Michi Sánchez
Michelle Sánchez (Democratic Party) (also known as Michi) is running for election for Georgia Commissioner of Labor. Sanchez is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on May 19, 2026.[source]
Sanchez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2026
See also: Georgia Labor Commissioner election, 2026
General election
The primary will occur on May 19, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.
Democratic primary
Democratic primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor
Brett Hulme (D), Jason Moon (D), Nikki Porcher (D), Michelle Sánchez (D), and Christian Smith (D) are running in the Democratic primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on May 19, 2026.
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Clarence Blalock (D)
Republican primary
Republican primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor
Incumbent Bárbara Rivera Holmes (R) is running in the Republican primary for Georgia Commissioner of Labor on May 19, 2026.
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Campaign themes
2026
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Michelle Sánchez completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2026. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Sanchez's responses.
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I cofounded Georgia Familias Unidas to protect immigrant poultry workers when no one in power was showing up for them. I've spent over a decade organizing across Georgia with groups like Progressive Turnout Project, CASA in Action, and Poder Latinx, and served as Latinx Outreach Director for the Democratic Party of Georgia during the 2021 Senate Runoffs.
I know what it means to have your wages stolen because it happened to me. I was misclassified, exploited, and harassed by an employer, and I discovered firsthand that Georgia has almost no protections to help workers fight back. That experience is what brought me to this race. More than $450 million is stolen from Georgia workers every year. The Labor Commissioner has the power to go after it. I intend to use every bit of it.
I am Michi Sánchez, and I'm running to make Georgia work for the people who build it.- Georgia workers are being robbed, and the Labor Commissioner has the power to stop it. More than $450 million is stolen from Georgia workers every year through wage theft alone. I know this not just as a statistic but as lived experience — I had my own wages stolen, was misclassified by an employer, and discovered firsthand how little protection Georgia workers have. The Labor Commissioner's office has the statutory authority to pursue wage theft aggressively, hold employers accountable, and make workers whole. That authority has been neglected for too long. I am running to use every tool this office has to fight for the workers who build this state and deserve to keep what they earn.
- A Labor Commissioner who looks like Georgia's workforce changes everything. Georgia's workers are Black, brown, immigrant, and working class and they've never had a Labor Commissioner who reflects their lives or speaks their language. I am the daughter of Central American war refugees, a bilingual organizer, and someone who has personally experienced the exploitation this office exists to prevent. Language access, immigrant worker protections, and enforcement in the industries where abuse runs deepest are not niche issues they are exactly what this office should be doing. When the person in that chair has lived the struggle, the fight is personal. For me, it already is.
- The Labor Commissioner's office belongs to Georgia's workers and I will give it back to them. For too long this office has been a rubber stamp for the status quo, failing to enforce laws already on the books and leaving workers without recourse. I am running to transform it into an office that is visible, aggressive, and accountable to the people it was created to serve. That means publishing enforcement data publicly, prioritizing industries where abuse is most concentrated, and showing up in communities that have never seen a Labor Commissioner walk through their door. This office has real power. I intend to use all of it.
I am passionate about language access and immigrant worker rights. When workers are afraid to report abuse because no one speaks their language or they fear their status, exploitation becomes a business model. That has to end.
I care about clean energy jobs but only if they are good jobs with real wages and real protections for workers of color.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2026 Elections
External links
Footnotes
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