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Max is from Screven County, Georgia. He attended the Georgia Institute of Technology and Georgia State University. He has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also has a master’s degree in business information systems and a doctor of philosophy degree in business administration from Georgia State University. He lives with his wife, Lora, on the family cattle farm in Screven County. He attends Jackson Baptist Church in Sylvania.

Max Burns has a bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology. He also has a master’s degree in business information systems and a Ph.D. degree in business administration from Georgia State University. He lives with his wife, Lora, in Screven County. He attends Jackson Baptist Church in Sylvania and has two sons and three grandchildren. 

Max is a farmer. He previously worked at the U.S. House of Representatives as a Congressman.

Max previously worked as an educator, business leader, and farmer.

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Max currently serves as a Georgia State Senator. He was first elected in 2020.

Supports cyber technology and broadband expansion as critical factors for economic development.

Advocates for well-planned infrastructure to enhance import/export capabilities and attract major manufacturing and production-based jobs.

Advocates for well-planned infrastructure to enhance import and export capabilities and attract major manufacturing and production-based jobs.

Aims to leverage the economic potential of the Port of Savannah to attract industrial and service sector jobs to the 23rd Senate District.

Aims to leverage the economic potential of the Port of Savannah to attract industrial and service sector jobs.

Wants to stand up for farmers and agribusiness.

Supports increased industrial and service sector jobs.

- Supports cyber technology and broadband expansion as critical factors for economic development.
- Advocates for well-planned infrastructure to enhance import and export capabilities and attract major manufacturing and production-based jobs.
- Aims to leverage the economic potential of the Port of Savannah to attract industrial and service sector jobs.
- Seeks to "fight the rise of socialism."
- Wants to stand up for farmers and agribusiness.
- Supports increased industrial and service sector jobs.

Economy

As of July 23, 2026, Max Burns’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports aligning resources to meet the demand for improved mental health and social services.

- Supports aligning resources to meet the demand for improved mental health and social services.
- Opposes abortion access.

Healthcare

Played a role in the crafting and passage of the Election Integrity Act of 2021.

- Played a role in the crafting and passage of the Election Integrity Act of 2021.

Voting & Elections

Opposes defunding the police and supports legislation that restricts reductions in police funding.

Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

- Opposes defunding the police and supports legislation that restricts reductions in police funding.
- Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

Public Safety

Supports providing educators and local administration the control needed to prioritize learning in the classroom.

Supports providing every student with the opportunities they need to succeed in education.

Wants to provide every student with the opportunities they need to succeed in education.

- Supports providing educators and local administration the control needed to prioritize learning in the classroom.
- Wants to provide every student with the opportunities they need to succeed in education.

Education

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Shayna Boston is from Swainsboro, Georgia. She has a bachelor 27s degree in educational studies from Clark Atlanta University.

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Shayna Boston is from Swainsboro, Georgia. She earned her bachelor's degree in educational studies from Clark Atlanta University. 

Shayna is the CEO and owner of BostonFirst Administrative Management. She previously worked as an entrepreneur for seven years. 

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Shayna currently works as an executive assistant at New American Funding. She has previously worked as an administrative assistant at Fuss and O'Neil, Siempelkamp Nuclear Services, Inc., and All(n)1 Security, an administrative professional at Benedict College, and an administrative coordinator at Paine College, 

Shayna previously ran for Georgia State Senate District 23 in 2024 but did not win. She also ran for mayor of Swainsboro in 2025 but was disqualified from the race.

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Shayna previously ran for Georgia State Senate District 23 in 2024, but did not win. She also ran for mayor of Swainsboro in 2025 but was disqualified from the race.

For Candidate Shayna Boston on Issue economy:  
Plans to focus on small business and economic development.

Plans to focus on small business and economic development.

- Plans to focus on small business and economic development.

As of July 23, 2026, Shayna Boston’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Shayna Boston

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