Karla Lea Drenner is an American academic and politician from Georgia. A Democrat,she is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 85th district in Avondale Estates,DeKalb County.
The Democratic Party of Georgia (DPG) 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.
Brian Kendall Sims is an American politician,activist and attorney. A Democrat,he was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 182nd district from 2013 until 2022. Sims is also a lawyer and advocate for LGBT civil rights. Sims became the first openly gay elected state legislator in Pennsylvania history. He won re-election on November 6,2018. He was a candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor of Pennsylvania in 2022,finishing in second place behind Austin Davis with 25% of the vote. Since leaving public office in 2022,Sims served as the Managing Director of Government Affairs and Public Policy at Out Leadership,on the Board of Trustees of the Tyler Clementi Foundation,and as CEO of Agenda PAC.
JoCasta Zamarripa is an American politician and former member of the Wisconsin State Assembly. A Democrat,she represented the 8th assembly district for 10 years. She is now a member of the Milwaukee Common Council. Prior to winning elective office,Zamarripa worked as an outreach coordinator for Planned Parenthood.
Mable Thomas is an American politician serving as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives for District 56. She previously represented District 55,which includes areas immediately west and southwest of Downtown Atlanta and areas west and northwest of Midtown Atlanta.
Keisha Sean Waites is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat,she served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2012 to 2017,representing southeast Atlanta,College Park,East Point,Hapeville,Forest Park,Hartsfield Jackson Airport,Porsche Headquarters and parts of Clayton and DeKalb counties.
Cathy Woolard is an American politician who served as a member of the Atlanta City Council for District 6 from November 1998 to 2002,and as President of the council from 2002 to 2004. When she began her term in 1997,she was the first openly-gay elected official in Georgia history,and she was the first woman to be President of the council.
The David Bohnett Foundation is a private foundation that gives grants to organizations that focus on its core giving areas –primarily Los Angeles area programs and LGBT rights in the United States,as well as leadership initiatives and voter education,gun violence prevention,and animal language research. It was founded by David Bohnett in 1999. As of 2022,the foundation has donated $125 million to nonprofit organizations and initiatives.
Shawn Nicole Thierry is an American politician. She is a Republican member of the Texas House of Representatives,after an August 30,2024 switch from the Democratic Party,representing the 146th District. She won the November 2016 general election and was sworn into office on January 10,2017. She lost her re-election bid for her Texas House seat on May 28,2024 after being defeated by Lauren Simmons by 65% to 35% in the Democratic primary runoff. Thierry was an unsuccessful candidate for the 57th Civil District Court in 2010.
Leslie Herod is an American politician who is a member of the Colorado House of Representatives. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the 8th district. She is the first gay African-American to be elected to Colorado's state legislature.
Malcolm Kenyatta is an American politician from the North Philadelphia neighborhood of Philadelphia,Pennsylvania. A member of the Democratic Party,he has served as the Pennsylvania state representative for the 181st district since 2019. He was the Democratic nominee for Pennsylvania Auditor General in the 2024 election,losing to incumbent Republican Timothy DeFoor.
Nikema Natassha Williams is an American politician and political executive serving as the representative for Georgia's 5th congressional district and as Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia. The district includes almost three-quarters of Atlanta. She was a member of the Georgia State Senate for the 39th district from 2017-2021. Williams served as one of 16 electors for Georgia in the Electoral College following the 2020 United States presidential election.
Sharice Lynnette Davids is an American politician,attorney,and former mixed martial artist serving as the U.S. representative from Kansas's 3rd congressional district since 2019. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents a district that includes most of the Kansas side of the Kansas City metropolitan area,including Kansas City,Overland Park,Prairie Village,Leawood,Lenexa,and Olathe.
Renitta Shanbay Shannon is an American politician who served as a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives. In 2016,Shannon defeated a four-term Democratic incumbent. In January 2017,she was sworn into the Georgia State House of Representatives to represent the 84th district.
Julie Elizabeth Johnson is an American politician from the state of Texas. A member of the Democratic Party,she is the member-elect to the United States House of Representatives for Texas's 32nd congressional district. She serves in the Texas House of Representatives for District 115.
The 2020 elections for the Illinois House of Representatives were held on Tuesday,November 3,2020,to elect representatives from all 118 districts. The primary election occurred on March 17,2020. The winners of this election are currently serving in the 102nd General Assembly,with seats apportioned among the states based on the 2010 United States census. The Democratic Party had held a House majority since 1997. The inauguration of the 102nd General Assembly occurred on Wednesday January 13,2021.
Angela Stanton-King is an American author,television personality and conservative speaker based in Atlanta,Georgia. She spent two years in prison for conspiracy and was later pardoned by President Donald Trump a decade after serving her sentence. She subsequently became a media personality and was a main cast member on the third season of the BET docuseries From the Bottom Up. She was the Republican candidate for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 2020 election,losing to Democrat Nikema Williams. Stanton-King has shown support for QAnon,which espouses a number of far-right conspiracy theories.
A special election filled the remainder of the term in the United States House of Representatives for Georgia's 5th congressional district in the 116th United States Congress. Incumbent representative John Lewis,who was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in December 2019,died on July 17,2020,during his 17th term.
Sonya McLaughlin Halpern is an American politician and former marketing executive who is a member of the Georgia State Senate representing the 39th district. Elected in December 2020 in a special Democratic primary election,she is currently serving her first term.
