Georgia — 6th District

Lucy McBath

Supports expanding ACA and Medicaid

McBath views healthcare as a fundamental right, influenced by her experience as a two-time breast cancer survivor. She supports expanding the Affordable Care Act, implementing a public option, expanding Medicaid in Georgia, and protecting funding for Planned Parenthood and reproductive services.

• Supports adding a public option to the ACA marketplace and lowering Medicare eligibility age to 55
• Advocates for expanding Medicaid in Georgia and lowering prescription drug costs
• Opposes defunding Planned Parenthood and supports funding for contraception and family planning

“As a two-time breast cancer survivor and daughter of two medical professionals, I understand the importance of quality, affordable health care.”

Kevin Martin

Focuses on reducing senior health costs

Martin highlights medical expenses for the elderly as a major concern. He advocates eliminating unnecessary medical tests and drug prescriptions that drive up costs for senior citizens.

• Targets waste in medical testing and prescription drug spending for elderly patients
• Critiques insurance companies and doctors taking advantage of seniors through unnecessary procedures

“Medical costs - Especially for the elderly and how insurance & doctors are taking advantage of the elderly. To eliminate unnecessary waste in tests and drug prescriptions that are costing elderly millions they can not afford.”

Lucy McBath

Supports middle-class tax relief

McBath advocates for middle-class and small-business tax cuts while opposing tax cuts for multinational corporations. She supports raising the federal minimum wage, expanding the Earned Income Tax Credit, and supporting federal job-creation initiatives.

• Opposes corporate tax cuts in favor of permanent middle-class tax cuts
• Supports raising the federal minimum wage and making the federal Earned Income Tax Credit more generous
• Supports federal job-creation programs and infrastructure investments

“I favor expanding middle class and small business tax cuts. Specifically – I oppose giving massive tax giveaways to multinational corporations.”

Kevin Martin

Advocates fiscal auditing and controlled growth

Drawing on 30 years as a corporate controller, Martin emphasizes fiscal auditing, eliminating waste, and stopping fraud. He advocates controlled district growth to attract reliable jobs and prevent rising property tax assessments from pricing seniors out of their homes.

• Applies 30 years of accounting experience to audit government spending and stop waste
• Pushes for controlled district growth to bring well-paying, reliable jobs
• Addresses rising property tax bills affecting fixed-income seniors

“Constantly asking the question of why our constituents are suffering is how we get to better solutions.”

Lucy McBath

Supports K-12 funding and debt relief

McBath supports fully funding K-12 public education and making community colleges, public universities, and vocational schools more affordable. She established the Champion in the Making Legacy Foundation to assist students and advocates for relief from student loan debt.

• Supports fully funding K-12 public education and lowering student loan debt
• Founded the Champion in the Making Legacy Foundation to assist high school students
• Opposes Betsy DeVos' education agenda

“In this vein, I understand that student debt too often holds our students and graduates back.”

Kevin Martin

Emphasizes local school improvement and youth programs

Martin advocates improving local education and youth development programs to reverse lagging growth in the district. He highlights resource disparities across local schools in South Cobb and South Fulton and supports better wages for teachers.

• Focuses on youth programs and school development to attract young families
• Highlights regional disparities within local school districts
• Supports better wages and support for teachers

“Education and development of youth programs in the district to attract young families in an area that has been slow lagging growth over the past 30 years.”

Lucy McBath

Supports strict federal gun control

Following the death of her son Jordan Davis, McBath worked with Moms Demand Action and Everytown for Gun Safety. In Congress, she sponsors and supports universal background checks, raising the gun purchase age to 21, red flag laws, and defeating concealed carry reciprocity.

• Sponsors universal background checks for all firearm purchases
• Supports raising the minimum purchase age for firearms to 21
• Advocates for legislation to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and criminals

“Following this tragedy, I worked for Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America and Everytown for Gun Safety fighting tirelessly to change the laws that failed my family.”

Kevin Martin

Supports increased pay for first responders

Martin emphasizes public safety by advocating for better support and higher wages for police personnel, firefighters, first medical responders, and military personnel protecting the community.

• Advocates for better support and wages for police, firefighters, and medical first responders
• Includes first responders as essential infrastructure for controlled community growth

“better support and wages for those who put themselves in harm's way for our safety and protection - Teachers, Police Personal, Fire Fighters, First Medical Responders, Military, and those who volunteer in community services for our children's benefit.”

Lucy McBath

Supports federal infrastructure investments

McBath supports federal investments to modernize roads, bridges, public transit, and airports. She champions federal infrastructure funding for clean drinking water, high-speed internet access, and green transit.

• Supports federal funding to modernize aging roads, bridges, airports, and transit
• Backs investments in clean water and high-speed internet expansion

“I would support a plan that funds public projects to bring our roads, airports, and transit into the 21st century.”

Kevin Martin

Supports local utility and safety infrastructure

Martin advocates ensuring essential local infrastructure—such as water, sewer, utilities, police, and fire protection—is in place to support district growth and attract new families.

• Prioritizes water, sewer, and utility infrastructure to support controlled growth
• Links infrastructure development directly to community safety and economic prosperity

“so we need to make sure the infrastructure is there to support and this includes, water, sewer, utilities, police, fire protection, and first responders.”

Lucy McBath

Opposes dark money and Citizens United

McBath opposes the Citizens United decision and advocates for campaign finance transparency to eliminate corporate dark money in elections. She supports public funding options in elections.

• Opposes the Supreme Court Citizens United decision
• Supports legislation to increase campaign finance transparency and limit dark money
• Pledges that her votes will not be dictated by special interests

“Dark money has had a corrosive effect on our democracy, and I will support any legislation to increase transparency of our campaign finance system.”

Kevin Martin

Supports financial audits and waste elimination

Martin advocates applying corporate auditing practices to federal spending to uncover fraud, stop waste, and enforce checks and balances.

• Pledges to audit government departments to identify waste and fraud
• Emphasizes strict checks and balances on federal spending

“Catch the fraud before it compounds, and find the waste sitting in between. He thinks Washington could use somebody who does that for a living.”

Lucy McBath

Supports comprehensive reform and DREAM Act

McBath supports comprehensive immigration reform with pathway options, humane border management, and a clean DREAM Act for DACA recipients. She voted in favor of the Laken Riley Act while opposing measures like the SAVE Act and DUI deportation bills.

• Co-sponsored and supports a clean DREAM Act for DACA recipients
• Voted Yea on the Laken Riley Act (S.5)
• Voted Nay on the SAVE Act (H.R.22) and DUI deportation legislation (H.R.875)

“I know firsthand what it is like to have your family ripped away from you. This is why I have stood fully opposed to this Administration’s atrocious and extreme immigration policies.”

Lucy McBath

Supports clean energy and climate action

McBath views climate change as a critical national security and environmental threat. She supports subsidies for solar energy, clean fuel investments, and green infrastructure, while opposing offshore drilling along Georgia's coast.

• Supports federal subsidies for clean energy and homeowner solar technology
• Opposes offshore drilling along the coast of Georgia
• Backed federal green infrastructure investments

“In Congress, I will fight for larger investments into alternative, clean sources of fuel, and I will support legislation that would increase subsidies for homeowners who wish to utilize solar and other forms of energy.”

Lucy McBath

Supports Equality Act and non-discrimination laws

McBath advocates for federal civil rights protections for LGBTQ+ individuals. She supports the Equality Act to prohibit discrimination in employment, housing, and finance, as well as the Student Non-Discrimination Act.

• Supports passing the Equality Act to bar discrimination in workplace, housing, and credit
• Supports the Student Non-Discrimination Act
• Opposed military bans on transgender service members

“I am a staunch supporter of expanding protections for the community and will work to ensure that there are laws on the books to prevent any type of discrimination.”