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Verbin Weaver

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Verbin Weaver
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June 9, 2020

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Verbin Weaver (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 26. He lost in the Democratic primary on June 9, 2020.

Weaver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.

Biography

Verbin Weaver was born in Mobile, Alabama.[1]

Elections

2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Lucas Sr. won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 26 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Lucas Sr.
David Lucas Sr. (D)
 
100.0
 
53,421

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 53,421
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 26

Incumbent David Lucas Sr. defeated Verbin Weaver in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 26 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of David Lucas Sr.
David Lucas Sr.
 
83.2
 
23,207
Image of Verbin Weaver
Verbin Weaver Candidate Connection
 
16.8
 
4,688

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 27,895
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2020

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Verbin Weaver completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Weaver'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 am the son of a hard-working single mother who lost her life due to a lack of access to healthcare, as well as an activist for workers around my community. I am the First Native American to ever run for the General Assembly, and I am doing so with an issues-based campaign that highlights the strength of progressive values, as well as shows the leadership inherent to the Native community. I believe that no person should have to suffer as much unnecessary hardship as I have experienced (and I know there are those who have been through more) and that policies that invest in the community and expand the rights of citizens are the way we get there. With unifying economic themes of a living wage, tenants' rights, and robust investment balanced with fair taxation I believe I can unite the community and set an example for leaders to comes. Likewise, with policies that tackle intersectional inequality, we will bring all people into the conversation of oppression.
  • Economic Justice and Worker's Rights
  • Expanding Public Education and Tuition Free College
  • Racial Justice with Economic Growth for Oppressed People
Fiscal and Monetary policy, as well as social services and insurance regulations
My mother, my grandmother (father's side), and my sister. These are the women who shaped me to be who I am today. They did it through pure love and sacrifice. They gave everything, even their lives, making certain that others around them were loved and had a chance.

I'd like to take that spirit to office, and care for my constituents who most need me. Right now, about a quarter of the ENTIRE district sits in poverty. Depending on the county, your poverty rate ranges from 21% to 30%, and these numbers are NOT going down - in some cases, they even go up - so nothing is really being done to solve the problem. I want to solve the problem.
Leadership and a clear moral compass that is outlined through a considered approach to the community's problems. It is not enough to simply have a capable staff keeping you informed if you cannot be moved to act. It is not enough to know the problems of the community, if you don't have a clear and educated mind when looking for the solutions.

A good politician must be forward-thinking, always vigilant in searching for the needs of others, and passionate about doing the right thing to solve those needs.
Honest, integrity, work ethic, and passion for doing good
If I can leave the community better off than I received it, it would be enough for me. However, if I could have the legacy I want, I want it to be said that I sacrificed everything so others would want for nothing.
9-11. I was 9, in 4th grade PE class. We all suddenly stopped our lesson, and were sit down in from of the TV to watch the news.

I was confused, seeing the news on in school was a first for me. Then, we saw a clip of a plane hitting one of the towers. I was shaken speechless, though some children did go "Woah cool" before getting berated by the teacher.

After that, everything seemed to change at home and school the next day. As many know, life still hasn't gone back to the feeling it had before that day.
Kroger as a courtesy clerk. I was there for about...6 months. I recall getting into an argument with a manager who wanted me to clock back in after my shift ended. I called in to say I quit, but was later informed I'd be fired instead. That stuff happens.

What I remember most about that job though was the people. I met many people who to this day continue to connect with me, share with me, and even have deep friendships with. The sense of worker comradery I learned at that job influenced me in my subsequent experiences in insurance and construction.
Easy. Captain America! Except my Captain America would be Captain Native America
I lost my mother and my sister within a 3-month span due to their lack of access to care.
The difficulty of forming a coalition is the primary difference in the two chambers. Under the Ga Constitution, most powers are shared among the chambers and each has equal authority to the other chamber on a matter. Therefore, the biggest difference is really about how many votes you need to win, how many people there are for you to coalition with in general, and how many opponents you have to coalition against.

I believe the Senate is the easier chamber to navigate.
It can be beneficial, but it certainly isn't necessary or even a guaranteed qualification.
Undoing the economic reformed put in place by Republicans over the past 16 years. Georgia deserves to have a budget that invests in the people, not a budget that is focused on tax breaks for industries and millionaires.
The best is one that is focused on genuinely getting positive results for the people of the state. Often times, politics is about partisan division and campaign buzzwords, not the people being governed.
Yes. You have to build good, positive relationships to coalition with opponents and allies. If you never make an effort, they'll never side with you.
Education and Youth

Higher Education
Insurance and Labor
Rules

Health and Human Services
Yes. In whatever capacity the party base and brass see fit. Potentially as a whip or Caucus VC.
Jimmy Carter. I believe the example he set during his time as a state senator provides an outline for any Georgia statesman to follow if they genuinely wish to do good things for disadvantaged people.

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  1. ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 4, 2020


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