A Writer’s Perspective: Georgia Residence, MAKE THAT VOTE COUNT!
Kenneth R. Jenkins
Bottoms vs Jackson
The Georgia gubernatorial election is underway as it gets ready for November 3, 2026, to elect the next governor of Georgia.
The incumbent Republican governor, Brian Kemp, is ineligible to run, but there are two mavericks that threw their hats in the ring, and after the dust has settled, one of these two candidates will become our next governor.
Here is the “Tale of the Tape” of the two candidates:
Rick Jackson, 72, is the CEO of Jackson Healthcare, a healthcare staffing and services company based in Alpharetta, Georgia, and the Republican nominee in the race. Here are some of the things Jackson wants to do for Georgia:
Freeze property taxes immediately to stop runaway assessments that price families out of their homes.
Cut the State income tax in half within 4 years and work to eliminate it within 8.
Use technology and AI to eliminate wasteful spending and improve services.
Provide free tuition, room, and board at public colleges and technical schools.
Prohibit DEI programs in state government, public universities, and classrooms.
Ensure taxpayer dollars never fund political activism.
Keisha Lance Bottoms, 56, former Director of the Office of Engagement, Senior Advisor to the President under President Joe Biden, 60th Mayor of Atlanta, GA. A former member of City Council from the 11th district and daughter of legendary music icon Major Lance. Here are some of the things Mayor Bottoms wants to do for Georgia:
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She has a Democracy First Agenda for Georgia that includes:
Establishing a Georgia Voting Rights Act, the Johnson-Lewis Voting Rights Act to end voter suppression.
Healthcare to lower costs for everyone by expanding Medicaid and ending the Georgia Pathway Program, replacing it with real coverage that actually works for families.
Housing, to bring down costs by building more housing and moving projects faster.
Education, to fully fund Georgia’s schools and modernize the state’s outdated education funding formula so it reflects students’ needs today, not decades ago.
Farmers, keeping land in family hands, expanding opportunity, and protecting producers from economic shocks beyond their control.
Small Business, making this a central focus of state economic policy by restructuring the Department of Economic Development to better serve.
Public Safety, also an agenda rooted in the belief that safer communities require both enforcement and prevention.
Our Rights, Freedoms and Democracy, standing up for Georgia’s rights and freedoms by fighting to restore a woman’s right to decide.
Environmental Stewardship, keeping the issue as a real governing responsibility, not talking points.
Veterans and Military Families, making Georgia the best state in the country for veterans and military families.
These are the agendas of both candidates; they carefully laid them out so that you, the voters in Georgia to decide coming in November. The only thing that is asked of you is to choose the candidate with the best agenda to place Georgia ahead, leading the way for a brighter future for Georgia as we move forward to a better Georgia.
Get up and go vote! Make that vote count!
My wife Vanessa and I have already decided who we want as our next governor. We also can see clearly how it should be, not according to what this administration wanted but according to the people’s choice.
MAGA has been whispering in our ears long enough, and some are turning a deaf ear to all the political rhetoric, noise, and nonsense we keep hearing day after day.
May the best candidate win!
Kenneth R. Jenkins is a freelance writer, poet, podcaster, minister, and student at SNHU and a devoted husband living in Savannah, GA.
