Stacey Abrams
| Stacey Abrams | |
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| Minority Leader of the Georgia House of Representatives | |
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Assumed office 2011 |
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| Preceded by | DuBose Porter |
| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 89th district |
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Assumed office Redistricted in 2011 |
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| Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 84th district |
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Assumed office 2007 |
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| Preceded by | JoAnn McClinton |
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December 9, 1973 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
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Spelman College University of Texas, Austin Yale University |
| Website | Official website |
Stacey Y. Abrams (born December 9, 1973) is an American politician who is currently the House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and State Representative for the 89th House District. She is a member of the Democratic Party. Abrams is a likely candidate in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, for which she has filed the paperwork necessary to explore running.
Raised in Gulfport, Mississippi, Abrams is one of six siblings. The family moved to Atlanta while her parents pursued graduate school and later became Methodist ministers. She attended Avondale High School and was the school's first African-American valedictorian. While in high school, she was hired as a typist for a congressional campaign and was later hired as a speechwriter at age 17 based on the edits she made while typing.
In 1995, Abrams earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in Interdisciplinary Studies (Political Science, Economics and Sociology) from Spelman College, magna cum laude. While in college, Abrams worked in the youth services department in the office of Atlanta mayor, Maynard Jackson. She later interned at the Environmental Protection Agency. After being named a Harry S. Truman Scholar, she graduated from the LBJ School of Public Affairs at the University of Texas at Austin with a Masters of Public Affairs in public policy. Abrams received her J.D. from the Yale Law School.
Abrams became the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly and the first African-American to lead in the House of Representatives. She represents House District 89, which includes portions of the City of Atlanta and unincorporated DeKalb County, covering the communities of Candler Park, Cedar Grove, Columbia, Druid Hills, Edgewood, Highland Park, Kelley Lake, Kirkwood, Lake Claire, South DeKalb, Toney Valley and Tilson. Abrams serves on the following committees: Appropriations, Ethics, Judiciary Non-Civil, Rules and Ways & Means.
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