Case Norton
Candidate, U.S. House Georgia District 7
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Case Norton (Democratic Party) is running for election to the U.S. House to represent Georgia's 7th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.[source]
Norton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Case Norton was born in Indianapolis, Indiana. He graduated from Mission College Preparatory Catholic High School. He earned a bachelor's degree from California State University, Northridge in 2012. His career experience includes working as a filmmaker. Norton has been affiliated with IATSE Local 600.[1]
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Case Norton completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Norton's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I’m Case Norton, a working-class union camera technician, dad, and progressive running for Congress in Georgia’s 7th District. I’ve worked in the film industry since I was 17, spending years in Los Angeles before moving to Georgia and raising my family in Sandy Springs. I’ve lived the realities most families here face: rising costs, unaffordable healthcare, stagnant wages, and elected officials who talk at us instead of fighting for us. I’m running because I believe Congress needs fewer career politicians and more people who actually understand the struggles of working-class families. My campaign is people-first, grassroots, and focused on integrity, transparency, and economic fairness. I’m stepping into this race to give GA-7 real representation, someone who will listen, show up, and deliver for every community in the district.
- Protecting reproductive freedom, bodily autonomy, and personal privacy.
I believe healthcare decisions belong to individuals, not politicians or special interests. I will fight to protect abortion rights, contraception access, IVF, gender-affirming care, and medical privacy nationwide. Government has no place in the exam room, and no elected official should be able to control someone else’s body, family planning, or medical future.
- Lowering costs and ending predatory financial practices.
Working families are being crushed by corporate price-fixing, wage gouging, and abusive interest rates. I’ll push to cap predatory APRs, stop exploitative lending, expand affordable housing, and hold mega-corporations accountable for driving up costs. Families shouldn’t be falling behind while executives and corporate monopolies rake in record profits.
- Strengthening unions, workers’ rights, and economic fairness.
I’m a proud union member, and I know firsthand that strong unions build strong economies. I’ll defend collective bargaining, protect gig workers, support fair scheduling, and raise the federal minimum wage tied to inflation. Workers deserve safe conditions, a living wage, and a fair shot, not a system rigged against them.
I am passionate about policies that directly improve the lives of working families, from reproductive freedom and healthcare access, to affordable housing and real worker protections. I care deeply about ending predatory financial practices, closing corporate tax loopholes, and restoring economic fairness so families aren’t working full-time while falling behind. I’m also committed to protecting LGBTQIA+ equality, defending public education from political influence, increasing teacher pay, and ensuring every community has access to clean air, water, and safe infrastructure. My goal is simple: a government that works for people, not corporations, not extremists, and not the wealthy few.
I look up to a lot of people — especially those who live selflessly and serve others without expecting anything in return. I admire people who put community first, lift others up, and lead through compassion and integrity.
Integrity, transparency, empathy, and a commitment to the people, not lobbyists, corporations, or party leads. An elected official should listen more than they speak, fight for those without power, and make decisions based on what’s morally right, not politically convenient. People over politics, every time...
A representative’s job is to advocate for the people of their district, pass laws that improve lives, provide real constituent services, and ensure transparency in how tax dollars are used. The job is public service, and anyone working otherwise should be primaried and/or should resign.
I want to leave the world and our country better than I found it. I want families to have their needs prioritized before corporate profits, and I want future generations to inherit a country that finally reflects fairness, dignity, and opportunity for all.
The first historical event I remember learning about was the fall of the Berlin Wall. I heard about it when I was very young, even though it happened just three months after I was born. I didn’t understand the full significance at the time, but as I grew older it became my first awareness of how major global events shape generations.
My very first job was as an art class teacher’s assistant at our local art museum in San Luis Obispo, CA. I worked there for several summers and spring breaks throughout middle school and early high school. It was my introduction to hard work, responsibility, and supporting my community.
Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill is meaningful to me because it taught me that mindset, vision, and persistence can change the trajectory of your life. I also love The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz, which helped me align my values and actions through four simple but powerful principles.
Bandit from the Australian children’s show Bluey. He’s a devoted dad who lifts up his kids and his community. He owns his mistakes, leads with love, and raises the bar for what being an involved father looks like. He represents the kind of parent, and neighbor, I strive to be.
One of the biggest struggles in my life has been maintaining enough financial stability to help support not just ourselves, but others in need. My family has faced real hardship, and those experiences motivate me to fight for a system where working families aren’t stretched to their limits just trying to stay afloat.
The House of Representatives is the body closest to the people, elected every two years, accountable, and meant to reflect the real lives and needs of everyday Americans. It’s supposed to be the chamber that responds first and fastest when families are hurting.
No. In fact, we need more working-class leaders who understand real-life problems instead of career politicians disconnected from their constituents. Lived experience is just as valuable as political experience, if not more.
The biggest threats are corporate greed, income inequality, environmental collapse, extremist politics, a broken healthcare system, and a political class that refuses to act. We must rebuild the middle class, restore democratic protections, protect civil rights, and take climate action seriously, especially for rural and working families who are hit first and hardest.
Yes. I would be open to considering 3-years, then having 4 House terms be the limit (12 years). However, 2 years keeps representatives accountable and forces them to stay connected to the people they serve. What we need isn’t longer terms, it’s removing corporate money, lobbyist influence, and stock-trading incentives that corrupt the process.
I support term limits for Congress and the Presidency so no one becomes permanently entrenched in power. Public service should be temporary, accountable, and free from careerism. I'd say 12 years max per position (6 House terms, 2 Senate terms, and keeping 2 terms for President, no matter what) Nobody should hold office for 40+ years...
I admire representatives who put people over politics, especially those who reject corporate PAC money and fight unapologetically for workers, equality, and civil rights. These select few heroes know who they are, as I'm sure you do. I aim to follow that example: honest, accessible, and accountable to the people of my district above all else.
The most impactful story I carry into this race is my own family’s. We’ve lived the same struggles that so many working families in Georgia face: the medical debt, the childcare costs, the housing uncertainty, the layoffs, the price hikes, the impossible balance of raising kids while trying to stay afloat. We’ve been through years where it felt like every system was designed to make ordinary people fail while corporations and the wealthy were protected.
My wife and I know what it’s like to choose which bill gets paid late. We know what it’s like to fight with insurance companies, to navigate special-needs care, to face eviction notices during an industry shutdown, and to rebuild from scratch. And we know what it feels like to look at your kids and think: “This country can do better than this for working families.”
That is the story that drives me, not a single moment, but a lifetime of watching hardworking people get squeezed while their elected officials look the other way. I’m running because families like mine deserve someone who actually understands their lives, listens to them, and fights for them, not for corporations, not for party elites, and not for donors.
My story isn’t unique. And that’s the whole point. Compromise is necessary when it serves the public good, not when it sacrifices human rights, equality, or safety. I’ll work with anyone, Republican, Democrat, or other, as long as it benefits the people of GA-7. I won’t compromise on civil rights, healthcare access, or protecting families from exploitation.
The House has the constitutional responsibility to originate all bills related to raising revenue, and that’s a powerful responsibility I take seriously. I would use that authority to make our tax system fairer: closing corporate loopholes, ending offshore tax shelters, ensuring billion-dollar companies pay what they owe, and shifting tax relief toward working families. No more budgets written for the wealthy few while everyday people struggle to get by.
Congress must use its investigative powers to protect the public interest, not score partisan points. I support investigations that expose corruption, waste, price-fixing, corporate abuses, environmental harm, civil-rights violations, and government overreach (including abuses by federal agencies like ICE). These powers should be used transparently, with clear evidence standards, and always with accountability as the goal, not political theater, and I can't wait to be a part of these investigatory committees.
One of the most impactful “stories” I’ve heard isn’t from a stranger, it’s my own family’s journey. My wife and I have gone through financial hardship, medical struggles, housing instability, and years of working long hours just to stay afloat. These experiences mirror what so many families in GA-7 are going through. Hearing my neighbors share the same challenges, rising costs, unpredictable healthcare expenses, unaffordable housing, and wages that don’t keep up, made me realize that if people like us don’t step up to represent working families, nothing will change. Our story is what pushed me to run.
One of my proudest accomplishments is choosing to step up and run for Congress as a working-class parent who has lived the hardships that many families in our district face. Continuing to overcome our own challenges and turning that lived experience into a campaign centered on dignity, fairness, and real solutions is something I’m proud of. I didn’t come from money or political power, but I showed up anyway, because people like us deserve a seat at the table.
AI can be a powerful tool for society — but without guardrails, it becomes dangerous fast. The federal government must establish strong national standards that protect workers, consumers, elections, and our basic reality.
I support laws that require AI companies to build mandatory, irreversible transparency tools into every model they release. That means embedding a secure digital watermark or backend verification system that allows the public, journalists, and law enforcement to instantly confirm whether audio, video, or images are AI-generated. Deepfakes are already becoming indistinguishable from real life, and without transparency, they’ll be weaponized to spread disinformation, commit fraud, and interfere in elections.
The government must also:
- Protect workers so AI can’t be used to cut wages or replace jobs without safeguards
- Ban AI use that discriminates against protected groups
- Create strict privacy standards so companies can’t harvest or sell personal data to train models
- Regulate law-enforcement and military use of AI to prevent surveillance abuse
- Require transparency whenever AI is used in government services or decision-making
AI should improve lives, not destabilize democracy or reality itself. That requires bold transparency rules, worker protections, and a focus on safety over profit. Our elections must be secure, accessible, and protected from manipulation, both old-school and digital. I support a national Election Integrity & Access Act with four core pillars:
1. Protect voters, not politicians.
Automatic voter registration, expanded early voting, no-excuse absentee voting, and strict bans on voter intimidation. No more partisan gerrymandering or closing polling places in diverse communities.
2. End dark money and restore trust.
Overturn Citizens United, require real-time transparency for PAC spending, and modernize campaign finance rules so billionaires and corporations can’t drown out working families.
3. Guard elections against AI-driven disinformation.
We need federal legislation that requires AI-generated political content, especially deepfakes, to carry mandatory, cryptographically verifiable watermarks. Election interference is evolving, and our laws must evolve with it. No campaign, super PAC, or foreign actor should be able to use synthetic media to trick voters.
4. Modernize the system without privatizing it.
Upgrade voting machines, secure paper trails, universal risk-limiting audits, and publicly funded cybersecurity support for state election offices. Elections should be run by public servants — not outsourced to for-profit vendors.
Elections belong to the people, not the wealthy, not corporations, and not AI tech bros. My legislation would make our elections more transparent, more secure, and more accessible for every eligible voter. Note: Ballotpedia reserves the right to edit Candidate Connection survey responses. Any edits made by Ballotpedia will be clearly marked with [brackets] for the public. If the candidate disagrees with an edit, he or she may request the full removal of the survey response from Ballotpedia.org. Ballotpedia does not edit or correct typographical errors unless the candidate's campaign requests it.
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