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Kim is from rural South Carolina. She attended Furman University. She has a master's degree in divinity from Emory University's Candler School of Theology. She lives with her wife in Stone Mountain.

Kimberly Sue Jackson is from rural South Carolina. She attended Furman University. She has a master's degree in divinity from Emory University's Candler School of Theology. She lives with her wife in Stone Mountain.

Kim is a state senator. She works at the Georgia State Senate, where she represents District 41. She previously worked at the Church of the Common Ground in downtown Atlanta as the vicar and served as a parish priest.

Kimberly Sue Jackson is currently Senator for Georgia State Senate District 41, representing portions of DeKalb County. She chairs the DeKalb County Senate Caucus.

Kimberly is currently Senator for Georgia State Senate District 41, representing portions of DeKalb County. She chairs the DeKalb County Senate Caucus.

Supports enhancing economic participation and opportunities for immigrants.

Supports allocating funds to minority groups.

Supports Senate Bill (SB) 498, which would create an Interagency Council on Homelessness.

- Aims to address homelessness.
- Supports enhancing economic participation and opportunities for immigrants.
- Supports allocating funds to minority groups.
- Supports Senate Bill (SB) 498, which would create an Interagency Council on Homelessness.

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Energy & the Environment

Supports investing in maternal health initiatives, specifically for Black mothers.

Sponsored SB 529 to provide licensure program/pathway for foreign-trained physicians.

- Supports investing in maternal health initiatives, specifically for Black mothers.
- Supports expanding Medicaid.
- Sponsored SB 529 to provide licensure program/pathway for foreign-trained physicians.

Healthcare

Proposed and/or adopted several Senate Resolutions honoring or recognizing League of Women Voters, GA Psychological Association (adopted), GA Black Maternal Health statistics, St. Joseph’s Mercy Care services (adopted), and Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

- Supports protecting voting rights.
- Proposed and/or adopted several Senate Resolutions honoring or recognizing League of Women Voters, GA Psychological Association (adopted), GA Black Maternal Health statistics, St. Joseph’s Mercy Care services (adopted), and Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day.

Voting & Elections

Supports providing safety for women and children from domestic violence, stalking, and trafficking.

Supports legislation that enhances safety for vulnerable populations, such as SB 324, which established an Address Confidentiality Program for victims of stalking, domestic violence, and human trafficking.

Sponsored Senate Bill 43 to classify the suicide of a public safety officer as a "death in the line of duty," ensuring that the families of officers who succumb to the mental health burdens of their jobs are eligible to receive state indemnification funds.

- Supports providing safety for women and children from domestic violence, stalking, and trafficking.
- Supports the LGBTQ+ community.
- Supports legislation that enhances safety for vulnerable populations, such as SB 324, which established an Address Confidentiality Program for victims of stalking, domestic violence, and human trafficking.
- Sponsored Senate Bill 43 to classify the suicide of a public safety officer as a "death in the line of duty," ensuring that the families of officers who succumb to the mental health burdens of their jobs are eligible to receive state indemnification funds.

Public Safety

Supports early childhood education and affordable childcare.

Supports Senate Bill (SB) 264, which would grant in-state tuition rates for refugees, humanitarian parolees, and special immigrants.

- Supports early childhood education and affordable childcare.
- Supports investing in public schools.
- Supports Senate Bill (SB) 264, which would grant in-state tuition rates for refugees, humanitarian parolees, and special immigrants.

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Shenika Lavern Maddox earned a bachelor's degree in accounting from Strayer University.

Shenika founded several companies, including a construction company, a truck-driving academy, and a financial architecture and business strategy firm.

Shenika Lavern Maddox ran for Georgia State Senator, District 41, in 2026.

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Prioritizes expanding economic opportunity.

Advocates for building workforce pathways for families across our communities.

- Prioritizes expanding economic opportunity.
- Advocates for building workforce pathways for families across our communities.

As of March 11, 2026, Shenika Lavern Maddox’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Wants safe communities and social justice reform.

- Wants safe communities and social justice reform.

Shenika Lavern Maddox

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- There are 56 Georgia senators, each representing a single district.
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Georgia State Senator, District 41, Democratic Primary

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