Candidate Comparisons

Bee Nguyen

1. Codify the right to abortion in-state and support the creation of a nationwide right that stops abortion bans and guarantees that the right and access to abortion does not depend on where a person lives.
   1. In a statement responding to her endorsement by NARAL, she said “Reproductive freedom across the country and in Georgia is under attack. As one of five sisters, I understand how essential the right to decide is for women and families. The fundamental right to make decisions about our bodies is about health, economic justice, and gender equality.”
   2.  Tweeted that “women will die” because of the JWHO ruling.
2. Ensure that people’s access to health care is free from stigma, barriers, and restrictions, including abortion care, contraceptives, and maternal health care.
   1. Voted against HB 481, banning abortion once a fetal heartbeat is detected
   2. She testified against HB 481, including “Requiring rape and incest victims to file a police report…is cruel.” and “Why should any woman need to file a police report to obtain an abortion?”
   3.  She has said abortion will be a large part of her campaign “saying the GOP support for anti-abortion measures is a sign that they ‘don’t care about women. That’s what our Georgia Legislature has told us,’ Nguyen said. ‘And we have been ringing the alarm bell before leader Abrams, before Raphael Warnock, before Senator Ossoff. And people discounted Georgia, and our Georgians have suffered tremendously.’”
3. Make sure quality pregnancy supports are accessible, affordable, and culturally competent for all – including protections and supports, like doula access, are available that promote the health outcomes of Georgia’s pregnant people, especially Black women.
   1. Co-sponsored HB188 to improve required pregnancy supports in Georgia.
4. Safeguard and expand access to contraception.
   1. Research into this candidate has yielded no statements indicating support or opposition.
   2. Nguyen has not commented on contraception in particular but has been endorsed by NARAL Pro-Choice America.

Bee Nguyen

1. Make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of taxes
   1. Nyugen has not commented on fair tax policies.
2. Help families with the rising cost of child care by investing in high-quality, affordable child care.
   1. Nyugen has not commented on expanding child care.
3. Establish universal paid family and medical leave.
   1. Voted in support of HB146, authorizing paid parental leave for eligible state and local board of education employees
4. Protect women, especially women of color, and others from discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
   1. In 2020, Nguyen introduced a bill to combat harassment in the workplace. The bill didn’t make it to the Georgia House floor, but she later spoke on the issue on television.
5. Pay workers fairly, including ensuring equal pay for all and raising the minimum wage to at least $15/hour for all working people.
   1. Co-sponsored HB116 “to provide for an increase in the minimum wage; to provide a credit toward the minimum wage for employers of tipped workers; to eliminate various eligibility exemptions from the minimum wage”
   2. Co-sponsored HB 499 “to repeal certain provisions relating to the preemption of wage and employment benefit mandates adopted by a local government entity”
   3. In 2020, she tweeted in support of raising the minimum wage to at least $15/hour.

Bee Nguyen

1. Support students’ ability to learn and be themselves by keeping them safe from discrimination and harassment in school.
   1. Nguyen has not commented on policies to keep students safe from discrimination.
2. Oppose efforts to fuel divisions in our communities by vilifying and excluding transgender students.
   1. Condemned a last minute amendment to HB 1084 to exclude transgender girls.
3. Oppose censorship of schools’ ability to teach truth, including about race and gender and how they have been used to divide us.
   1. Voted against HB1084, which limits how and what teachers can teach.
   2. In response to the bill, Nguyen said she feared a “chilling effect” and questioned if teachers could, “get in trouble for saying slavery is wrong?”
4. Safeguard students’ ability to live full, dignified lives free from gun violence.
   1. Endorsed by Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America
   2. Tweeted in support of the endorsement.
5. Oppose discriminatory discipline policies in schools, including increased policing of students
   1. Nguyen has not commented on discriminatory discipline policies.
6. Ensure full funding that meets every school’s needs – including schools building safer environments by prioritizing COVID safety measures
   1. Voted to pass SB514, which provides “that no local board of education, local school superintendent, or school administrator, teacher, or other school personnel shall make or enforce any rule that requires a student to wear a face mask or face covering while present on school property unless such rule provides that a parent or guardian of such student may elect for his or her child to be exempt from such rule.”

Bee Nguyen

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act.
   1. Cosponsored HB1096 “to provide for drop boxes for use in returning absentee ballots; to provide for locations; to provide for requirements and operation; to provide for ballot collection”
   2. Co-sponsored HB1612 “to provide for an additional form of identification for voting”
   3. Co-sponsored HR28 “to remove a conviction of a felony involving moral turpitude as an exception to the right to register and vote”
   4. Co-sponsored HR868 “to provide that all elections shall be free and fair; to provide that no power shall interfere with the free exercise of the right of suffrage”
   5. Co-sponsored HB484 “to make primary and election days state holidays”
2. Ensure all voters have equal access to the ballot box and their votes are counted fairly, including expanded early voting days, language access protections for Limited English Proficient (LEP) voters, and a district map that empowers all voters.
   1. Co-sponsored HB252 to ensure access to same-day voter registration
   2. Improving elections and upholding their results are key parts of her campaign platform on her website
3. Reshape the makeup of the judiciary by working with federal lawmakers to nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships
   1. Nguyen has not commented on judiciary policy.

Brad Raffensperger

1. Brad Raffensperger has not made comments about abortion, maternal health, or contraception.
   1. Research into this candidate has yielded no statements indicating support or opposition
      1. Raffensperger co-sponsored HR1306 to support “life-affirming” pregnancy centers

Brad Raffensperger

1. Make millionaires and billionaires pay their fair share of taxes
   1. Raffensperger has not spoken about changes to tax policy.
2. Help families with the rising cost of child care by investing in high-quality, affordable child care
   1. Raffensperger has not commented on policies to expand access to high-quality, affordable child care.
3. Establish universal paid family and medical leave
   1. Research into this candidate has yielded no statements indicating support or opposition.
   2. In 2018, Raffensperger was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business, which has called paid leave “burdensome” and has testified in front of Congress against federal paid leave programs.
4. Protect women, especially women of color, and others from discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
   1. Raffensperger has not commented on policies to address discrimination and harassment in the workplace.
5. Pay workers fairly, including ensuring equal pay for all and raising the minimum wage to at least $15/hour for all working people
   1. Research into this candidate has yielded no statements indicating support or opposition.
   2. In 2018, Raffensperger was endorsed by the National Federation of Independent Business, which has opposed federal increases to the minimum wage and paying for overtime

Brad Raffensperger

Brad Raffensperger has not made comments around protecting transgender youth, book bans, curriculum censorship, gun control, discipline policies, or COVID protection policies in schools.

Brad Raffensperger

1. Protect and expand access to the ballot and restore the Voting Rights Act.
   1. Ga. Secretary of State says his office is preparing for ‘routine’ voter purge to maintain election integrity.
   2. Often exaggerates numbers for double voting.
   3. In 2021, Raffensperger purged 100,000 names from Georgia’s voter registration rolls in an attempt to keep the state’s voter files “up to date”.
   4. Long lines, poorly trained poll workers, and malfunctioning equipment plagued election sites in “majority-minority counties” – all falling under the SS’s purview.
2. Ensure all voters have equal access to the ballot box and their votes are counted fairly, including expanded early voting days, language access protections for Limited English Proficient (LEP) voters, and a district map that empowers all voters.
   1. Advancement Project National Office, along with a coalition of faith and civic engagement organizations, filed a lawsuit against Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger to block the implementation of Senate Bill 202, which undermines absentee voting, early voting, voting on election day, and allows the state to take over county elections.
   2. A coalition of civil rights groups, including Fair Fight and PPFA, sent a letter to Raffensperger’s office, saying “After previously defending the integrity of the November 2020 election, Raffensperger has ‘embraced ongoing attempts by Fulton-centric conspiracy theorists to sow doubt in an election.’ He has ‘winked and nodded to the likes of a 9/11 truther and a bamboo-fiber-obsessed treasure hunter who are spearheading the Fulton County ballot resurrection and known for pushing violent election conspiracies,’ putting election workers at risk to protect his own political future.
   3. Banned ballot harvesting, preventing third party groups from helping absentee voters submit their ballots.
3. Reshape the makeup of the judiciary by working with federal lawmakers to nominate and confirm judges with a strong record of supporting gender and racial justice issues and who affirmatively declare they will uphold equality, opportunity for all, individual liberty, and the freedom to make personal decisions about our bodies and relationships.
   1. Raffensperger has not commented on reshaping the judiciary.