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Jeremiah Olney
Jeremiah Olney (Democratic Party) is running for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 57. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Olney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 57
Incumbent Stacey Evans and Jeremiah Olney are running in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 57 on November 3, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Jeremiah Olney completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2025. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Olney's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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He has called the Atlanta area home since the day he was born at Piedmont Hospital. He grew up just a few miles away in Decatur, where he was lucky enough to attend strong, well-funded public schools. He was raised by his remarkable mother who juggled being a single mom of two boys while getting her college education and eventually becoming a public servant, working for the state. Like so many other Georgians, his family relied on a mix of income, public benefits, and family support just to make ends meet.
Jeremiah went on to attend the Georgia Institute of Technology, graduating with a Bachelor of Science degree in International Affairs. While there, he participated in an internship in the office of Congressman John Lewis and more than a decade later, the lessons he learned from Congressman Lewis continue to shape his perspective on our collective responsibility to fight back against injustice.
Jeremiah currently works for an environmental non-profit, fighting to conserve and protect nature across Georgia. He previously served on the boards of Young Democrats of Atlanta and Planned Parenthood Young Leaders. In his free time, Jeremiah enjoys going to heavy metal shows, playing Dungeons and Dragons, baking, and exploring every corner of Atlanta on foot.- Throughout my career, I have been exposed to how corporations and wealthy Georgians buy their way into the halls of power while working class Georgians are locked out. The system is broken for millions of Georgians but for the few who can afford it, it’s working exactly as intended.
- There are enough voices in our government speaking on behalf of the rich and powerful. For years, the cost of living has increased, state services are harder to access, and wages have stagnated. For the millionaires in office who have spent years pushing half-measures, that’s fine. For the rest of us, however, enough is enough.
- Jeremiah is a renter and public school graduate who is still paying off student loans and spent years on insurance purchased from the Affordable Care Act marketplace. He has benefitted from what few resources are made available to those who need a helping hand, resources which are now collapsing under the weight of corporate greed and extreme conservative ideology. Our system is fundamentally broken and Jeremiah is running to rebuild it from the ground up, not cover the cracks with duct tape.
My favorite fiction book that I've read recently is The Long Way to a Small, Angry Planet, which is a lovely little sci-fi novel that embraces the idea of a kinder, more utopian future and features quirky, creative characters. I appreciate that the book is less centered on plot and focuses more on developing a richly imagined world and the people in it.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia House of Representatives District 57 |
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