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Amanda Hollowell is from Savannah, Georgia. She has a bachelor 27s degree in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley. She has a son and is a full-time caregiver for her father. Amanda is a proud member of the Savannah (GA) Chapter of The Links, Incorporated and has served on the Savannah Black Heritage Festival Committee.

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Amanda Hollowell is originally from Palm Springs, California. She earned her bachelor's degree in American studies from the University of California Berkeley. She volunteers with the Savannah Black Heritage Festival Committee and has previously volunteered with Reform Georgia, the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia, and the Georgia Alliance for Social Justice. She lives with her child in Savannah, Georgia. 

Amanda is the chief of campaigns at Color of Change. She previously directed national organizing efforts at When We All Vote and led campaign strategy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and 9to5 Georgia. Amanda also revitalized 9to5 Working Women in Georgia, relaunching the Savannah Chapter with 60 members. 

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Amanda currently works as the chief of campaigns at Color of Change, where she previously worked as the interim chief of campaigns. She previously worked as a managing director and senior director of national organizing at When We All Vote, the director of strategic campaign at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute, a Georgia state director and community organizer at 9to5, an education specialist at the LifeLink Foundation, and the owner of Savannah Events and Weddings. 

Amanda's campaign for U.S. House of Representatives for Georgia's 1st Congressional District, is her first run for public office. 

Supports higher wages, affordable housing, and economic investment that prioritizes families and workers in the First Congressional District.

Supports higher wages, affordable housing, and economic investment that prioritizes families and workers in the 1st Congressional District.

Advocated for fair pay, strong union protections, and increased federal infrastructure funding for port workers.

Supports a restructuring of the tax code to support the middle class.

Believes there should be government oversight "in the development and use of artificial intelligence."

- Supports higher wages, affordable housing, and economic investment that prioritizes families and workers in the 1st Congressional District.
- Advocated for fair pay, strong union protections, and increased federal infrastructure funding for port workers.
- Supports a restructuring of the tax code to support the middle class.
- Believes there should be government oversight "in the development and use of artificial intelligence."

Economy

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

Public Safety

Supports accessible and affordable healthcare for seniors, veterans, rural families, and working people, along with Medicaid expansion.

- Supports accessible and affordable healthcare for seniors, veterans, rural families, and working people, along with Medicaid expansion.

Healthcare

Believes "every child deserves a quality education that leads to opportunity."

Promises to fight for additional funding for public schools.

Advocates for better apprenticeships and workforce development programs.

- Believes "every child deserves a quality education that leads to opportunity."
- Promises to fight for additional funding for public schools.
- Supports universal pre-K programs.
- Advocates for better apprenticeships and workforce development programs.

Education

Supports prevention and protection for coastal communities against disasters like hurricanes and flooding.

- Supports prevention and protection for coastal communities against disasters like hurricanes and flooding.

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Foreign Policy and Immigration

Supports expanding access to voting for all, including parents, seniors, and young first-time voters.

Believes on a six term limit in the U.S. House of Representatives.

- Supports expanding access to voting for all, including parents, seniors, and young first-time voters.
- Believes on a six term limit in the U.S. House of Representatives.

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Jim Kingston is originally from Southeast Georgia. He earned his bachelor's degree in economics from the University of Georgia

Jim currently works in the insurance industry.

Jim's run for office is his first entry into politics. He is the son of former U.S. Representative Jack Kingston, who held this exact congressional seat for 22 years.

Will fight to "lower taxes across the board so families keep more of what they earn, and small businesses can thrive."

Will support "efforts to restore fiscal discipline that champions regular order in appropriations, advocates for a return to balanced budgets and holds government agencies accountable for every taxpayer dollar."

- Will fight to "lower taxes across the board so families keep more of what they earn, and small businesses can thrive."
- Will support "efforts to restore fiscal discipline that champions regular order in appropriations, advocates for a return to balanced budgets and holds government agencies accountable for every taxpayer dollar."

Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

- Opposes policies that limit access to guns.

Supports "work requirements for able-bodied adults and no Medicaid handouts to illegal aliens. "

Supports "rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and giving seniors more control over their healthcare choices."

- Supports "work requirements for able-bodied adults and no Medicaid handouts to illegal aliens. "
- Supports "rooting out waste, fraud and abuse, and giving seniors more control over their healthcare choices."
- Opposes abortion access.

Said, "We have to stop woke indoctrination in classrooms, end radical gender ideology in schools and give every family access to a quality education that reflects their values."

- Said, "We have to stop woke indoctrination in classrooms, end radical gender ideology in schools and give every family access to a quality education that reflects their values."

Will "fight for policies that keep our ag industry competitive, bring broadband to every home and improve roads and bridges without raising taxes."

Supports "more domestic drilling (responsibly), streamlined permitting and an all-of-the-above strategy to keep gas and electricity affordable while cutting off our reliance on foreign adversaries."

- Will "fight for policies that keep our ag industry competitive, bring broadband to every home and improve roads and bridges without raising taxes."
- Supports "more domestic drilling (responsibly), streamlined permitting and an all-of-the-above strategy to keep gas and electricity affordable while cutting off our reliance on foreign adversaries."

Supports "deploying more resources for border enforcement to crack down on cartels and traffickers, and a legal immigration policy that is merit-based and focused on safety and our nation’s interest."

Supports "rebuilding our military to ensure readiness and technological superiority."

Will "push for a foreign policy that defends our sovereignty, strengthens our alliances and confronts threats like Iran, Russia and China. "

Supports "ending the importation of foreign sources of energy, cutting our dependence on Chinese manufacturing for critical goods, stopping the theft of our intellectual property and buying up U.S. farmland."

- Supports "deploying more resources for border enforcement to crack down on cartels and traffickers, and a legal immigration policy that is merit-based and focused on safety and our nation’s interest."
- Supports "rebuilding our military to ensure readiness and technological superiority."
- Will "push for a foreign policy that defends our sovereignty, strengthens our alliances and confronts threats like Iran, Russia and China. "
- Supports "ending the importation of foreign sources of energy, cutting our dependence on Chinese manufacturing for critical goods, stopping the theft of our intellectual property and buying up U.S. farmland."

Supports "voter ID requirements, banning ballot harvesting and ensuring that every legal vote counts, and only legal votes count."

- Supports "voter ID requirements, banning ballot harvesting and ensuring that every legal vote counts, and only legal votes count."

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

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