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Barbara is from Raleigh, North Carolina. She attended Vassar College. She has a bachelor’s degree in political science from Vassar College and a Juris Doctor from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She lives with her husband in Savannah. She attends Asbury Memorial Church.

Barbara is a retired administrative and executive assistant. She worked at the University of North Carolina, the North Carolina School of Science & Math, and Georgia Southern University for over 30 years.

Supports mandating corporations to invest in their local communities.

Supports eliminating "right to work" laws and encourages labor unions.

Supports requiring corporations to invest in their workers through training and job placement assistance.

Supports creating jobs that focus on environmental health and climate change.

Supports small- and medium-sized local businesses.

Supports increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage.

- Supports mandating corporations to invest in their local communities.
- Supports eliminating "right to work" laws and encourages labor unions.
- Supports affordable housing.
- Supports requiring corporations to invest in their workers through training and job placement assistance.
- Supports creating jobs that focus on environmental health and climate change.
- Supports small- and medium-sized local businesses.
- Wants to "create more, steady jobs."
- Supports increasing the minimum wage to a livable wage.

Economy

Wants to address the issue of diminishing access to clean water.

Wants to address coastal flooding and drainage issues.

- Wants to address the issue of diminishing access to clean water.
- Wants to address coastal flooding and drainage issues.

Energy & the Environment

Healthcare

Supports eliminating voting restrictions for the elderly, unhoused, and poor citizens

Supports implementing fair redistricting.

Supports extending early voting options and time.

- Supports eliminating voting restrictions for the elderly, unhoused, and poor citizens
- Supports implementing fair redistricting.
- Supports extending early voting options and time.

Voting & Elections

Supports "common sense" gun control measures to reduce gun violence.

- Supports "common sense" gun control measures to reduce gun violence.

Public Safety

Supports funding for education to enhance reading and math skills.

Supports improving reading and math scores in public schools.

- Supports funding for education to enhance reading and math skills.
- Supports improving reading and math scores in public schools.

Education

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Corey Foreman is from Maryland. He is completing his degree in economics. He and his wife, Morgan, are members of the NAACP and stay actively involved in local service, from food drives and back-to-school giveaways to volunteering with Meals on Wheels, Animal Control, the 200 Club of Savannah, and more.

Corey Foreman is currently pursuing a bachelor's degree in economics from Georgia Southern University. He is married.

Corey is a small business owner who runs a local repair business in Coastal Georgia. He is also a U.S. Army veteran whose primary role was infantry, but he also served in a public affairs capacity. 

Corey has owned a company that works in excavation, demolition, and site preparation services for over the past four years. He is also a real estate investor and a U.S. Army veteran, having served for over three years.

Corey currently serves as Chair of the Bryan County Democratic Committee.

Believes in addressing housing affordability and protecting communities from unchecked overdevelopment.

Advocates for a permanent state transition support program to help service members enter civilian life.

Believes in expanding hiring pipelines for veterans into state and local jobs, including trades and technical roles.

Supports veteran housing and reducing bureaucratic barriers to benefits and licensing.

Advocates for offering spouse employment incentives and better support for children of military families.

Believes in aligning public benefits with workforce goals, "so no one loses healthcare or housing for getting a raise."

- Believes in addressing housing affordability and protecting communities from unchecked overdevelopment.
- Advocates for a permanent state transition support program to help service members enter civilian life.
- Believes in expanding hiring pipelines for veterans into state and local jobs, including trades and technical roles.
- Supports veteran housing and reducing bureaucratic barriers to benefits and licensing.
- Advocates for offering spouse employment incentives and better support for children of military families.
- Believes in aligning public benefits with workforce goals, "so no one loses healthcare or housing for getting a raise."

Supports improved zoning practices in Garden City.

Believes in investing in safer roads, smarter traffic design, and "long-overdue" maintenance.

Advocates for improving stormwater systems, drainage, and flooding prevention.

Wants to halt further groundwater exploitation until full environmental reviews are complete.

Believes in requiring environmental impact studies for all major industrial and residential projects.

Aims to preserve green space, wetlands, and barrier islands as part of storm and flood prevention.

Wants to hold developers and state agencies accountable for long-term sustainability.

- Supports improved zoning practices in Garden City.
- Believes in investing in safer roads, smarter traffic design, and "long-overdue" maintenance.
- Advocates for improving stormwater systems, drainage, and flooding prevention.
- Wants to halt further groundwater exploitation until full environmental reviews are complete.
- Believes in requiring environmental impact studies for all major industrial and residential projects.
- Aims to preserve green space, wetlands, and barrier islands as part of storm and flood prevention.
- Wants to hold developers and state agencies accountable for long-term sustainability.

Seeks to expand Medicaid fully and immediately.

Wants to invest in urgent care, maternity, and mental health access in underserved areas

Aims to prioritize rural and coastal communities, "not just metro Atlanta."

Wants to "restore" reproductive freedom and personal medical decision-making for Georgians.

- Seeks to expand Medicaid fully and immediately.
- Wants to invest in urgent care, maternity, and mental health access in underserved areas
- Aims to prioritize rural and coastal communities, "not just metro Atlanta."
- Wants to "restore" reproductive freedom and personal medical decision-making for Georgians.

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

Supports second-chance hiring and programs that reduce recidivism while filling real workforce gaps.

- Supports second-chance hiring and programs that reduce recidivism while filling real workforce gaps.

Advocates for fully funding public education, including rural school infrastructure.

Seeks to raise teacher pay and invest in support staff.

Believes in expanding early childhood education and after-school programs.

Wants to integrate technical and trade pathways into high school curriculums.

Advocates for expanding technical college access, apprenticeship programs, and employer-driven training models.

- Advocates for fully funding public education, including rural school infrastructure.
- Seeks to raise teacher pay and invest in support staff.
- Believes in expanding early childhood education and after-school programs.
- Wants to integrate technical and trade pathways into high school curriculums.
- Advocates for expanding technical college access, apprenticeship programs, and employer-driven training models.

Corey Foreman

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