175 John LaHood
176 James Burchett
177 Dexter Sharper
178 Steve Meeks
179 Rick Townsend
180 Steven Sainz