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Elected Spotlight: Stacey Abrams

Stacey Abrams visited Local 1912 to talk about voting.

Stacey Abrams is a New York Times bestselling author, serial entrepreneur, nonprofit CEO and political leader. After serving for eleven years in the Georgia House of Representatives, seven as Democratic Leader. In 2018, Abrams became the Democratic nominee for Governor of Georgia, winning more votes than any other Democrat in the state’s history. Abrams was the first black woman to become the gubernatorial nominee for a major party in the United States, and she was the first black woman and first Georgian to deliver a Response to the State of the Union.

Stacey founded Fair Fight – an organization that brings awareness to the public on election reform, advocates for election reform at all levels, and engages in other voter education programs and communications.

Stacey recently visited Local 1912 in Phoenix where she spoke to members about the importance of voting, maintaining free and fair elections, and voter education.