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
- What, if any, new action should the government take to stimulate research, innovation, and job creation in STEM fields for Georgia?
- 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?
- 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.
- 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?
- What measures do you support to increase healthcare affordability for all Georgians?
- 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?
- What is your stance on regulating or banning single-use plastics?
- 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?
- 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 |