Democratic Party of Georgia
The Democratic Party of Georgia is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Georgia. It is one of the two major political parties in the state and is chaired by Nikema Williams.
Democratic Party of Georgia | |
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| Chairman | Nikema Williams |
| Senate Minority leader | Gloria Butler |
| House Minority leader | James Beverly |
| Ideology | Modern liberalism Progressivism |
| National affiliation | Democratic Party |
| Colors | Blue |
| U.S. Senate | 2 / 2 |
| U.S. House | 5 / 14 |
| Statewide offices | 0 / 13 |
| Seats in the Georgia Senate | 23 / 56 |
| Seats in the Georgia House of Representatives | 79 / 180 |
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President Jimmy Carter was a Georgia Democrat. Since the passage of the Affordable Care Act, Georgia Democrats have advocated Medicaid expansion in the state, a policy that would provide a federally subsidized health insurance plan to approximately 500,000 Georgians. At $5.15 an hour, Georgia is one of only two states with a state minimum wage below the federal minimum wage; a priority for Georgia Democrats in the 2010s and 2020s has been increasing the minimum wage.
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