District 4

Has been a member of the U.S House, representing Georgia's 4th Congressional District for 13 years. He served as magistrate judge for 10 years and was elected as a commissioner in DeKalb county. Graduated from Clark College and received his law degree from Texas Southern University's Thurgood Marshall School of Law.

Hank Johnson

  • Been in congress for 13 years Voting history: more liberal ideology

  • Allows Americans to see affordable health insurance

  • Continues to support investment in job creation, doesn’t support increase in spending and cutting taxes

  • Believes in climate change, reduce US dependence on, oil, ensure clean drinking water

  • Death penalty is immoral, justice system is ridden with injustice penalizing minority and poor Americans

  • Foreign policy focused on diplomacy

  • Veterans should be honored and rewarded accordingly and are owed the best services.

  • High quality education is a right

  • Doesn’t support cutting social security

Candidate Biography

He is a veteran, graduated from King College in Bristol, Tennessee. He served in the Air Force for nine years. He received a masters degree in Public Administration from Clemson University.

William Haston

  • Advocates medicare for all

  • Higher wages, tie minimum wage to inflation, ensure collective bargaining for unions

  • Available registry of every gun in the country including ammunition, close gun show and boyfriend loop

  • Supports the green new deal

  • Supports legalization and decriminalization of marijuana, unfairly target black and brown people & feed prison industrial complex controlled by private prison companies

  • Work for speedy pathway for citizenship, provide DACA recipients w/ expedited pathway to citizenship, close for-profit detention centers setup across the country, does not support the building of a wall at the southern border

  • Believes in women’s right to have full autonomy of her body, fully funding planned parenthood, and passing the ERA

  • Tuition free public college, and loan forgiveness

  • End corporate corruption in politics, elections should be financed by the public, wants to address wealth inequality, supports the LGBTQ+ community, fun organizations that are working to find long-term solutions to homelessness, believed that the president and administration needed to held accountable for abuses of power calling for impeachment


Is a family law attorney and public defender. She immigrated from Ghana. She is a Christian and is was motivated to run for her son with special needs.

Elaine Nietmann

  • Background: Family law attorney & public defender; immigrated from Ghana; Christian faith & advocating for son with special needs was motivation to run

  • Acknowledges shortcomings when it comes to special needs & special needs programs.

  • Improved infrastructure (including funding for Gwin Co transportation) & increase in federal minimum wage, high paying jobs, federal resources & programs that will bring economic wealth & decrease crime.

  • Efforts for affordable housing through rent control policies & grants for the homeless

  • Improvement of current immigration laws; update legislation that will create a more efficient process for immigrants seeking asylum and legal status in the U.S.

  • Women’s Rights: Pro choice

  • Veterans: Communicate to understand veterans needs & improved veteran access to resources & programs for their benefit

  • Education: Federal assistance & funding for education to improve low funding schools. Advocating for federal resources & funding for internship, scholarships, after school programing, affordable college & free trade school; advocate for children with disabilities & free/ appropriate education for youth