2026 Georgia General Election

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North Carolina

Laura Murvartian earned a BA in Political Science with honors from Hamline University. She earned her Master’s Degree in Public Policy (focusing on International Economics) from the University of Michigan.

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Laura is the Founder and Executive Director of Arte GA. : After beginning her career at the Federal Reserve Bank, Murvartian moved to Atlanta and served as a corporate executive for Fortune 500 companies, including Turner Broadcasting System, Inc. and Equifax.

Supports expanding public transportation, creating small business incentives, and ensuring job wages keep pace with the cost of living.

- Supports expanding public transportation, creating small business incentives, and ensuring job wages keep pace with the cost of living.

Economy

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

Energy & the Environment

Supports restoring reproductive freedom and cutting healthcare costs.

Advocates for consistent, high-quality care for veterans, noting recent improvements in Atlanta's VA hospital ratings but demanding continued progress.

- Supports restoring reproductive freedom and cutting healthcare costs.
- Advocates for consistent, high-quality care for veterans, noting recent improvements in Atlanta's VA hospital ratings but demanding continued progress.

Healthcare

Opposes gerrymandering and state-level voter suppression efforts, arguing that districts should be drawn fairly so that the legislature accurately reflects the will of the voters.

- Opposes gerrymandering and state-level voter suppression efforts, arguing that districts should be drawn fairly so that the legislature accurately reflects the will of the voters.

Voting & Elections

For Candidate Laura Murvartian on Issue public-safety:  
Opposes gun violence and advocates for economic support for working families.

Opposes gun violence and advocates for economic support for working families.

- Opposes gun violence and advocates for economic support for working families.
- Supports common-sense gun laws.

Public Safety

Education

Laura Murvartian

Shawn Mikah Tresher Still earned his bachelor’s degree from The University of Alabama, where he was a multi-sport athlete. He has lived in Johns Creek since before its inception and is the father of three daughters.

Georgia prosecution of Donald Trump, 2023-2024 - Ballotpedia

Georgia State Sen. Shawn Still - Biography - LegiStorm

Shawn is an attorney, as well as the owner and president of Olympic Pool Plastering & Shotcrete, which is described as the largest swimming pool subcontractor in the Southeastern U.S. His Gwinnett-based company employs over 100 Georgians.

Shawn is currently a Georgia State Senator.

Shawn currently serves as a State Senator representing Georgia State Senate District 48.

Voted for HB 1015, which accelerated the largest income tax cut in Georgia history, reducing the 2024 rate to 5.39% and creating an estimated $1.1 billion in savings for taxpayers in 2024.

Helped pass HB 1017 to end squatting in Georgia. The bill created a new "unlawful squatting" offense to help property owners more easily evict individuals residing in a property without the owner’s consent.

- Voted for HB 1015, which accelerated the largest income tax cut in Georgia history, reducing the 2024 rate to 5.39% and creating an estimated $1.1 billion in savings for taxpayers in 2024.
- Helped pass HB 1017 to end squatting in Georgia. The bill created a new "unlawful squatting" offense to help property owners more easily evict individuals residing in a property without the owner’s consent.

As of July 23, 2026, Shawn Mikah Tresher Still’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Said, "Attorneys for John Eastman and Shawn Micah Tresher Still argued that their charges were preempted by the federal government's authority over presidential elections under the U. S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause."

Supported legislation eliminating QR codes on ballots.

Backed legislation requiring all counties to report absentee ballot results within one hour of the polls closing.

- Said, "Attorneys for John Eastman and Shawn Micah Tresher Still argued that their charges were preempted by the federal government's authority over presidential elections under the U. S. Constitution's Supremacy Clause."
- Supported legislation eliminating QR codes on ballots.
- Backed legislation requiring all counties to report absentee ballot results within one hour of the polls closing.

Co-authored Senate Bill 233 (the Georgia School Choice Bill), which grants a $6,500 voucher to parents of children in failing school districts so they can transfer their children to a private school or a homeschool program.

- Co-authored Senate Bill 233 (the Georgia School Choice Bill), which grants a $6,500 voucher to parents of children in failing school districts so they can transfer their children to a private school or a homeschool program.

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Shawn Mikah Tresher Still

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