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Dhruti Contractor, 25, is a Public Health Prevention Service Fellow at the Centers for Disease and Prevention. Outside of work, she hopes to promote political awareness and activism through the Georgia Indian American Political Action Committee. |
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An Objective Critique of
Who We Choose To Run Our Government- Congressional 4th District |
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Catherine Davis
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Catherine Davis is a black republican that recently relocated to Georgia after working for many years in government in Virginia. She wants to eliminate the IRS and supports an amendment against same-sex marriages. She would give tax incentives to help small businesses cover their health care costs. |
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Liane Levetan
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She was the first woman elected chief executive officer of DeKalb County, receiving more than 67 percent of the vote for her first term of office (1993-1996) and 70 percent for her second term (1997-2000). She wishes to fully fund No Child Left Behind to include special needs children and opposes vouchers. She advocates for more affordable health insurance for employers and universal access to quality healthcare. She favors aid and greater defense sales to India. She would examine economic incentives that accelerate outsourcing, but supports giving flexibility to U.S. companies to hire foreign workers. She supports stronger hate crimes legislation and does not support legislation to further restrict legal immigration. |
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Cynthia McKinney
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The most controversial of all the candidates, Cynthia McKinney has returned to put her hat in the ring 2 years after losing the House seat she held for 10 years to Denise Majette back in 02’. She has a track record already from her 10 years in Congress of supporting renewable energy, fighting against landfill expansion and environmental racism, as well as looking to expand mass transit in the 4th District to reduce emissions. Though she makes no mention of supporting a living wage for Georgia workers, She does mention efforts to allow Georgia workers to unionize because as of right now, they can be fired without an explanation. |
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Connie Stokes
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Connie Stokes has been a state
senator from Lithonia for the past 14 years and, under Governor Roy
Barnes, was Senate Floor Leader. She grew up in the Atlanta area and
she’s received Governor Barnes endorsement. She wishes to fully fund
No Child Left Behind and opposes vouchers. She would allow small
businesses to buy into the same health plan as members of Congress. She
favors aid and extended defense sales to India as well as giving India a
permanent seat in the UN Security Council. She does not believe in
ending outsourcing categorically. She supports the current number of
visas and would apply benefits without regard to any particular nation
or culture. She claims is a leader in the fight to reduce greenhouse gas
emissions and will support alternative fuel sources for cars. She hopes
to lower taxes on working families and provide healthcare access for the
44 million uninsured. She believes strongly in human rights and would
support stronger hate crimes legislation. |
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Nadine Thomas
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Nadine Thomas is a state senator in Dekalb County and was first elected to the Georgia State House in 1992, remaining in government since. She hopes to expand the rail system in Metro-Atlanta. She wants to slow down outsourcing, provide small businesses incentives to those providing healthcare to their employees, and restructure NAFTA to protect American workers. She wants to fully fund No Child Left Behind. She is a registered nurse. |
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Chris Vaughn
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Chris
Vaughn is a moderate democrat, raised in Dekalb, who feels he can work
to build relationships with representatives in both political parties.
It’s great to see a young face in the bunch though he’s not the most
progressive candidate. He supports ending No Child Left Behind and
funding computer technology and trade schools. He would support aid to
India and a permanent seat for Indian in the UN Security council, but he
would like to improvements in human rights in the country regarding work
standards and treatment of women. He supports energy conservation and
curbing the building of new coal burning power plants, and increasing
use of alternative energy such as solar, wind, and biomass. Vaughn also
supports eliminating tax breaks for companies that outsource and wants
to stimulate the economy by rebuilding America’s infrastructure,
namely through transportation projects. He does not support increased
defense sales to India or additions to the current hate crimes laws. |
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Cathy Woolard
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Cathy Woolard grew up in Dekalb and left the post as Atlanta City Council President which she has held since 2001 to run for the 4th District seat. As an openly gay candidate she is a role model and provides an alternative perspective to the heterosexual lifestyles of the other candidates. She will encourage the executive branch to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and seeks to block the building of coal burning power plants that pollute. She will work to provide better access to clinics for lower income individuals and she will also seek universal healthcare coverage. She seeks to increase the minimum wage and roll back the tax cuts for the wealthy. She also supports raising the funds for Pell Grants to be more inline with the rising cost of college tuition and fixing the language in No Child Left Behind to support gifted and talented courses. |
