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Terry is from Teaneck, New Jersey. She attended Rutgers University. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rutgers University. She lives with her husband and son in Mableton, Georgia.

Terry Alexis Cummings is from Teaneck, New Jersey. She attended Rutgers University. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from Rutgers University. She lives with her husband and son in Mableton, Georgia.

Terry is an associate professor. She works at Colorado Technical University, where she has taught legal and criminal justice courses since 2005. She previously worked at the District of Columbia Superior Court as a court room clerk, at the office of the Honorable Harold Cushenberry as a judicial clerk, at the United States Department of Justice through the Honors Attorney Program in the Legislative and Correctional Issues Branch in Washington, D.C., as the first attorney at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, as a supervisory attorney at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, and as senior litigation counsel at the Department’s Atlanta Regional Office.

Terry is an associate professor. She worked at Colorado Technical University, where she has taught legal and criminal justice courses since 2005. She previously worked at the District of Columbia Superior Court as a court room clerk, at the office of the Honorable Harold Cushenberry as a judicial clerk, at the United States Department of Justice through the Honors Attorney Program in the Legislative and Correctional Issues Branch in Washington, D.C., as the first attorney at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Chicago, as a supervisory attorney at the United States Penitentiary in Atlanta, and as senior litigation counsel at the Department’s Atlanta Regional Office.

For Candidate Terry Alexis Cummings on Issue economy:  
Aims to ensure all Georgians have access to affordable housing and livable wages.

Aims to ensure all Georgians have access to affordable housing and livable wages.

Supports expanding the Georgia Equal Pay Act to prohibit employer discrimination based on sex, ensuring equal pay and protection for employees filing complaints about discrimination.

Supports efforts to decriminalize marijuana and ensure the release of individuals incarcerated for possession and minor distribution charges.

- Aims to ensure all Georgians have access to affordable housing and livable wages.
- Supports expanding the Georgia Equal Pay Act to prohibit employer discrimination based on sex, ensuring equal pay and protection for employees filing complaints about discrimination.
- Supports efforts to decriminalize marijuana and ensure the release of individuals incarcerated for possession and minor distribution charges.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Terry Alexis Cummings’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding Medicare for all Georgians, capping costs on medications and therapies, and restoring abortion options through the Reproductive Justice Act.

- Supports expanding Medicare for all Georgians, capping costs on medications and therapies, and restoring abortion options through the Reproductive Justice Act.

Healthcare

Believes voting is a fundamental right and will fight against efforts to undermine it, including discriminatory practices like cracking, to ensure fair access to the ballot for every eligible voter.

- Believes voting is a fundamental right and will fight against efforts to undermine it, including discriminatory practices like cracking, to ensure fair access to the ballot for every eligible voter.

Voting & Elections

Supports efforts to decriminalize marijuana and ensure the release of incarcerated individuals for possession and minor distribution charges.

- Supports efforts to decriminalize marijuana and ensure the release of incarcerated individuals for possession and minor distribution charges.

Public Safety

Supports protecting in-state tuition for all state residents, including those who are undocumented.

Supports appropriate sex education for both women and men, including fertility options and birth control, while advocating for women's rights to make decisions about their own bodies.

- Supports protecting in-state tuition for all state residents, including those who are undocumented.
- Supports appropriate sex education for both women and men, including fertility options and birth control, while advocating for women's rights to make decisions about their own bodies.

Education

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Terry Alexis Cummings

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