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<h2 style="text-align: center;">Hello! I'm Amanda Duffy.</h2><h4>Although I grew up in New Jersey, my husband and I relocated to the CSRA almost 11 years ago after falling in love with the area. We have twin girls who will be starting elementary school soon, as well as two Corgis.</h4>Before our twins, I was very active with our Corgis in exploring our community and meeting new people. I created an online meet-up group, scheduling events to meet-up with other Corgi owners at local dog parks and dog-friendly venues, even amidst the COVID-19 pandemic.During my pregnancy and since our twins were born, I have had a series of physical medical issues that ultimately caused me to leave the workforce to focus on my health, physical recovery, and allow for more time with my family.Having healed significantly, and wanting to choose to work on something I am truly passionate about, I've chosen to run for Governor of Georgia to both embody the change I want to see in the world, and to give volume to the voices of the lower middle-class families like mine that are consistently stuck in financial survival mode.

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<h4>People from families in amidst financial survival mode do not typically run for political office, and yet, the candidates for whom we can choose to vote often promise they will advocate for working class families stereotypically because they understand financial struggle because they come from humble backgrounds or similar rags-to-riches type histories.</h4><h4>I am a mom whose family is in amidst financial survival mode. I am a working class Georgian currently struggling to make ends meet for my family. Volunteering in my community has not been a priority much like my career or social-networking and I am unlike all the other political candidates running . . . However, perhaps the political candidate mold is outdated and Georgia needs someone who doesn't fit the mold at all, and is willing to think creatively and outside the proverbial box.</h4><h2>I strongly believe all Georgians deserve the opportunity to thrive, regardless of financial status, even amidst hard times.</h2><h4>As Governor, I will not be able to do much about rising grocery or gas prices but I absolutely will prioritize changing our state income tax system to a graduated / progressive tax system (from the current flat tax system) to put money back into the hands of the working class Georgians who are feeling the current, and will be feeling the coming, cash flow issues the hardest.</h4>

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<img src="https://run.imgix.net/b96c6e2e-c1b5-4e24-8085-c63fe7b39548/3c6ddbe8-c90b-46ca-a669-95fab6c79105/3c6ddbe8-c90b-46ca-a669-95fab6c79105.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C0%2C1402%2C2147&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"><h2>I don't want your money, but I would love your help!</h2>I am doing something unusual and not accepting traditional financial contributions to my campaign. I refuse to be figuratively bought or to make promises I know I cannot keep. And, most importantly, I do not feel peace about running on the platform of advocating for the Georgian families stuck in financial survival mode, and then simultaneously asking those same voters, y'all, for money you cannot give.However, I do need your help to get my name recognized in time for the May 19th Democratic primary election. Please talk about my campaign with your family, friends, and neighbors. Please share this website as much as you are able. Please share my social media accounts and posts as many times as you feel comfortable.I am running for Georgia Governor to serve you!<a href="https://linktr.ee/DuffyforGAGov" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">LinkTree</a><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.facebook.com/DuffyForGeorgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">FACEBOOK</a></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/duffy.for.georgia/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">INSTAGRAM</a></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://x.com/AmandaDuffy2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">X</a></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@amandaduffy2026" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">TIKTOK</a></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"></h5><h5 style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@amandaduffy2026/posts">YOUTUBE</a></h5>

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<h3>Georgia is comprised of more than its major urban areas, more than its wealthiest residents. Prioritizing our rural and suburban families especially our children, small businesses and their employees, farmers, and public service workers such as teachers and first responders, will be my primary objective as Governor.</h3><h3>We must work diligently to give all Georgians the opportunity to get out of financial survival. The children of Georgia deserve the chance to thrive. We help our children when we prioritize helping our young and growing families.</h3>

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<img src="https://run.imgix.net/b96c6e2e-c1b5-4e24-8085-c63fe7b39548/eb24a7dd-89ac-4fac-8d5d-b97dda492462/eb24a7dd-89ac-4fac-8d5d-b97dda492462.jpg?ixlib=js-3.8.0&amp;bri=0&amp;con=0&amp;sat=0&amp;high=0&amp;shad=0&amp;usm=0&amp;rect=0%2C316%2C1428%2C1911&amp;w=1500" alt="" caption="" align="left" alignwidth="40" tiltdirection="left" variant="framed"><h3>I'm your local neurodivergent working class mom parenting neurodiverse twin girls; I'm a firefighter wife and dog mom, and my family is in amidst financial survival mode just like yours.</h3>No, I don't fit the mold of a political candidate in any way, but the mold is broken and outdated. I'm not the stereotypical candidate, and that's exactly why I'm the best person to serve you. I refuse to be figuratively bought or to make promises I know I cannot keep.Since having to become a strong advocate for both myself medically and for my children's neurodivergence support, I've learned just how valuable my innate never-give-up attitude is, especially when coupled with my passionate desire to help others. My neurodivergence blesses me with strong pattern recognition, an ability to see both the proverbial forest and the trees, and enhances both my natural empathy and my logical thinking. With my accounting experience in small-business construction companies here in Georgia, I am confident that my problem-solving and visionary skills will serve for the betterment of all Georgians when elected for Governor.

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SUPPORTING CURRENT PROPOSED LEGISLATION - LOWERING PRESCRIPTION DRUG COSTSAs Governor, I plan to support the current legislation underway (SB314) that is due to be effective July 2026. SB314 will, if passed, establish a state wholesale prescription importation program allowing the state to import common prescriptions from Canada to help lessen some prescription costs for Georgians. This bill is currently in committee and contingent upon funding. As Governor, I plan to support the prioritization of this program, if it is passed.Additionally, as Governor, I plan to support the current legislation underway (HB196, SB60, and SB91) that aims to cap the high markups created by Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and help reduce pricing of prescriptions, specifically those priced significantly higher than the actual cost of the medications.EXPANDING MEDICAIDAdditionally, as Governor, I will support a full Affordable Care Act (ACA) Medicaid expansion and work to assess the discontinuation of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program which has proven to be too costly with too low enrollment. Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, this Medicaid expansion will unfortunately not be as beneficial as it once was, however it will still be worth it to help as many Georgians get coverage as possible, even with the new obstacles in place; the discontinuation of the Georgia Pathways to Coverage program may still help those who will inevitably fall through the new Medicaid expansion cracks created by the One Big Beautiful Bill Act's new administrative hurdles, so assessing the long term benefits of this program is crucial for future-planning for Georgians, and I look forward to finding a balanced solution that doesn't hemorrhage money and helps as many Georgians as possible.

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A couple of the top reasons families opt for homeschool or choose private schools in Georgia is due to safety concerns and bullying, and a desire to customize curriculum. But, not every family can afford to choose private schools or homeschool.As a daughter of two teachers, and a mom of neurodivergent children who will probably be attending public school, I strongly believe that a good education should be the right of every child, regardless of their family's financial status.ADDRESSING BULLYING PREVENTATIVELY &amp; PRIORITIZING A CURRICULUM THAT WORKSAs Governor, I plan to work with our state Department of Education to assess modifying our public school curriculum to include a social-emotional learning program as a preventative measure against bullying in our pre-K - 12 schools, helping students to understand their emotions, learn to communicate their emotions and choose healthy ways to emotionally regulate.Additionally, as Governor, I plan to work with our state Department of Education to assess modifying our public school curriculum to prioritize lessening teacher stress and student stress, while also emphasizing students learning critical thinking skills and focusing on teaching students to think outside the proverbial box encouraging questions, without taking away from solid foundations such as memorizing multiplication times tables. Sacrificing solid foundations for a curriculum that focuses solely on conceptual understanding does not support our students and adds to both teacher and student stress. Supporting teachers to help students understand different ways to learn and how they learn best, and can advocate for themselves will also help undergird the solid foundations students need to thrive in high school and beyond. I am confident I can work with GA Department of Education to find a mix that will actually work for our students, and for our teachers.PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF PRE-KAnd, as Governor, I will aim to prep our state to eventually expand our pre-K program by tackling the biggest issues with moving away from a lottery-dependent pre-K program that fails to give all pre-K aged children in Georgia a head start on their education: funding and locations. Every child has the opportunity because it is accessible currently, but if every child had a guaranteed spot, this would set up every child for success in Kindergarten, allow for less stress on young families, and less stress on families applying for the lottery pre-K program who have multiple children (twins, triplets, etc). Solving these two issues and setting Georgia up for future success in this will be a top priority. We can build upon our pre-K program and we should prepare to do so now.

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Our state's process for addressing infrastructure upgrades causes too much traffic and therefore lengthy commutes unrealistic to families, in the effort to solve road problems and infrastructure problems reactively and in the effort to address growth preventatively.As Governor, I will work to open up bidding on our state's infrastructure contracts to local qualified contractors, by lowering the threshold for public works competitive bidding from the recent GA HB137 that was enacted and adopted in May 2025 that increased the threshold under the premise that the increase would reduce administrative burdens for smaller scale projects instead of revising the process. By lowering the threshold for bidding, and by revising and simplifying the bidding process, we could both support local Georgia businesses competing for state infrastructure projects and cut back on administrative burdens.Additionally, I plan to work to update our process for starting infrastructure upgrades by making sure that we are working with local authorities wherever infrastructure projects are located in an effort to address detours and coordinating with rush hour and school traffic issues, so our infrastructure upgrades are as non-disruptive as we can realistically make them for residents.

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STATE INCOME TAXESIn 2024, our Georgia state government enacted a multi-year plan to switch our state's major source of revenue - state income taxes - from an outdated system called a graduated income tax system in which tax brackets had not been updated to reflect present day income ranges, to a flat rate income tax system in which every Georgian pays a flat rate income tax (5.19% initially that is scheduled to decrease in the coming years) regardless of income amounts.This new flat rate plan also misrepresents that progressively increasing the standard deductions over the coming years will help everyone, but that is only a face value understanding. Standard deductions lessen the taxable amount but the wealthy ends up getting taxed the same as the non-wealthy, meaning that the non-wealthy ends up with less for daily living expenses after effectively paying more in state income taxes.While a flat rate income tax system seems simple and therefore attractive as a political point, this flat rate system will benefit the wealthy and cost more for working and middle-class Georgians, making the wealthy wealthier and the poor poorer, essentially making climbing the financial ladder even more difficult and non-feasible for the working class, and effectively widening the gap between wealthy and non-wealthy, making the middle-class nonexistent.As Governor, I plan to do the work to restructure our state's income tax system to put in place a graduated / progressive income tax system that is fair, reflects modern day income ranges and puts money back in the hands of working and middle-class Georgians by more proportionately taxing income ranges for everyone, and so as not to diminish one of our state's most important revenue streams [in favor of sales tax increases which would affect everyone], thus allowing for opportunities such as investing in growing our state's Child Tax Credit for young families, offering tax credits for public school teachers and first responders, and addressing dire needs in our children's public education system.MINIMUM WAGE UPDATEAs Governor, I will work to seek bipartisan support to prioritize passing legislation to raise our state's minimum wage to an amount that more closely matches a minimum living wage in our state.This would not only help low-income residents make ends meet and have the opportunity to become less dependent on other governmental programs and more willing to spend growing our economy, but also make our state more desirable for new residents.

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BRIEF HISTORY: GA PSCIn 2017, GA Public Service Commission (GA PSC) voted to continue construction of 2 nuclear reactors at Plant Vogtle after contractor bankruptcy despite the project being billions of dollars over budget and behind schedule. (Plant Vogtle is an investment of private corporation, Southern Company, along with a few other companies. Southern Company is parent corporation to Georgia Power.)In 2019, GA PSC approves Georgia Power raising customer rates over the next 3 years (2020-2022), despite discussions including concerns of Georgia Power's profit margin.In 2020, GA PSC approves Georgia Power raising rates again for customers allowing the company to recoup COVID-19 pandemic costs.In 2022, GA PSC approves another Georgia Power rate increase for customers.In May 2023, GA PSC approves another Georgia Power rate increase for customers allowing the company to recoup fuel costs (under-budgeted costs for coal and natural gas).In December 2023, GA PSC approves another Georgia Power rate increase for customers allowing the company to pass along some of the cost of the new reactors at Plant Vogtle. Southern Company's portion of Plant Vogtle's billions of dollars over budget was $10.2 billion. GA PSC approved spreading out roughly $7.56 billion to Georgia Power customers while the company only paid roughly $2.63 billion.In 2024, GA PSC approves another rate increase for customers allowing the company to make plans to increase generating capacity through natural gas plants, despite environmental concerns.In 2025, GA PSC approved freezing rates for customers for 3 years (2026-2028) meaning customers will not see any increases in rates during this time.Despite the immorality of GA PSC's decision-making since 2019, specifically the approval for customers to shoulder such a large portion of the gross overspending on Plant Vogtle's additional reactors, there is no plan to refund customers for fees already paid nor a guarantee for lowering rates. GA PSC chose to freeze rates preventing further increases for 3 years, but not to bring customers' electrical bills down, lowering financial stress in this post-COVID world.BRIEF HISTORY CONTINUED: CURRENTIn February 2026, Southern Company (Georgia Power's parent company) received a federal loan from US Department of Energy's (DOE) Office of Energy Dominance Financing (EDF) to allow Southern Company's Georgia Power and Alabama Power to save on interest on construction loans of building new projects such as natural gas plants, subsequently supposedly trickling down those savings to customers, in addition to creating power grid reliability through diversifying their energy portfolio, and creating jobs.While this seems supportive for Georgian citizens, this is still a federal loan to a private energy company for future projects, not a vehicle for Southern Company to refund its Georgia Power customers that paid for a poorly managed investment project - Plant Vogtle's newest 2 nuclear reactors.GA Senate Bill 410 (SB410), currently proposed as of March 2026, aims to repeal sales and use tax breaks for new data centers in a weak attempt to address electric power concerns. This proposed bill does nothing to address the strain on electrical power demands due to existing data centers, nor does it address local residents' concerns about environmental pollution, water supplies, noise, and potential impact to property values in addition to cost impacts on utilities.As Governor, I will push for bipartisan support on legislation that will address what SB410 does not, prioritizing a statewide moratorium that will pause incoming data centers so all counties in Georgia can properly reassess and update their commercial and industrial zoning codes to specifically include data centers and address some of the environmental concerns such as noise and air pollution, and wildlife displacement.Corporate greed of private companies should never outweigh the health and financial well-being of residents, nor the well-being of the environment we all share.

Incoming businesses to Georgia although wonderful for our state's economy and for slightly increasing job availability, should not come at the cost of our residents' health or financial wellbeing.Our Public Service Commission approved 6 rate increases for Georgia Power customers within the past several years, catering to the corporate profit margins of Southern Company, Georgia Power's parent company, (including poor business decisions regarding Plant Vogtle's 2 newest reactors), instead of advocating for the residents of Georgia.As Governor, I plan to issue a statewide moratorium to pause the construction of data centers and allow all counties a chance to reassess their industrial and commercial building codes to ensure the safety of local residents and environmental impact.This moratorium will also allow the state level to focus on assessing the current legislation regarding regulations for data centers so that Georgians stop paying the costs of data centers in their utility bills, their air and water quality, and their health through the environmental impact of data centers.