Women in the Georgia General Assembly

We are proud to welcome 15 new women legislators to the Georgia General Assembly for the 2019-2020 session!

Congratulations to these newly-elected women who will be serving in our state legislature:

• Sally Harrell - Senate District 40
• Zahra Karinshak - Senate District 48
• Ginny Ehrhart - House District 36
• Mary Frances Williams - House District 37
• Mary Robichaux - House District 48
• Angelika Kausche - House District 50
• Betsy Holland - House District 54
• Becky Evans - House District 83
• Viola Davis - House District 87
• Beth Moore - House District 95
• Bonnie Rich - House District 97
• Donna McLeod - House District 105
• Shelly Hutchinson - House District 107
• Jasmine Clark - House District 108
• CaMia Whitaker Hopson - House District 153

 How the November 2018 election improved gender parity in the Georgia State Legislature:

• Nearly 2/3 of all competitive state legislative races on the November 6 ballot had at least one woman candidate running
• 15 new women won their races and will join the state legislature (2 Senators and 13 Representatives)
• 6 incumbent women in the House either lost their races or resigned, leaving a net increase of 9 women legislators
• There now will be 57 women serving in the State House, and 15 women serving in the State Senate, for a total of 72 women legislators
• The percentage of legislators who are women in the Georgia General Assembly will increase from 27% to 31%!

 Our thanks to the women who won, and to all of those who ran, for working to bring our state legislature closer to full representation for women in Georgia.