Micheal Garza
Micheal Garza (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 46. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Micheal Garza was born in McKinney, Texas. Garza attended Rice University. His career experience includes owning a web development firm and working as a product manager for EarthLink. Garza has been affiliated with the Salvation Army, Open Hand Atlanta, Never Alone Food Pantry, Worldwide Marriage, Encounter, and Cobb Parents for Safe Schools.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent John Carson defeated Micheal Garza in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carson (R) | 58.9 | 21,875 |
![]() | Micheal Garza (D) | 41.1 | 15,274 |
Total votes: 37,149 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Micheal Garza advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Micheal Garza | 100.0 | 2,622 |
Total votes: 2,622 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent John Carson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carson | 100.0 | 3,748 |
Total votes: 3,748 | ||||
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Endorsements
Garza received the following endorsements.
Pledges
Garza signed the following pledges.
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent John Carson defeated Micheal Garza in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carson (R) | 59.8 | 17,920 |
![]() | Micheal Garza (D) ![]() | 40.2 | 12,057 |
Total votes: 29,977 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Micheal Garza advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Micheal Garza ![]() | 100.0 | 3,370 |
Total votes: 3,370 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46
Incumbent John Carson advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 46 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | John Carson | 100.0 | 9,962 |
Total votes: 9,962 | ||||
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Micheal Garza completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Garza's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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|In my professional life, I’m a small-business owner with a background in telecommunications. For over a decade, I worked for EarthLink, starting from the ground up answering support calls from customers to eventually having P&L responsibility for the business web hosting and internet division of the company.
In 2009, I started my own web development firm after the Great Recession made finding employment impossible. In this role, I have a unique viewpoint in both being an owner of a small business and facilitating the development of other small businesses by creating their online presences.
My wife and I have been active in the Marriage Encounter ministry for the last eight years, recently serving as leaders of the Marietta/Woodstock chapter.- We have to view the health of our entrepreneurs and small business community as vital to powering our state economy, sustaining investment in our schools and communities, and revitalizing areas long ignored.
- Rather than demonize teachers and our public schools, we should be committed to providing educators with the tools and resources they need to provide a world-class education to our children. This means more school counselors, smaller class sizes, and increasing teacher retention rates especially in vulnerable districts.
- Since S.B. 202, our state has been the flashpoint of a nationwide struggle for voting rights. At the core of this struggle is a viewpoint espoused by the Georgia House majority that our elections are less secure when more people vote. I support measures to make it easier to vote and harder for politicians to cheat by taking steps to remove partisan state-level officials from the processes that govern elections. This includes repealing S.B. 202 and putting a Constitutional amendment on the ballot to create an independent commission for redistricting.
Gun Safety: Every time I see a school shooting, I am reminded of every morning when I drop off my five-year-old at school watching her disappear inside the doors knowing that there's a possibility that her school could be the next hit with gun violence. I don't want to take away the guns of law-abiding gun owners. I do think we can do more as a state to promote safe gun storage to keep unsecured firearms out of the hands of children or thieves. I do think we can do more to keep guns out of the hands of domestic abusers and those who have shown to friends, family, or law enforcement that they're a danger to themselves or others.
My mother made countless mums, crafts, and other homemade items for friends and family throughout the year. I remember being accepted to a talented and gifted program at Duke University in seventh grade. I thought I wouldn’t be able to go because the tuition and airfare would be a few thousand dollars. That didn’t faze her. My mom and aunts got to work making hundreds of homemade tacos and burritos they sold to people in the community and raised the money in no time. To this day, my mom will make a meal for someone who is going through a bad ordeal or just because she wants to show she cares.
When I discuss issues of injustice and disparity, I am certainly inspired by the Letter from Birmingham Jail written by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. It's an exceptional essay on freedom, oppression, and civil obedience.
Showing up during the legislative session with a focus on helping make the lives of those in our state better.
Constantly seeking out knowledge from policy experts and those touched by the bills we debate, i.e. talking with educators, administrators, students, and school counselors when discussing policies that have an affect on public education.
I'm also a huge fan of Stephen King, Isaac Asimov, and the poetry and short stories of Edgar Allan Poe.
We're also one of the few states left in the country who has not opted in to Medicaid expansion. We are ranked near the bottom when it comes to the uninsured rate of citizens with almost 1.5 million Georgians uninsured. By 2026, 25% of rural Georgians won't have healthcare. Those Georgians are also losing healthcare facilities in their areas through the closing of hospital systems across the state. And we could be facing a nursing shortage with many planning to leave the profession after 2 years of mismanagement of the pandemic.
Science and Technology Committee - My extensive background in telecommunications and technology makes this a perfect fit.
We became friends and I've since spent a few more times with her discussing her love of horror novels, her own writing career, and another passion of hers - politics. We've talked during the good times and the bad. I've been able to use my connections with volunteer organizations to help her with groceries and nutrition-based meals at times especially in those months when her prescription drugs took out a huge chunk of her income. My experience with Beverlee has shown me that there are people out there in need through no fault of their own, whether it is because of an unforeseen medical event, or a job loss, or disability, etc. And their stories must be heard if we're going to make good policy as lawmakers.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on March 18, 2022