MEET DEBRA

I am a mom of five.

My husband, Kevin, and I are raising our five incredible children on a farm in Milton, Georgia. Ages twelve to five, my children Jake, Elle, Levi, Reina, and Margot are students at Summit Hill Elementary and Hopewell Middle School.

I am an attorney.

After graduating from Harvard, I worked full time by day as a reporter and attended Georgia State College of Law by night. The training I received to become an employment lawyer has prepared me to be an outspoken advocate for our district. We need someone in office who will speak up, who will be vigilant about protecting us and our families.

I am a small business owner.

In 2015, I co-founded Colour: a service kind of like Uber for hair, and a startup geared toward delivering hair care services to women of color. Running to represent our neighbors in the Capitol is a big job. But I can’t think of a bigger job than women trusting you with their hair! In this role, I saw, firsthand, the impact of creating jobs and economic opportunity for stylists in our network.

I am an author and former news anchor.

As a lifestyle and culture expert on national and local TV programs, I worked to shine a light on amazing communities. Reporting on and uplifting their beautiful stories was a constant reminder of the bright future we can build when we come together.

I am an active community member.

In 2023, I was proud to work with my neighbors—on both sides of the aisle—to protect a voting precinct in Milton to make it easier for my neighbors to participate in our democracy. I currently serve as an elected member of the Fulton County School Governance Council, and I am a proud PTA mom for my kids’ Fulton County public schools. At my synagogue, The Temple, I’ve served on the Security committee, working alongside law enforcement to make sure members of the synagogue visit their house of worship without fear of violence—a sad reality we face today. I also serve on various committees with Planned Parenthood Southeast.

And I am excited to run to represent our district in the State Senate!

Together, we can make raising a family right here in our district more affordable, enact commonsense solutions to lower your costs, invest in our schools, and ensure everyone in our district feels safe and healthy. Together, we can build a better future for our families.

My Priorities

“We shouldn’t have to wait to create the brightest future for our families—I want our district to be the best it can be right now.”

MAKING IT MORE AFFORDABLE TO RAISE A FAMILY

I am running because I want to make it more affordable to raise a family in our district. I know from experience—raising five kids is not cheap. Families in our district feel the strain, and as our district’s voice in the Capitol, I am ready to change that.

Under the Gold Dome, I will do everything in my power to make it less expensive to raise a family in our district— from expanding child care coverage to advocating for our amazing public school education system to keeping more money in our families’ pockets.

PROTECTING OUR CHILDREN’S SCHOOLS

Let’s work together to provide great public education that can work in every community, no matter their zip code or income.

I believe that public dollars should go to public schools, period. Our schools and educators need the resources to do their best work, and by investing in our public schools, we are investing in the future of Georgia. I will work to keep our kids safe at school, expand learning opportunities, and support innovation to help our students succeed. Imagine if Georgia had the best public schools in the country. That’s what I want to see, and will work for on behalf of you and your families.

EXPANDING ACCESS TO HEALTHCARE

I believe that access to healthcare is necessary for living a vibrant and productive life. Because it is essential, we Georgians deserve the peace of mind that quality, affordable healthcare coverage brings, no matter our zip code. This burden of medical debt that so many Georgians have or fear having is not right, and it can be eliminated.

As your next State Senator, I will work to close the coverage gap that exists in our state, lower prescription drug costs, and restore a woman’s right to make her own health care decisions with her family and her doctor, not politicians.

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