Georgia’s NewPower PAC celebrated another great year empowering, endorsing and electing women to office with its annual holiday party on December 4, 2017. The conversations were lively as more than fifty elected officials, community leaders, and candidates met with NewPower PAC directors and supporters. President Carole Angel welcomed the group with a few words about…
Read MoreIn this update from Georgia Women in the 2017 Election, here are results from the December 5 runoff. Keisha Lance Bottoms was elected Mayor of Atlanta. Jen Jordan will serve in Senate District 6. Nikema Williams will represent Senate District 39. Kim Schofield won House District 60. Bee Nguyen became the first Vietnamese-American in the…
Read MoreIn 2016, the voters of the unincorporated southern portion of Fulton County voted to form the City of South Fulton. With its nearly 100,000 residents, elected officials for the new city have been busy establishing the governmental infrastructure to meet the needs of its citizens. One example of such happenings is the formation of the…
Read MoreUpdate: December 5 runoff results Earlier this month, women won elections in many parts of the U.S. When we at NewPower PAC heard the news, we were thrilled! Specifically, here in Georgia, our women are making progress at the polls. In the Atlanta Mayor’s race, women received the top three places in a field of…
Read MoreOn October 25, 2017, NewPower PAC hosted a Judicial Networking Reception at the law firm of Hall Booth Smith in Atlanta. Participants were able to meet several women who sit on the Georgia bench and listen as they discussed how they reached their judicial seats. The Honorable Regina M. Quick, who is the first woman to…
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