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Aaron Baker is from Sandy Springs, Georgia. She earned her bachelor's degree in management information systems from the University of Georgia. Aaron is a United Methodist pastor. She and her wife, Andi, have a blended family of five children.

Aaron is a software architect. She works at a software company in Sandy Springs, where she designs tools that simplify complex legislation and expose dark money in politics. She previously built the GA FastTrack website to explain bills in the General Assembly and the GA FastMoney website to analyze campaign finance disclosures.

Aaron is a software architect who has built websites like GA FastTrack and GA FastMoney, which explain legislation and campaign finances to Georgia voters. She also works as a solution manager for The Coca-Cola Company. She previously worked as a web developer for Intermedia Outdoors and RE/MAX Metro Atlanta.

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Aaron's campaign for state representative in State House District 51 in Georgia is her first run for public office.

Supports ending Georgia's ban on rent control, strengthening tenant protections, capping Georgia Power rate increases, advocating for a higher minimum wage, and promoting state investment in daycare.

Supports ending Georgia's ban on rent control, strengthening tenant protections, capping Georgia Power rate increases, and promoting state investment in daycare.

Supports introducing legislation to increase the minimum wage in Georgia to $25 an hour.

Promises to secure funding, expand transit routes, improve safety, and make public transportation affordable and reliable for everyone.

Advocates for the regulated expansion of data centers, prioritizing environmental sustainability, community water and energy access, and economic fairness over corporate profit.

- Supports ending Georgia's ban on rent control, strengthening tenant protections, capping Georgia Power rate increases, and promoting state investment in daycare.
- Supports introducing legislation to increase the minimum wage in Georgia to $25 an hour.
- Promises to secure funding, expand transit routes, improve safety, and make public transportation affordable and reliable for everyone.
- Advocates for the regulated expansion of data centers, prioritizing environmental sustainability, community water and energy access, and economic fairness over corporate profit.

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As of March 11, 2026, Aaron Baker’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Wants to repeal restrictive laws and expand healthcare access while protecting patients and providers from criminalization.

Supports expanding healthcare coverage, protecting rural hospitals, and ensuring equitable access to healthcare regardless of income, race, or employment status.

- Wants to repeal restrictive laws and expand healthcare access while protecting patients and providers from criminalization.
- Supports expanding healthcare coverage, protecting rural hospitals, and ensuring equitable access to healthcare regardless of income, race, or employment status.

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Supports revising the school funding formula for inflation and poverty, fully funded public schools, universal pre-K, and living wages for educators.

Supports expanding school-based health services, including contraception, counseling, and sexual health education.

- Supports revising the school funding formula for inflation and poverty, fully funded public schools, universal pre-K, and living wages for educators.
- Supports expanding school-based health services, including contraception, counseling, and sexual health education.

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Esther Panitch has a law degree. She and her husband, Roger, have three children together. She is Jewish.

Esther Panitch has a law degree. She and her husband, Roger, have three children together.

Esther is an attorney. She has been practicing law since 1995. She started her career as a domestic violence court coordinator in Miami, helping survivors navigate the legal system. She then became an assistant public defender, representing people who could not afford an attorney. After moving to Georgia in 2004, she continued to work as a public defender, first at the Fulton County Conflict Defender's Office, and then in her own private practice, helping families with divorce, custody battles, and protective orders.

Esther is currently a state representative for Georgia's House District 51. She was first elected in 2020 and re-elected in 2022 and 2024.

Supports incentivizing affordable housing through zoning and tax credits and requiring developers in state opportunity zones to provide affordable housing.

Supports incentivizing affordable housing through zoning and tax credits and requiring developers in opportunity zones to provide affordable housing.

- Supports incentivizing affordable housing through zoning and tax credits and requiring developers in state opportunity zones to provide affordable housing.
- Supports incentivizing affordable housing through zoning and tax credits and requiring developers in opportunity zones to provide affordable housing.
- Supports incentivizing affordable housing through zoning and tax credits and requiring developers in state opportunity zones to provide affordable housing.

Supports the Okefenokee Protection Act and HB 71 to prevent mining at the Chattahoochee River.

- Supports the Okefenokee Protection Act and HB 71 to prevent mining at the Chattahoochee River.

Supports abortion, saying "I supported the Reproductive Freedom Act because healthcare decisions belong to women and their doctors, not politicians."

- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Supports abortion, saying "I supported the Reproductive Freedom Act because healthcare decisions belong to women and their doctors, not politicians."

As a state representative, co-sponsored House Bill (HB) 30, which defines antisemitism in Georgia law.

- As a state representative, co-sponsored House Bill (HB) 30, which defines antisemitism in Georgia law.

Supports gun control and due process, and as a state representative, sponsored House Bill (HB) 584 to create a legal process for temporarily removing firearms from individuals deemed dangerous.

As a public defender, advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty and authored HB 460 to ensure incarcerated people have private access to attorneys.

Advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty and authored HB 460 to ensure incarcerated people have private access to attorneys.

As a public defender, advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty.

Advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty.

- Supports gun control and due process, and as a state representative, sponsored House Bill (HB) 584 to create a legal process for temporarily removing firearms from individuals deemed dangerous.
- Advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty and authored HB 460 to ensure incarcerated people have private access to attorneys.
- Advocated for justice by helping pass HB 123 to protect intellectually disabled individuals from the death penalty.

Supports increased funding for schools, fair educator compensation, and hiring more support staff for students.

- Supports increased funding for schools, fair educator compensation, and hiring more support staff for students.

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