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Robin is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. She attended Berkmar High School in Lilburn, Georgia. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and government from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College in Tifton, Georgia. She also has a master’s degree in environmental public policy, a master’s degree in American public policy, and a master’s degree in public administration from Colorado State University.

Robin Emilia McCoy is from Lawrenceville, Georgia. She has a bachelor’s degree in history and government from Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College. She also has a master’s degree from Colorado State University. 

Robin is a graduate teaching assistant at Colorado State University, where she has been while studying environmental public policy, American public policy, and public administration.

Robin previously worked as a graduate teaching assistant at Colorado State University and as a facilitator for an LGBTQIA+ teen support group. She also worked at PFLAG and the Boys and Girls Club.

Robin Emilia McCoy's campaign for Georgia State Senator, District 5, Democratic Primary is her first entry into politics.

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Robin's campaign for Georgia State Senator, District 5, Democratic Primary is her first entry into politics.

Plans to introduce a Tenant Bill of Rights.

Plans to introduce a Tenant Bill of Rights that seeks to set standards for establishing freedoms for tenants and limitations for those in power. 

Plans to make housing more affordable by removing hedge funds and speculative investment from the housing market.

Supports creating and maintaining bike paths to reduce traffic and enhance cyclist safety.

Believes data centers increase demand on power grids, water, and land but lack equitable benefits like job creation and efficient land use.

Believes data centers increase demand on power grids, water, and land and lack benefits like job creation and efficient land use.

Advocates limiting artificial intelligence (AI) companies' access to people's personal data, requiring the deletion of data that was obtained without user consent, and requiring an option to purposefully opt in to have one's data used for models.

- Plans to introduce a Tenant Bill of Rights that seeks to set standards for establishing freedoms for tenants and limitations for those in power. 
- Plans to make housing more affordable by removing hedge funds and speculative investment from the housing market.
- Supports creating and maintaining bike paths to reduce traffic and enhance cyclist safety.
- Believes data centers increase demand on power grids, water, and land and lack benefits like job creation and efficient land use.
- Advocates limiting artificial intelligence (AI) companies' access to people's personal data, requiring the deletion of data that was obtained without user consent, and requiring an option to purposefully opt in to have one's data used for models.

Economy

As of March 11, 2026, Robin Emilia McCoy’s website did not contain information on this issue.

Energy & the Environment

Supports expanding disability assistance for those with chronic illnesses.

Supports expanding disability assistance for those with chronic illnesses that prevent them from working. 

Supports access to healthcare for people living with HIV.

Supports including protections against bankruptcy and credit score damage from medical costs and debt.

Supports abortion access and that medical decisions should be between an adult and their doctor except when public health is at risk.

Advocates for comprehensive sex education and an expansion of funding of secular family planning options.

- Supports Medicaid expansion.
- Supports expanding disability assistance for those with chronic illnesses that prevent them from working. 
- Supports access to healthcare for people living with HIV.
- Supports including protections against bankruptcy and credit score damage from medical costs and debt.
- Supports abortion access and that medical decisions should be between an adult and their doctor except when public health is at risk.
- Advocates for comprehensive sex education and an expansion of funding of secular family planning options.

Healthcare

Supports expanding voting options, including universal mail-in ballots, and opposes "restrictive laws" on voting.

Supports expanding voting options, including universal mail-in ballots, and plans on rolling back certain"restrictive" voting laws.

- Supports expanding voting options, including universal mail-in ballots, and plans on rolling back certain"restrictive" voting laws.

Voting & Elections

Opposes open carry gun laws that "allow people to openly carry firearms without the required skills and knowledge to handle them properly." 

Supports banning assault weapons and modifications that make any other firearm perform more like an assault weapon.

Opposes allowing civilians to own assault weapons and modifications that make other firearms perform more like an assault weapon.

Supports holding police officers and their leadership accountable for misconduct.

Believes using "militarized police force" to handle minor crimes and mental health crises endangers both police and the public.

Believes further militarization of police increases danger for private citizens.

Believes "the punishment should fit the crime."

- Opposes open carry gun laws that "allow people to openly carry firearms without the required skills and knowledge to handle them properly." 
- Opposes allowing civilians to own assault weapons and modifications that make other firearms perform more like an assault weapon.
- Supports holding police officers and their leadership accountable for misconduct.
- Believes using "militarized police force" to handle minor crimes and mental health crises endangers both police and the public.
- Believes further militarization of police increases danger for private citizens.
- Believes "the punishment should fit the crime."

Public Safety

Supports incentivizing and subsidizing programs for childcare from birth through Pre-K, expanding Pre-K and after-school programs, and creating affordable options for lower-income families.

Supports changing the school funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of resources across all communities.

Believes school voucher programs worsen the funding issues of underfunded schools.

Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

- Supports incentivizing and subsidizing programs for childcare from birth through Pre-K, expanding Pre-K and after-school programs, and creating affordable options for lower-income families.
- Supports changing the school funding formula to ensure equitable distribution of resources across all communities.
- Opposes school voucher programs that allow parents to use public funds to enroll their children in schools beyond their local options, including private schools.

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Sheikh Rahman is from Bangladesh. He is a Muslim.

A Muslim from Bangladesh will join the Georgia Senate in January

Sheikh Rahman is from Bangladesh. He is Muslim. 

Sheikh previously worked as a dishwasher.

Senator Sheikh Rahman Sworn in to the Georgia Senate

Sheikh is currently a Georgia state senator representing District 5.

Supports increasing the minimum wage from $5.15 to $10.00 an hour.

Supports creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and protecting programs like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

- Supports increasing the minimum wage from $5.15 to $10.00 an hour.
- Supports creating a path to citizenship for undocumented immigrants and protecting programs like Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) and Temporary Protected Status (TPS).

Supports enacting a Medicare for all single-payer healthcare system.

Supports lowering the price for prescription drugs.

- Supports enacting a Medicare for all single-payer healthcare system.
- Supports lowering the price for prescription drugs.

Believes in expanding voter turnout, advocating for automatic voter registration, extending voting hours, and ensuring that votes in the state of Georgia are verified.

- Believes in expanding voter turnout, advocating for automatic voter registration, extending voting hours, and ensuring that votes in the state of Georgia are verified.

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

Advocates for local school board control.

- Advocates for local school board control.

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