Issues — Keisha for Governor

Healthcare

Keisha will lower health care costs for everyone by expanding Medicaid, ending the failed Georgia Pathways program, and replacing it with real coverage that actually works for families.

Her agenda includes stabilizing rural hospitals, launching a Rural Care First Initiative to expand EMS, mobile health, telehealth, and labor and delivery access, taking on prescription drug costs by creating the Georgia Rx Savings Board, and strengthening Georgia’s mental health system so people can get help before a crisis. She will also invest in maternal health, protect reproductive freedom, and make Georgia’s public health infrastructure stronger and more prepared.

Read Keisha's CARE Plan for a Healthier Georgia

Housing

Keisha’s housing agenda is focused on bringing costs down by building more housing and moving projects faster.

She will create a Georgia Housing Fast Track initiative to streamline permitting and improve coordination, expand down payment and renter assistance, and establish an affordable housing trust fund to support the development of affordable and workforce housing. Her approach is rooted in the belief that Georgia can grow while making it easier for working families to find a safe, stable, and affordable place to live.

Education

Keisha will fully fund Georgia’s schools and modernize the state’s outdated education funding formula so it reflects the needs of students today, not decades ago.

Her agenda includes a strong focus on literacy and early learning, expanded financial literacy so students understand fundamentals like, credit, budgeting, and homeownership, universal childcare, eliminating the state income tax for teachers to help recruit and retain excellent educators, and creating a path to free technical and community college so every Georgian graduating from high school, and every worker looking to learn a new skill, has the opportunity to train for a good-paying job or prepare for a new career.

Farmers

Keisha’s agenda for farmers is about keeping land in family hands, expanding opportunity, and protecting producers from economic shocks beyond their control.

She will support efforts to help families keep and grow their land, expand training in sustainable agriculture and forestry, and encourage cooperative models that allow farmers to pool resources and reach larger markets. She also understands the need to make federal farm programs fairer and more accessible to underserved producers, and she will fight to support farmers harmed by Trump’s tariffs and trade chaos.

Small Business

Keisha will make small business a central focus of state economic policy by restructuring the Department of Economic Development to better serve Georgia’s smallest firms.

She will create an Office of Small Business and a Deputy Commissioner for Small Business focused on businesses with 0 to 25 employees, which make up roughly 98 percent of small businesses in the state. She will also expand the state’s small business loan and grant programs and ensure a fairer share of Georgia’s business investment dollars goes to smaller firms, which employ nearly half of the state’s workforce, because state economic policy should better reflect their outsized role in creating jobs and supporting local communities.

Public Safety

Keisha’s public safety agenda is rooted in the belief that safer communities require both enforcement and prevention.

She will increase state support for local law enforcement by expanding GBI capacity, forensic resources, and specialized investigative assistance, especially for smaller jurisdictions. She will also invest in targeted violence reduction efforts, support universal background checks and a red flag law, expand diversion and treatment options for nonviolent cases, and strengthen reentry pathways through the Prison to Work initiative so more Georgians leaving prison have a real chance to succeed instead of cycling back into the system.

Our Rights, Freedoms, and Democracy

Keisha will stand up for Georgians’ rights and freedoms by fighting to restore a woman’s right to choose.

She will push back on laws and actions that make voting harder, protect local election officials from political interference, rein in the out-of-control State Election Board, and support policies that expand early voting, protect absentee voting, and make Election Day a state holiday. She has been clear that Georgia needs a governor who will stand up to Donald Trump and anyone else who tries to undermine democracy or take away basic freedoms.

Environmental Stewardship

Keisha will treat climate and environmental policy as a real governing responsibility, not a talking point.

Her agenda includes investing in flood mitigation, brownfield redevelopment, and stronger protections for vulnerable communities, while making sure water infrastructure is reliable and able to keep up with growth. She has also been clear that Georgia needs to slow down and reassess the rapid expansion of data centers so families are not left with higher utility bills, strained water resources, and damage to surrounding communities. Her goal is to grow Georgia’s economy in a way that is sustainable, accountable, and centered on people.

Veterans and Military Families

Keisha wants to make Georgia the best state in the country for veterans and military families.

She will expand skill translation so military experience counts toward civilian licenses and credentials, move faster to hire veterans into state government and high-demand industries, and provide targeted tax relief for veterans and military retirees. She will also strengthen childcare, mental health care, spouse employment support, and school transition help for military families, while treating veteran housing, health, suicide prevention, and homelessness as a state priority, including in rural communities.