October 29, 2025 • 42 mins
In this special first installment of Now You Know's "Meet The Candidates 2026 Midterm Series," Knowa welcomes gubernatorial candidate Jason Esteves. Esteves discusses his intentions and plans for alleviating the struggles faced by caregivers and seniors in Georgia, critiquing the current administration's shortcomings. He touches on expanding Medicaid, creating a dedicated agency for aging, and forming coalitions to navigate Republican opposition. He also highlights his record of delivering results on the Atlanta School Board and in the State Senate. The discussion spans endorsement strategies, mental health, and the need for new generational leadership. Esteves emphasizes his commitment to transparency and accountability, setting him apart from his opponents.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 2 (00:05):
All Right, what's going on everyone? It's no de barosso and.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
This is now you know. Today's guest is someone I've
been really excited about, Senator Jason Stevez. And he's the
kind of guy that when it comes to education leadership
in Georgia, you think of him immediately. If you think
of a candidate who will protect education in Georgia and
protect our freedoms in Georgia, you think of Jason Sez.
He's the first after a Latino elected to the Atlanta
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school Board and basically he's been out there turning ideas
into impact.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
For a minute. I brought Senator Stevez.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
On the show because Georgia is a part of the
twenty twenty six Meet the Candidate series on Now you Know.
I'm so excited And if any of his opponents have criticisms,
you can come on Now you Know too. We're doing
our amazing midterm series and we're talking classrooms, courtrooms, culture
and change. Set a Stevez in the building. Let's go on,
now you know, So the center, are you feeling good?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I feel good? Thank you so much for having me. Now,
I hope you had an amazing birthday. As I told you,
you and my mom or birthday twins, So I hope
you all had a great time celebrating absolutely well.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Look, happy birthday to her. I owe her gift.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Speaking of her, we heard your story at the Kamala
Harris rally. How you take care of her? You take
good care of her. And at that same rally, Kamala
Harris went on stage and talked about her plan for
caregivers and now that she didn't win, what is your
plan for caregivers in the State of Georgia.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yeah, no, and I know I appreciate that question. You know,
I've been a caregiver for my mom for ten years.
My wife and I have done a lot for she
lived with us for many of those years, and she's
lived in an assistant living facility and now living in
a nursing home. And I've seen how the State of
Georgia does not provide enough resources for seniors and their caregivers,
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and in many instances, seniors and caregivers are being driven
into bankruptcy. So as governor, I'm going to make sure
that our seniors can age with the dignity and the
love that they have earned and that they deserve. And
we do that by making sure that we expand access
to medicaid, not just in nursing homes, because right now
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we are driving our seniors into nursing homes, but also
ensuring that they can have Medicaid and assistant living assistant
living facilities and at home so that they can stay
in place and age in place. I'm also going to
make sure that we have an agency that is focused
in on aging. Georgia is one of the few states
that does not have a master plan for aging, and
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I want to make sure that there's a department that
caregivers and seniors can go to to get the resources
that they need. Whether it's federal, state or local, there
should be one place that you go to. And what
I have found. My wife is a nurse practitioner, I'm
a lawyer and an elected official, and we had a
really tough time navigating the system and it shouldn't be
that hard to get care for your loved one. To
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make sure that we have an agency that's focused on
that as well.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Right, and so essentially that that boils down to how
do you think the federal government is going to interfere
with like that plan.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Well, look, we've seen, yeah, we've seen a lot of
chaos and destruction happening in DC. And what I know
is that we need to make sure that we are
protecting our most vulnerable populations. And that's why as governor,
I'm going to make sure that we fight back against
the chaos and destruction that's going on in Washington, d C.
The first thing we need to do is speak up
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and speak out. We've seen Brian Kent be silent and
it has not helped Georgians. It hasn't helped people like
my mom. And because of the big and ugly bill
that Donald Trump got through the Congress, we're going to
see nursing homes at risk of closure. We're going to
see rural hospitals at risk of closure. We're going to
see seniors who don't have reliable food options go hungry.
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So the State of Georgia is going to have to
step up and fill in the gap where the federal
government is failed. And unfortunately, too many people across the
state are used to politicians and the old style politics
failing them. And that's what I offer. Noah a new
generational leadership, one that's focused on delivering results, breaking through
the politics of old that it failed too many people,
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and making sure that Georgians have real opportunities at thriving right.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And and so you're likely going, I I know you
were knocking doors for deever now, but you're likely going
to have to deal with two Republican chambers of House.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm not jinxy. I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
We're gonna work hard against them.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
We're gonna work hard against that.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So what is the the the the current plan to
work with these Republican chambers and get things done for
the people of Georgia, Because for whatever reason, they don't
want you to get these these these helpful policies through
into your desk.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
How are you gonna how are you gonna work with them?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah? Well, look, we're we're gonna have to make sure.
And I'm confident that the coalition that I am building
right now, which includes Democrats but also includes independent and
Republicans who are tired of what Donald Trump is doing
in DC and the silence that we're hearing from Republican
leaders here in Georgia. We're building that coalition, and I'm
confident that I will be able to work with legislators
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on the other side to pass things like Medicaid expansion,
to make sure that we're fully funding education, that we're
expanding universal or expanding early learning. But in the instances
where they don't cooperate, now we got to play hardball.
I'm someone who plays basketball. I'll played basketball this morning,
and I know when I have to throw elbow. I
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know when I need to pass the ball and when
I need to shoot the game when it's shot. And
if they're not going to cooperate, then we got to
throw some bows. And the ultimate bow that the governor
has is the veto pen and that's a power that
they cannot take away from me, and that's a power
that I will use when I'm governor to make sure
that we move Georgia forward. And here's the thing. We
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need a governor that's going to be committed to serving
in this office for two terms, which is why I
talk to people about how this is a ten year commitment.
It's two years of campaigning and it's eight years of
being governor. Because we have to make sure that we
have fair maps so that we can have a legislature
that represents the state of Georgia. And in order to
do that, we have to have a governor that wins
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next year but will also be governor in twenty thirty
and have a seat at the table when register tream
comes around. And I am looking forward to being that
governor that is finally going to bring fair maps to Georgia.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah, and I was proud to support you.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
I've never done an interview with the candidate, my candidate
that I'm supporting, and I was so excited to support you.
Two recent news, Trump tries to hype it that up.
Trump tries to bring ice to Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, Look, the first thing we have to do is
we have to say something about it, not be silent
about it. And we saw ice raid a plant in Hyundai,
the Hundai plant and outside of Savannah and Brian County,
and we saw Brian Kemp say very little. Silence does
not help us when it comes to fighting against the
chaos and destruction that is coming from Donald Trump. We
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have to stand up to the bully in the White House,
and we do that by standing tall with Ye I'm tall,
I'm six six, I'm not six seven. By the way,
don't do that I have a ten year old and
a seven year old and they they all the time,
six to seven all the time. But look, we have
to stand tall, and we have to stand tall with
the community. We have to have business leaders, we have
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to have community leaders. We have to have students and
teachers standing together calling out Donald Trump on his authoritarianism.
The other thing we have to do is use every
tool in our toolbox, legal legislative to stop them from
continuing to rain terror in our communities and to make
sure that they stop the politicization that we're seeing, whether
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it's with ICE or any other federal agency. And I
believe that if we stand tall, if we throw our
bows against the bully in the White House, that he's
going to back down. And we've seen that all across
the country. When someone stands tall against Donald Trump, he
tends to back down. And when I'm governor, I'm going
to make sure that we stand tall for the State
of Georgia.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
There we go, speaking of these bows. We keep hearing
about the bows. You have opponents, Senator, you have a
lot of opponents. What differentiates you from each of your opponents.
I'm not going to make you go name by name
because I know you're going to take your way out
of it. Let me be clear, So what differentiates you
from your opponents?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, well, look, I will tell you that what Georgians
are looking for is a governor that is going to
deliver results for them and is going to stay laser
focused on their needs. And I am someone that has
a record of delivering for Georgia. I am someone who
is delivered for Georgians as a board member on the
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Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education, has delivered in the
state Senate, and I'm going to deliver as governor. But
I also have a vision for the future, a vision
that focuses on the health, wealth and opportunities that Georgians want.
And I'm going to make sure that we build a
state where no matter where you live in the state,
you have the opportunity you thrive. But I also have
the lived experiences. Noah, I don't need a policy memo
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to talk to him, to tell me and inform me
about the everyday struggles of Georgian's across this state. I've
lived it. I've lived it as a parent, I've lived
it as a caregiver, I've lived it as a small
business owner. And those those are the qualities that we
need in our next governor. And I'm the only candidate
in this race that can build a coalition that it's
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going to take to win the primary and the general election.
And that's what we need. We need someone who can
win both and I'm the candidate for governor to do that.
Now you can ask me about specific candidates. Now I'll
talk to you about them.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Say God, He'll talk to me about on God. Okay, Senator,
there is no I want to make it clear. I
want to put a pin in this. I'm eclip this.
There is no candidate that will outright say I will
say anything.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I will say something about my opponent. They usually wiggle
their way out of it. We're going to get to that.
I'm excited for that.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
So, Senator, just that kind of transparency that people are
looking for. They want someone who is going to speak
to them frankly, and whether you're doing it on TikTok
or on Instagram, or are you doing it face to
face in person. People need a governor that can be
held accountable and is going to speak truth to power.
And I am someone that will stand tall and speak
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to people and tell them what's going on and how
I can better their lives. And it includes talking about
why my opponents are not the right right candidates for
at this moment.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
I'm so excited for that and you know it. So
you spoke about your experience on the APS board. I
want to ask you what can a governor fix in
the schools without a state legislator without having to call
a bunch of Republicans say hey, kind of need the funding.
They say, no, I don't giving you that.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What's your like, what can you get passed without a legislator?
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Yeah? Well, look, I will tell you that my desires
to make sure we work with the legislature, and I
think that there are a lot of the issues that
are important to me when it comes to education that
we can get through the legislature. For example, expanding early
learning in this state, making sure that no one, no
child in this state goes without early learning opportunities. And
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that means expanding early education to ensure that we can
provide three and four year olds with pre K. It
also means lowering the cost of childcare for those babies
whose parents need to go to work right now. Noah,
parents across this state have to quit their job or
get fired because they can't afford childcare. As governor, I'm
going to make sure that they're able to go to work.
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I also want to make sure that we fully fund
the public education system. We have a funding formula that
is over forty years old, and we need to make
sure that we bring our public education system into this century.
And we do that by making sure it's fully funded.
That will help rural schools. The last thing that I
want to make sure that we focus on, and I
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can do this as governor and not necessarily need legislative support,
is invest in strong apprenticeship programs. I want to make
sure that kids who want to go to college are
able to do so, but if we don't. If they don't,
we need to make sure that they we put dignity
back into work. And I'm going to invest in apprenticeship
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programs to provide a young adults a pathway to a
good paying job without needing to go to college. And
that means having a strong technical college system that is
accessible and affordable to Georgians all across the state. It's
those kinds of things that I can get done with
and without the legislature that Georgians are excited about all
across the state.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
So Senator, it's going to get spicy.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Yeah, all right, let's get put some spice on it.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
So, Senator, I want to ask you, speaking of the legislator,
you were one of the shining people in the state,
legislator that everyone was, that everyone is still excited about
even after you resigned.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Why did you resign?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Yeah? Well, look, I enjoyed and it was an honor
of my life to serve the people of the thirty
fifth district. And I also know that my constituents in
the thirty fifth district and across the state are facing
significant challenges and it requires bold leadership, and it requires
new solutions. The same old politics are not going to work. No,
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and you know that well. And in order for us
to elect the new generation and leadership, the generational leadership
that I represent, I'm going to have to put my
whole heart into this campaign. And it's hard for me
to be able to campaign across this state while at
the same time serving my constituents in the legislature, and
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I thought it was unfair to them for me to
be focused fully on the campaign. So because of that,
I resigned and I think that that is a great
opportunity to elect someone who can represent the district while
at the same time allowing me to campaign all across
this state over the next several months and to make
sure that I win the primary, because I'm the only
candidate in this race that can build a coalition that's
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going to take to win the primary and the general election.
And I don't want that opportunity to go to waste
because I have to continue to focus on the legislature.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
And here's a I guess by center. So I was
at an event and one of your opponents said to me,
why are you endorsing him when I've served five terms
and he did too. What were your accomplishments in the legislator?
What is your response?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It as you shry to go play basketball. What I'm like,
give me your reaction there.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Well, look, I was in the legislature long enough to
know what works and what doesn't. And I'm the only
candidate in this race that has experienced delivering results at
the local level and the state level. I'm someone who
on the school board turned a school system that was
graduating fifty five percent of its kids to a school
system today that is graduating more than ninety percent of
its kids, and its graduation rate is higher than the
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state of Georgia. As a school board member, I made
sure to redirect money from the administration into the classroom,
and I also made sure to protect vulnerable communities across
the school district. At the same time, in the State Senate,
I'm proud of the fact that I lowered the cost
of living, particularly for seniors who were struggling with property
tax bills, and in Atlanta, on the ballot this November,
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my legislation is on the ballot a referendum that would
bring down the cost of living for seniors their property
tax bills up to one thousand dollars. That's important work.
And not only that, I worked across the isle in
the State Senate to make sure that we expanded access
to healthcare for teachers and for state workers. And then
I advocated for fully funding education and making sure that
we were protecting our most vulnerable communities from the attacks
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by Republican leaders. So in my years of public service,
I'm someone that brings a record of delivering results at
the local and state level, and that's the kind of
leadership we're going to need in the governor's office. And
I'm the only candidate in this race that has that
kind of experience.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Okay, see I might do something here, Senator. Yeah, so
I didn't say name.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Why isn't Derek Jackson the choice? Why not?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Look, at the end of the day, you have to
be able to build a coalition that takes to win.
And that means being able to crisscross the state and
talk to people about the issues that matter. It means
having a record of delivering results. It means having the
lived experiences. It means being able to raise the money
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and do the work that it takes. And I'm the
only candidate in this race that can do all of
those things. And I appreciate my former colleague in the House,
But what Georgia needs at this moment is Jason Stevez
for governor.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
There we go and where what website can they support?
They can?
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, so they can go to www dot Jasonstevez dot com,
or they can follow me on social media at Jason
Stevez on all the media.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Poporay, we're talking about a new generation of leadership center.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
But you just said ww dot dot com.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
You're right, You're right, My bad. Yeah, just visit with
Jason savez dot com.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Y'all there it is.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
So, what I want to ask you is this is
something I did with Stacy Abrams too. I think it's
pretty fun.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
Well, first thing before we get into that, what's your
thoughts on SPLOSS. There's a few splots on the ballot
this year, there's gonna be splats on the ballot next year.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
How do you feel about flaws?
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, So SPLOS is a way for school districts and
local government to ensure that certain infrastructure projects are being
paid for, and it is done through sales taxes. And
I will tell you that it is a sign that
local government, whether it's school systems or cities or counties,
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need more resources for infrastructure, and the State of Georgia
should be doing a lot more to support those cities, counties,
and school districts. But I'm supportive of efforts that try
to reduce the burden on taxpayers, on property tax owners,
in particular to help support our families in our communities.
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So I am generally force bloss. That being said, I
always want to make sure that elected officials are held accountable.
And if an elected official, if a government is asking
voters to approve a sploss, then they should be transparent
about what those projects are and transparent about how they
have delivered results from prior splos for taxpayers, for constituents.
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So I expect voters, and I know voters are smart,
smart enough to ask their elected officials to show proof
that their splos dollars are actually going to projects that
they approve.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Yeah, and and splos goes through your chain, your old chamber,
the legislator.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Right, well, no splos happens at the local levels.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Teach me something.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, so splos ultimately, the whole law that allowed splos
to happen did happen in the legislature. But each school, district,
city council, county commission authorizes a splost or there's law.
There are different sales tax funding mechanisms that are that
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have to be authorized by the local government.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
A quick pause for the car stick around. Here's what's
not fair, senator. Yeah, so I'm looking and I've never
not liked this loss. I'm looking at Tennessee. Their sales
tax is nine percent. They also have no state income tax.
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If you go to where you're from, go down to Columbus,
the sales tax is nine percent with the state income tax.
So center, why is it fair that Tennessee gets to
pay nothing in state income tax? Yeah, in nine percent
sales tax, and then Columbus asplays state income tax and
a nine percent stage.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah. Well, look, I think that we are clearly having
an affordability crisis in the state, and as governor, I'm
going to look into limiting the sales the income tax,
limiting the income tax, making sure that we're looking at that.
That being said, we have sixteen billion dollars sitting in
a bank account that Brian Kemp is hoarding. We have
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an additional two billion dollars in the Georgia Lottery Fund,
and we have a lot of issues, whether it's our
healthcare crisis, whether it's our education system, whether it's our
housing crisis where people can afford to rent, buy, or
downsize their homes. I want to make sure that we
are using our resources to support our families, to invest
in our community and to build a better Georgia. So
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we have to make sure that we look at all
options to bring down the cost of living and at
the same time invest in community. That being said, Noah,
I encourage you to look at what they are paying
in property taxes in Tennessee and what they're paying in
fees in Tennessee, because all that plays into how much
people are paying on the ground. And what I don't
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want from Georgians is or for Georgians, is for us
to lower or fully eliminate the income tax. And then
we raise the sales tax, we raise fees, we raise
property taxes, and people feel more of a burden than
they did before. So it's going to take time for
us to study and to make sure we come up
with the best solution. But know that I am a
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governor that's going to make sure that we lower the
cost of living in the state.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
I've told accountants this, that's what producers and now have
potentially the next governor who we're gonna who we're gonna
put in the Governor's mansion in front of me to
say this, Senator, I want a golf cart.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I want to get a golf card.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
So by eliminating that state income tax, I can get
some golf cards. I could, I can make something happen
with golf carts and stuff. But that state income tax
is such a burden on the people of Georgia. Can
you please eliminate it. Please, I'm begging you.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Please.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
We will look into it. We will look into we
will look into it.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Sound god, We're okay.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
So Senator, we're gonna get into that fun part we
were talking about where I'm gonna we're gonna innocently name
some opponents.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
You're gonna say why they're not the choice.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I thought you said fine and innocent. That's not innocent.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
We'll see.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
So New Canada's dropped jumped in real Roman, very nice person.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Why not the choice?
Speaker 3 (21:59):
I think you have to be able to build the
coalition that's going to take the win, and that includes Democrats,
those who are progressives, those who are moderates and conservative,
includes independence and Republicans ultimately in November to win. And
I'm someone that has a proven record of having done
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that and can do that.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So I'll say that, okay, Jeff Duncan.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Yeah, Look, I welcome anyone to the Democratic Party and
appreciate Jeff Duncan making that switch. But I heard a
while ago you don't join a church one month and
then the next month come in and say that you're
going to be senior pastor and then tell the congregation
that if they don't make you senior pastor that they're
going to lose. That's the argument that Jeff Duncan is making,
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having spent years fighting against Medicaid expansion, cheering on an
abortion ban that killed innocent women, refusing to help rural
hospitals who were being strained by the lack of Medicaid expansion.
That whole time I was working for those causes, trying
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to expand access to healthcare, trying to protect our women,
trying to make sure that we were saving rural hospitals.
Voters are not going to forget Jeff Duncan's record, and
as a result, he's not going to be able to
build that coalition in the primary to win.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Okay, there we go, spicy centers. I there it is.
Mike Thurman.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Yeah. Look, I appreciate the former CEO's service to our
state and to Tacab County. And while there are a
lot of folks that are looking backwards and where Georgia
has been, I am a candidate that is looking forward
and looking at the potential that Georgia has, and that's
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what Jordans are looking for in their governor.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Right. Keisha land Spots, Yeah, I leave you alone.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
I have been a resident of the city of Atlanta,
including her time mayor, and I believe that that Georgians
will not forget what was happening in this city during
her tenure, and she will have a hard time building
the coalition to win not only the primary but the
general election because of it.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Okay, on a better note, tell me about your coalition
who were pulling together. I was trying my best to
explain to someone what areas does he pull in?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I was like, I don't know, he would knocking doors
for Jevis Shigley. I'm a sof read, I don't know.
So what is your coalition? Like?
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Yeah, so look, I am proud of the coalition that
we're building. It includes endorsers like you, Noah. It includes
Jason Carter, the former GOREO neit and grandson of Jimmy Carter.
It includes people like Sheete Williams, who is the mom
of Amber Nicole Herman, who died because of Georgia's abortion band.
But it also includes more than fifty elected officials from
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across the state, legislators, city councilmen, mayors from across Georgia,
and as I crisscross the state, what people want is
someone who represents the new generational leadership, and I'm someone
who has the record, who has the lived experiences, and
has a vision for the state. And that combination is
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what is attracting voters both young and more seasoned from
across Georgia. And look, there are a lot of these
voters are in Metro Atlanta, but we are also earning
votes across the state. We were just in Southeast Georgia
a couple of days ago. We were in Savannah for
the third time in three months a day before that,
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and next week we're going to be going down to
South Georgia. We'll be in Thomasville, be in Valdosta, we'll
be in Albany, and we'll be talking to voters about
these same very issues. So my coalition is broad. It's
why I'm receiving so many of these great endorsements. But
it's also why there's a lot of energy behind my
campaign and specifically my leadership.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
That brings me.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
So you're going to these rural areas and you're really
knocking the doors. You just doing these events.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
We're not taking any vote for granted, and in order
to win this state, not only the primary, but in general, election,
We're gonna have to meet voters where they are, and
that means going to red counties just like we go
to blue counties. A couple weeks ago, I was in
Stevens County in North Georgia, a county that has voted
eighty percent for Donald Trump. Right, if we are able
to narrow that margin. Right now, it's eighty twenty. But
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next year, because we're talking about health, wealth and opportunity,
we're able to lower that margin to make it a
seventy thirty county. We win the state of Georgia, we
flip this seat, and I become governor. That's the kind
of work and organizing that we're going to have to
do over the next year to win this state.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
And I almost forgot because I got so excited about
you talking about your opponents.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
The fun game that we were supposed to play. I
did this was I.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Thought we deplayed the fun game that we were supposed
to play.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Game is something I've done with Stacy Abrams. I name
a few counties in Georgia. You tell me what you
think about them, the role they play in the election,
and what comes to your mind when you think of it.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Chatham County.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
So I was just there a couple of days ago.
Love Chatham County, and it plays a very important role
in the state of Georgia and in this election, not
just because of its location, but because the port is there,
and that's the economic engine of our state.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Is it really?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
It is? It is. It is the economic engine of
our state. Billions of dollars goes through that port and
Georgia has had the economic success that it's had because
of it. So it's important for economic development. But it's
also important because of the people and the tourism that
go that that that visit Savannah every single every single year.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I mean center realistically, who's like in California to be like, oh,
we going to Savannah this weekend, y'all.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
A whole bunch. It's one of the top bachelorette bachelor
party destination is the entire country. And I will tell you, Noah,
and I know you're along way away from this, but
there are a ton of people who go to retire
in Savannah, Tybee Island, Saint Simon's, Brunswick on down to
the on down the coast, who move from California, who
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move from New York and I met them a couple
days ago. Every every visit, I always ask people where
they're from. And you have a lot of folks who
are from Chatham County, but there are a lot of
people who come from different parts of of the country
and they go to retire there. So it's a very
important part of the state. It's a it's a blue
you're gonna retirement.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
We're going to retire them, opponents We talked, that's right.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
All right, I like that energy. Let's do it. But no,
Savannah is very important, which is why I've been there
three three times in the last three months. The Cab Look,
the Cab is the neighbor to Fulton County over to
the east and is incredibly important, home of the CDC,
home of my alma mater, Emory University School Law, and
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a critical county for any Democrat.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
It's confusing though, because like it's rule and I'm like,
and then you have North Drug with hills, what is
that about? Like you have Decatur and then you have Decatur.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Well, look, I think you have parts of the Cab
County that they don't have as much development. But what
I also see in the Cab County is a tale
of two counties, two communities, and there's a lot of
investment and protection that people in South to Cab have
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been asking for for a long time. And I appreciate
the CEO, Lorraine A. Cochrane for what she's doing because
she is paying a lot of attention to South to
Cab and it's that kind of leadership that we're going
to need across the state, which is why I'm so
focused on criss crossing the state and talking to people
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in South Georgia because in the same way that South
to Cabe feels ignored, South Georgia and Middle Georgia field
just as ignored. And I'm going to make sure that
we expand access to healthcare, that we increase the quality
of our education system in those parts of the state,
and that we're bringing good paying jobs to South and
Middle Georgia. And it's that same energy that the Cab
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County wants.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
The good CEO right center the good See I didn't
say you say that, was me Hewett.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Yeah, one of the most if not the most diverse
county in the entire state, incredibly important for the election,
but is also emerging as an economic engine for the
state of Georgia. There are estimates know of that in
the next twenty years. I think it's twenty years, Gwenette
will have more people than Fulton County and Fulton County
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is currently the county with the most residvidence in it,
So Gwinnette will be will be that big in the
next twenty years. So it's incredibly important. But here's the
here's why it matters for democratic politics because when Gwinnett
County turns out, Democrats win. When Gwinnett County stays home,
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Democrats lose. And there's no better example of that than
in twenty twenty, twenty twenty one and twenty twenty four.
In twenty twenty twenty twenty one, Ginnette County showed up.
We not only f flip seats in the legislature, but
we elected Joe Biden, and we elected Ralph hill Warnock
and John Ossoff. In twenty twenty four, many parts of
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Gwinnett's stayed home. We saw a turnout. We can not
be as strong and as under parts of the state,
and as a result, Kamala Harris lost. So my plan, though,
is to make sure that we invest heavily in making
sure that the Gwennett County turns out because I know
that if we organizing in places like Gwinnett and Cobb County,
then then we win. Cobb, a county that I represented
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in the legislature, the very important when it comes to
a lot of fortune, five hundred companies being headquartered there.
But we also have the Atlanta Braves Kennesaw State University,
which is my wife's alma mater. But you have a
state that recently in the last decade flip from red
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to blue, and Cobb is an example of coalition building
where the elected the Democrats in Cobb work across the aisle,
They work with Republicans, they work with independents to deliver
and the chairwoman, Lisa Keipit, for example, has been doing
that and it's emblematic of the leadership that we need
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in the state. One that wins elections by building coalitions,
but then once we're in office, is not afraid to
work across island. That's the type of governor I'm going
to be. I'm going to be the type of governor
that is going to build a coalition, is going to
take to win the primary and the general election, and
then once we are in the governor's office. I'm going
to make sure that I work across the aisle and
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deliver results for Georgians all across the state, regardless of
their political party.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, and now you know, with no de barrasso, we'll
be right back.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Some fund center.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Tell me about the endorsements you got, we got Jason
Carter recently, tell me about all this.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Yeah, so proud to have the support of Jason Carter.
And he is someone who knows Georgia well, obviously the
grandson of President Jimmy Carter, but who has campaigned across
this state as the Democratic nominee for governor, and he
is a firend, but he also knows what Georgia needs
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right now to meet this moment. And as I told you,
what Georgia needs is someone who has a record, who
has a vision, and who has lived experiences. And Jason
acknowledge that that I am the only one in this
race that can meet this moment. And the other fun
tidbit about Jason, specifically his grandfather, is that his grandfather
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was a former school board member, really a former state
senator who became governor and that and I don't even know,
I'm not even thinking about that. I'm thinking about the
fact that that in many ways I'm following his path
to the governor's.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
Office and somewhere else too.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
No, I don't know about that. I'm talking about the
governor's office, the one downtown Atlanta, going from the State
Senate into the going from the school board in the
State Senate, and then delivering for the state of Georgia
in the governor's office.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Yeah, and another never mind.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Okay, So tell me about your endorsement. You got the
endorsement of the mother of Amber Thurman, Yeah, who died
as a result to Georgia's lawless, crazy abortion man.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Yeah. And I am honored to have Chett Williams endorsement.
And it means a lot as a father, as a husband,
to a nurse practitioner who has seen women who have struggled.
And I will tell you that in Georgia we have
a maternal mortality crisis, especially for black women, where black
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women are dying at a higher rate than anyone else
and Georgia's abortion ban is a key reason for that.
And what we saw was that politicians who are anti women,
politicians like Brian Kemp, Jeff Duncan, Chris Carr Burt Jones
were literally celebrating signing the abortion ban, and within months
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we saw women on the verge of death, and we
saw specifically black women dying as a result of that ban.
That's why I'm committed as governor on day one to
starting the work to reverse the abortion ban and to
repeal it. And I will tell you that we will
tackle the maternal mortality crisis in Georgia, one that causes
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preventable deaths across the state. Under my watch, especially with
my wife Ariel being first Lady, We're going to make
sure that no one in this state, no woman in
the state, dies a preventable death. Is excited first, absolutely,
she is. We were at an event yesterday, Women for Jason,
and she's very excited, and that's because we both have
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a heart for service. We want to leave our communities
better than what we found it. And Ariel is someone
who is has been a registered nurse. Now she's a
nurse practitioner, and she wants to work on healthcare. She
wants to make sure that Georgians are healthier, and for her,
that starts with tackling the maternal mortality crisis. But she
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also wants to do stuff around mental health another area
know where Georgia is lagging far behind every other state.
We have one of the worst mental health systems in
the entire country, and I'm excited to work with my
wife and others to make sure that Georgians are healthier.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
So the mental health thing, your colleague one you were
friends with. Yeah, I went on eleven Alive and I
was very excited to call out your colleague, Nicki Merritt
for a harmful social media bill that would allegedly, and
I'm doing the Bunny Years audio help the children of
Georgia by limiting social media under fourteen. That's harmless, and
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that's harmful since that is a Democrat, I was so
surprised to see it was a Democrat yet alone her.
How do you feel about that bill?
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Yeah, it was well. Look, I love Nicki Merritt. First
of all, I love Nicki Merritt. She's a great servant
for the constituent, her constituents in Gwennett County and across
the state of Georgia. And I think that what she
intended was to make sure that that the harmful impacts
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of social media don't affect our children. Now will say
that the method may not have been the appropriate way.
But here's what I'll tell you now, is that there's
some good that comes from there's some good that comes
from social media, but there are a lot of harmful
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impacts that come from social media, not just for children,
also for adults. So we have to do what we
can to make sure more people touch grass. We have
to make sure that more people touch grass. We have
to have more face to face interactions. And here's what
I would tell you. I believe that social media can
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be a force for good if it if it promoted
more meaningful interactions. A lot of our social media right
now does not. But that's why things like podcasts are
good good right because they promote some some meaningful interaction.
Touch we touch grass. But that's why I think that
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what we need to do is make sure that we
are thinking about these mental health issues. Because it is
undeniably that the number of suicides, the number of mental
health incidents amongst our children have dramatically increased in the
last twenty years, and and there's a direct coalation correlation
with that with the rise of social media. So we
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have to we have to do what we can to
tackle that. My plan is to make sure that we
have the mental health providers, the therapists, the facilities, the
clinics that are needed so that Georgians can get the
mental health support that they need.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
Is a great thing.
Speaker 3 (39:47):
Yeah, But at the same time, another piece of that
plan is making sure we all touch grass.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
There we go. That's different centre.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
That's like when when we spoke on the phone before
I endorsed you, you knew all the terms and I
was like, that qualifies you alone. So yeah, and I
was I was happy to endorse you. Right when you
jumped in, I was told it's going to be very hard.
Are there be really hard to reach the senator today?
He just launched his campaign. On the day you launched
your campaign, I gave you a call and he picked
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up and so and it was it was really exciting.
And and the day you launched, they were like, you're
not going to You're not well.
Speaker 3 (40:23):
I appreciate your support. I've been following you for for
a while and you do you do great work. And
we've seen that with this podcast, we've seen that with
your interviews. Thank you, and it's an honor to have
your supports. And look, we're going to work together to
flip this state next year and finish the job, make
sure that we have a democratic governor, to make sure
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that we have a democratic legislature, and and and that
is going to transform the face of leadership in this state,
not just next year, but for generations to come.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
It's right.
Speaker 1 (40:55):
And Senator I am so so thankful for you coming
on now, you know with my and you what's the
website again?
Speaker 3 (41:02):
Noww dot Jasonestevez dot com, social media at Jason Stevez.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
And we made a great video at your office. They
can go watch that as well.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
People loved it and if you don't know, now you
know I love it. Thank you, Senator, I appreciate you really,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
And that was Center Sves. It was really an incredible conversation.
What stuck with me the most is that he was
not afraid to name these opponents and say why they're
not the choice for Georgia. Most people that you're gonna
see on this midterm series will wiggle their way out
of responding to these kind of questions. And what we're
gonna do is we're gonna hold them accountable. I want
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you to take something from this upcoming midterm series. I
want you to learn a little bit about the candidate.
I want you to listen to all of their perspectives.
I want you to listen to all of their ideas,
whether you were considering voting.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
For them or not. And every candidate that we interview here.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
Is not going to be someone I support, gonna be
Murky Waters here, and we're also gonna interview Republic. So
on this midterm series, it's gonna be great. You're gonna
like it, and you can find on Now you Know,
Now you Know and No Da Brosso is a production
of iHeartMedia and partnership with Recent Choice Media.
Now you Know and Know De Barrasso is a production
of iHeartMedia and partnership with Recent Choice Media.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
All Right, what's going on everyone? It's no de barosso and.
Speaker 1 (00:09):
This is now you know. Today's guest is someone I've
been really excited about, Senator Jason Stevez. And he's the
kind of guy that when it comes to education leadership
in Georgia, you think of him immediately. If you think
of a candidate who will protect education in Georgia and
protect our freedoms in Georgia, you think of Jason Sez.
He's the first after a Latino elected to the Atlanta
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school Board and basically he's been out there turning ideas
into impact.
Speaker 2 (00:35):
For a minute. I brought Senator Stevez.
Speaker 1 (00:38):
On the show because Georgia is a part of the
twenty twenty six Meet the Candidate series on Now you Know.
I'm so excited And if any of his opponents have criticisms,
you can come on Now you Know too. We're doing
our amazing midterm series and we're talking classrooms, courtrooms, culture
and change. Set a Stevez in the building. Let's go on,
now you know, So the center, are you feeling good?
Speaker 3 (01:02):
I feel good? Thank you so much for having me. Now,
I hope you had an amazing birthday. As I told you,
you and my mom or birthday twins, So I hope
you all had a great time celebrating absolutely well.
Speaker 2 (01:13):
Look, happy birthday to her. I owe her gift.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
Thank you.
Speaker 1 (01:16):
Speaking of her, we heard your story at the Kamala
Harris rally. How you take care of her? You take
good care of her. And at that same rally, Kamala
Harris went on stage and talked about her plan for
caregivers and now that she didn't win, what is your
plan for caregivers in the State of Georgia.
Speaker 3 (01:32):
Yeah, no, and I know I appreciate that question. You know,
I've been a caregiver for my mom for ten years.
My wife and I have done a lot for she
lived with us for many of those years, and she's
lived in an assistant living facility and now living in
a nursing home. And I've seen how the State of
Georgia does not provide enough resources for seniors and their caregivers,
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and in many instances, seniors and caregivers are being driven
into bankruptcy. So as governor, I'm going to make sure
that our seniors can age with the dignity and the
love that they have earned and that they deserve. And
we do that by making sure that we expand access
to medicaid, not just in nursing homes, because right now
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we are driving our seniors into nursing homes, but also
ensuring that they can have Medicaid and assistant living assistant
living facilities and at home so that they can stay
in place and age in place. I'm also going to
make sure that we have an agency that is focused
in on aging. Georgia is one of the few states
that does not have a master plan for aging, and
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I want to make sure that there's a department that
caregivers and seniors can go to to get the resources
that they need. Whether it's federal, state or local, there
should be one place that you go to. And what
I have found. My wife is a nurse practitioner, I'm
a lawyer and an elected official, and we had a
really tough time navigating the system and it shouldn't be
that hard to get care for your loved one. To
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make sure that we have an agency that's focused on
that as well.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
Right, and so essentially that that boils down to how
do you think the federal government is going to interfere
with like that plan.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
Well, look, we've seen, yeah, we've seen a lot of
chaos and destruction happening in DC. And what I know
is that we need to make sure that we are
protecting our most vulnerable populations. And that's why as governor,
I'm going to make sure that we fight back against
the chaos and destruction that's going on in Washington, d C.
The first thing we need to do is speak up
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and speak out. We've seen Brian Kent be silent and
it has not helped Georgians. It hasn't helped people like
my mom. And because of the big and ugly bill
that Donald Trump got through the Congress, we're going to
see nursing homes at risk of closure. We're going to
see rural hospitals at risk of closure. We're going to
see seniors who don't have reliable food options go hungry.
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So the State of Georgia is going to have to
step up and fill in the gap where the federal
government is failed. And unfortunately, too many people across the
state are used to politicians and the old style politics
failing them. And that's what I offer. Noah a new
generational leadership, one that's focused on delivering results, breaking through
the politics of old that it failed too many people,
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and making sure that Georgians have real opportunities at thriving right.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
And and so you're likely going, I I know you
were knocking doors for deever now, but you're likely going
to have to deal with two Republican chambers of House.
Speaker 2 (04:30):
I'm not jinxy. I'm just saying.
Speaker 3 (04:32):
We're gonna work hard against them.
Speaker 2 (04:33):
We're gonna work hard against that.
Speaker 1 (04:34):
So what is the the the the current plan to
work with these Republican chambers and get things done for
the people of Georgia, Because for whatever reason, they don't
want you to get these these these helpful policies through
into your desk.
Speaker 2 (04:48):
How are you gonna how are you gonna work with them?
Speaker 3 (04:50):
Yeah? Well, look, we're we're gonna have to make sure.
And I'm confident that the coalition that I am building
right now, which includes Democrats but also includes independent and
Republicans who are tired of what Donald Trump is doing
in DC and the silence that we're hearing from Republican
leaders here in Georgia. We're building that coalition, and I'm
confident that I will be able to work with legislators
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on the other side to pass things like Medicaid expansion,
to make sure that we're fully funding education, that we're
expanding universal or expanding early learning. But in the instances
where they don't cooperate, now we got to play hardball.
I'm someone who plays basketball. I'll played basketball this morning,
and I know when I have to throw elbow. I
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know when I need to pass the ball and when
I need to shoot the game when it's shot. And
if they're not going to cooperate, then we got to
throw some bows. And the ultimate bow that the governor
has is the veto pen and that's a power that
they cannot take away from me, and that's a power
that I will use when I'm governor to make sure
that we move Georgia forward. And here's the thing. We
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need a governor that's going to be committed to serving
in this office for two terms, which is why I
talk to people about how this is a ten year commitment.
It's two years of campaigning and it's eight years of
being governor. Because we have to make sure that we
have fair maps so that we can have a legislature
that represents the state of Georgia. And in order to
do that, we have to have a governor that wins
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next year but will also be governor in twenty thirty
and have a seat at the table when register tream
comes around. And I am looking forward to being that
governor that is finally going to bring fair maps to Georgia.
Speaker 2 (06:24):
Yeah, and I was proud to support you.
Speaker 1 (06:28):
I've never done an interview with the candidate, my candidate
that I'm supporting, and I was so excited to support you.
Two recent news, Trump tries to hype it that up.
Trump tries to bring ice to Atlanta.
Speaker 2 (06:41):
What do you do?
Speaker 3 (06:42):
Yeah, Look, the first thing we have to do is
we have to say something about it, not be silent
about it. And we saw ice raid a plant in Hyundai,
the Hundai plant and outside of Savannah and Brian County,
and we saw Brian Kemp say very little. Silence does
not help us when it comes to fighting against the
chaos and destruction that is coming from Donald Trump. We
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have to stand up to the bully in the White House,
and we do that by standing tall with Ye I'm tall,
I'm six six, I'm not six seven. By the way,
don't do that I have a ten year old and
a seven year old and they they all the time,
six to seven all the time. But look, we have
to stand tall, and we have to stand tall with
the community. We have to have business leaders, we have
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to have community leaders. We have to have students and
teachers standing together calling out Donald Trump on his authoritarianism.
The other thing we have to do is use every
tool in our toolbox, legal legislative to stop them from
continuing to rain terror in our communities and to make
sure that they stop the politicization that we're seeing, whether
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it's with ICE or any other federal agency. And I
believe that if we stand tall, if we throw our
bows against the bully in the White House, that he's
going to back down. And we've seen that all across
the country. When someone stands tall against Donald Trump, he
tends to back down. And when I'm governor, I'm going
to make sure that we stand tall for the State
of Georgia.
Speaker 1 (08:05):
There we go, speaking of these bows. We keep hearing
about the bows. You have opponents, Senator, you have a
lot of opponents. What differentiates you from each of your opponents.
I'm not going to make you go name by name
because I know you're going to take your way out
of it. Let me be clear, So what differentiates you
from your opponents?
Speaker 3 (08:22):
Yeah, well, look, I will tell you that what Georgians
are looking for is a governor that is going to
deliver results for them and is going to stay laser
focused on their needs. And I am someone that has
a record of delivering for Georgia. I am someone who
is delivered for Georgians as a board member on the
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Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education, has delivered in the
state Senate, and I'm going to deliver as governor. But
I also have a vision for the future, a vision
that focuses on the health, wealth and opportunities that Georgians want.
And I'm going to make sure that we build a
state where no matter where you live in the state,
you have the opportunity you thrive. But I also have
the lived experiences. Noah, I don't need a policy memo
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to talk to him, to tell me and inform me
about the everyday struggles of Georgian's across this state. I've
lived it. I've lived it as a parent, I've lived
it as a caregiver, I've lived it as a small
business owner. And those those are the qualities that we
need in our next governor. And I'm the only candidate
in this race that can build a coalition that it's
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going to take to win the primary and the general election.
And that's what we need. We need someone who can
win both and I'm the candidate for governor to do that.
Now you can ask me about specific candidates. Now I'll
talk to you about them.
Speaker 1 (09:38):
Say God, He'll talk to me about on God. Okay, Senator,
there is no I want to make it clear. I
want to put a pin in this. I'm eclip this.
There is no candidate that will outright say I will
say anything.
Speaker 2 (09:52):
I will say something about my opponent. They usually wiggle
their way out of it. We're going to get to that.
I'm excited for that.
Speaker 3 (09:58):
So, Senator, just that kind of transparency that people are
looking for. They want someone who is going to speak
to them frankly, and whether you're doing it on TikTok
or on Instagram, or are you doing it face to
face in person. People need a governor that can be
held accountable and is going to speak truth to power.
And I am someone that will stand tall and speak
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to people and tell them what's going on and how
I can better their lives. And it includes talking about
why my opponents are not the right right candidates for
at this moment.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
I'm so excited for that and you know it. So
you spoke about your experience on the APS board. I
want to ask you what can a governor fix in
the schools without a state legislator without having to call
a bunch of Republicans say hey, kind of need the funding.
They say, no, I don't giving you that.
Speaker 2 (10:47):
What's your like, what can you get passed without a legislator?
Speaker 3 (10:51):
Yeah? Well, look, I will tell you that my desires
to make sure we work with the legislature, and I
think that there are a lot of the issues that
are important to me when it comes to education that
we can get through the legislature. For example, expanding early
learning in this state, making sure that no one, no
child in this state goes without early learning opportunities. And
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that means expanding early education to ensure that we can
provide three and four year olds with pre K. It
also means lowering the cost of childcare for those babies
whose parents need to go to work right now. Noah,
parents across this state have to quit their job or
get fired because they can't afford childcare. As governor, I'm
going to make sure that they're able to go to work.
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I also want to make sure that we fully fund
the public education system. We have a funding formula that
is over forty years old, and we need to make
sure that we bring our public education system into this century.
And we do that by making sure it's fully funded.
That will help rural schools. The last thing that I
want to make sure that we focus on, and I
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can do this as governor and not necessarily need legislative support,
is invest in strong apprenticeship programs. I want to make
sure that kids who want to go to college are
able to do so, but if we don't. If they don't,
we need to make sure that they we put dignity
back into work. And I'm going to invest in apprenticeship
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programs to provide a young adults a pathway to a
good paying job without needing to go to college. And
that means having a strong technical college system that is
accessible and affordable to Georgians all across the state. It's
those kinds of things that I can get done with
and without the legislature that Georgians are excited about all
across the state.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
So Senator, it's going to get spicy.
Speaker 3 (12:37):
Yeah, all right, let's get put some spice on it.
Speaker 1 (12:40):
So, Senator, I want to ask you, speaking of the legislator,
you were one of the shining people in the state,
legislator that everyone was, that everyone is still excited about
even after you resigned.
Speaker 2 (12:50):
Why did you resign?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Yeah? Well, look, I enjoyed and it was an honor
of my life to serve the people of the thirty
fifth district. And I also know that my constituents in
the thirty fifth district and across the state are facing
significant challenges and it requires bold leadership, and it requires
new solutions. The same old politics are not going to work. No,
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and you know that well. And in order for us
to elect the new generation and leadership, the generational leadership
that I represent, I'm going to have to put my
whole heart into this campaign. And it's hard for me
to be able to campaign across this state while at
the same time serving my constituents in the legislature, and
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I thought it was unfair to them for me to
be focused fully on the campaign. So because of that,
I resigned and I think that that is a great
opportunity to elect someone who can represent the district while
at the same time allowing me to campaign all across
this state over the next several months and to make
sure that I win the primary, because I'm the only
candidate in this race that can build a coalition that's
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going to take to win the primary and the general election.
And I don't want that opportunity to go to waste
because I have to continue to focus on the legislature.
Speaker 2 (14:03):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (14:04):
And here's a I guess by center. So I was
at an event and one of your opponents said to me,
why are you endorsing him when I've served five terms
and he did too. What were your accomplishments in the legislator?
What is your response?
Speaker 2 (14:19):
It as you shry to go play basketball. What I'm like,
give me your reaction there.
Speaker 3 (14:23):
Well, look, I was in the legislature long enough to
know what works and what doesn't. And I'm the only
candidate in this race that has experienced delivering results at
the local level and the state level. I'm someone who
on the school board turned a school system that was
graduating fifty five percent of its kids to a school
system today that is graduating more than ninety percent of
its kids, and its graduation rate is higher than the
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state of Georgia. As a school board member, I made
sure to redirect money from the administration into the classroom,
and I also made sure to protect vulnerable communities across
the school district. At the same time, in the State Senate,
I'm proud of the fact that I lowered the cost
of living, particularly for seniors who were struggling with property
tax bills, and in Atlanta, on the ballot this November,
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my legislation is on the ballot a referendum that would
bring down the cost of living for seniors their property
tax bills up to one thousand dollars. That's important work.
And not only that, I worked across the isle in
the State Senate to make sure that we expanded access
to healthcare for teachers and for state workers. And then
I advocated for fully funding education and making sure that
we were protecting our most vulnerable communities from the attacks
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by Republican leaders. So in my years of public service,
I'm someone that brings a record of delivering results at
the local and state level, and that's the kind of
leadership we're going to need in the governor's office. And
I'm the only candidate in this race that has that
kind of experience.
Speaker 1 (15:48):
Okay, see I might do something here, Senator. Yeah, so
I didn't say name.
Speaker 2 (15:53):
Why isn't Derek Jackson the choice? Why not?
Speaker 3 (15:57):
Look, at the end of the day, you have to
be able to build a coalition that takes to win.
And that means being able to crisscross the state and
talk to people about the issues that matter. It means
having a record of delivering results. It means having the
lived experiences. It means being able to raise the money
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and do the work that it takes. And I'm the
only candidate in this race that can do all of
those things. And I appreciate my former colleague in the House,
But what Georgia needs at this moment is Jason Stevez
for governor.
Speaker 2 (16:31):
There we go and where what website can they support?
They can?
Speaker 3 (16:34):
Yeah, so they can go to www dot Jasonstevez dot com,
or they can follow me on social media at Jason
Stevez on all the media.
Speaker 2 (16:42):
Poporay, we're talking about a new generation of leadership center.
Speaker 1 (16:44):
But you just said ww dot dot com.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
You're right, You're right, My bad. Yeah, just visit with
Jason savez dot com.
Speaker 2 (16:52):
Y'all there it is.
Speaker 1 (16:54):
So, what I want to ask you is this is
something I did with Stacy Abrams too. I think it's
pretty fun.
Speaker 3 (16:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 1 (16:59):
Well, first thing before we get into that, what's your
thoughts on SPLOSS. There's a few splots on the ballot
this year, there's gonna be splats on the ballot next year.
Speaker 2 (17:06):
How do you feel about flaws?
Speaker 3 (17:07):
Yeah, So SPLOS is a way for school districts and
local government to ensure that certain infrastructure projects are being
paid for, and it is done through sales taxes. And
I will tell you that it is a sign that
local government, whether it's school systems or cities or counties,
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need more resources for infrastructure, and the State of Georgia
should be doing a lot more to support those cities, counties,
and school districts. But I'm supportive of efforts that try
to reduce the burden on taxpayers, on property tax owners,
in particular to help support our families in our communities.
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So I am generally force bloss. That being said, I
always want to make sure that elected officials are held accountable.
And if an elected official, if a government is asking
voters to approve a sploss, then they should be transparent
about what those projects are and transparent about how they
have delivered results from prior splos for taxpayers, for constituents.
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So I expect voters, and I know voters are smart,
smart enough to ask their elected officials to show proof
that their splos dollars are actually going to projects that
they approve.
Speaker 1 (18:25):
Yeah, and and splos goes through your chain, your old chamber,
the legislator.
Speaker 3 (18:30):
Right, well, no splos happens at the local levels.
Speaker 2 (18:33):
Teach me something.
Speaker 3 (18:34):
Yeah, so splos ultimately, the whole law that allowed splos
to happen did happen in the legislature. But each school, district,
city council, county commission authorizes a splost or there's law.
There are different sales tax funding mechanisms that are that
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have to be authorized by the local government.
Speaker 1 (18:58):
A quick pause for the car stick around. Here's what's
not fair, senator. Yeah, so I'm looking and I've never
not liked this loss. I'm looking at Tennessee. Their sales
tax is nine percent. They also have no state income tax.
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If you go to where you're from, go down to Columbus,
the sales tax is nine percent with the state income tax.
So center, why is it fair that Tennessee gets to
pay nothing in state income tax? Yeah, in nine percent
sales tax, and then Columbus asplays state income tax and
a nine percent stage.
Speaker 3 (19:38):
Yeah. Well, look, I think that we are clearly having
an affordability crisis in the state, and as governor, I'm
going to look into limiting the sales the income tax,
limiting the income tax, making sure that we're looking at that.
That being said, we have sixteen billion dollars sitting in
a bank account that Brian Kemp is hoarding. We have
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an additional two billion dollars in the Georgia Lottery Fund,
and we have a lot of issues, whether it's our
healthcare crisis, whether it's our education system, whether it's our
housing crisis where people can afford to rent, buy, or
downsize their homes. I want to make sure that we
are using our resources to support our families, to invest
in our community and to build a better Georgia. So
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we have to make sure that we look at all
options to bring down the cost of living and at
the same time invest in community. That being said, Noah,
I encourage you to look at what they are paying
in property taxes in Tennessee and what they're paying in
fees in Tennessee, because all that plays into how much
people are paying on the ground. And what I don't
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want from Georgians is or for Georgians, is for us
to lower or fully eliminate the income tax. And then
we raise the sales tax, we raise fees, we raise
property taxes, and people feel more of a burden than
they did before. So it's going to take time for
us to study and to make sure we come up
with the best solution. But know that I am a
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governor that's going to make sure that we lower the
cost of living in the state.
Speaker 1 (21:09):
I've told accountants this, that's what producers and now have
potentially the next governor who we're gonna who we're gonna
put in the Governor's mansion in front of me to
say this, Senator, I want a golf cart.
Speaker 2 (21:19):
I want to get a golf card.
Speaker 1 (21:21):
So by eliminating that state income tax, I can get
some golf cards. I could, I can make something happen
with golf carts and stuff. But that state income tax
is such a burden on the people of Georgia. Can
you please eliminate it. Please, I'm begging you.
Speaker 2 (21:33):
Please.
Speaker 3 (21:33):
We will look into it. We will look into we
will look into it.
Speaker 2 (21:36):
Sound god, We're okay.
Speaker 1 (21:38):
So Senator, we're gonna get into that fun part we
were talking about where I'm gonna we're gonna innocently name
some opponents.
Speaker 2 (21:44):
You're gonna say why they're not the choice.
Speaker 3 (21:46):
I thought you said fine and innocent. That's not innocent.
Speaker 2 (21:51):
We'll see.
Speaker 1 (21:51):
So New Canada's dropped jumped in real Roman, very nice person.
Speaker 2 (21:57):
Why not the choice?
Speaker 3 (21:59):
I think you have to be able to build the
coalition that's going to take the win, and that includes Democrats,
those who are progressives, those who are moderates and conservative,
includes independence and Republicans ultimately in November to win. And
I'm someone that has a proven record of having done
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that and can do that.
Speaker 2 (22:22):
So I'll say that, okay, Jeff Duncan.
Speaker 3 (22:26):
Yeah, Look, I welcome anyone to the Democratic Party and
appreciate Jeff Duncan making that switch. But I heard a
while ago you don't join a church one month and
then the next month come in and say that you're
going to be senior pastor and then tell the congregation
that if they don't make you senior pastor that they're
going to lose. That's the argument that Jeff Duncan is making,
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having spent years fighting against Medicaid expansion, cheering on an
abortion ban that killed innocent women, refusing to help rural
hospitals who were being strained by the lack of Medicaid expansion.
That whole time I was working for those causes, trying
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to expand access to healthcare, trying to protect our women,
trying to make sure that we were saving rural hospitals.
Voters are not going to forget Jeff Duncan's record, and
as a result, he's not going to be able to
build that coalition in the primary to win.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
Okay, there we go, spicy centers. I there it is.
Mike Thurman.
Speaker 3 (23:31):
Yeah. Look, I appreciate the former CEO's service to our
state and to Tacab County. And while there are a
lot of folks that are looking backwards and where Georgia
has been, I am a candidate that is looking forward
and looking at the potential that Georgia has, and that's
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what Jordans are looking for in their governor.
Speaker 2 (23:54):
Right. Keisha land Spots, Yeah, I leave you alone.
Speaker 3 (23:59):
I have been a resident of the city of Atlanta,
including her time mayor, and I believe that that Georgians
will not forget what was happening in this city during
her tenure, and she will have a hard time building
the coalition to win not only the primary but the
general election because of it.
Speaker 1 (24:20):
Okay, on a better note, tell me about your coalition
who were pulling together. I was trying my best to
explain to someone what areas does he pull in?
Speaker 2 (24:27):
I was like, I don't know, he would knocking doors
for Jevis Shigley. I'm a sof read, I don't know.
So what is your coalition? Like?
Speaker 3 (24:33):
Yeah, so look, I am proud of the coalition that
we're building. It includes endorsers like you, Noah. It includes
Jason Carter, the former GOREO neit and grandson of Jimmy Carter.
It includes people like Sheete Williams, who is the mom
of Amber Nicole Herman, who died because of Georgia's abortion band.
But it also includes more than fifty elected officials from
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across the state, legislators, city councilmen, mayors from across Georgia,
and as I crisscross the state, what people want is
someone who represents the new generational leadership, and I'm someone
who has the record, who has the lived experiences, and
has a vision for the state. And that combination is
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what is attracting voters both young and more seasoned from
across Georgia. And look, there are a lot of these
voters are in Metro Atlanta, but we are also earning
votes across the state. We were just in Southeast Georgia
a couple of days ago. We were in Savannah for
the third time in three months a day before that,
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and next week we're going to be going down to
South Georgia. We'll be in Thomasville, be in Valdosta, we'll
be in Albany, and we'll be talking to voters about
these same very issues. So my coalition is broad. It's
why I'm receiving so many of these great endorsements. But
it's also why there's a lot of energy behind my
campaign and specifically my leadership.
Speaker 2 (26:00):
That brings me.
Speaker 1 (26:00):
So you're going to these rural areas and you're really
knocking the doors. You just doing these events.
Speaker 3 (26:06):
We're not taking any vote for granted, and in order
to win this state, not only the primary, but in general, election,
We're gonna have to meet voters where they are, and
that means going to red counties just like we go
to blue counties. A couple weeks ago, I was in
Stevens County in North Georgia, a county that has voted
eighty percent for Donald Trump. Right, if we are able
to narrow that margin. Right now, it's eighty twenty. But
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next year, because we're talking about health, wealth and opportunity,
we're able to lower that margin to make it a
seventy thirty county. We win the state of Georgia, we
flip this seat, and I become governor. That's the kind
of work and organizing that we're going to have to
do over the next year to win this state.
Speaker 2 (26:49):
That's right.
Speaker 1 (26:50):
And I almost forgot because I got so excited about
you talking about your opponents.
Speaker 2 (26:55):
The fun game that we were supposed to play. I
did this was I.
Speaker 3 (26:57):
Thought we deplayed the fun game that we were supposed
to play.
Speaker 1 (27:00):
Game is something I've done with Stacy Abrams. I name
a few counties in Georgia. You tell me what you
think about them, the role they play in the election,
and what comes to your mind when you think of it.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Chatham County.
Speaker 3 (27:14):
So I was just there a couple of days ago.
Love Chatham County, and it plays a very important role
in the state of Georgia and in this election, not
just because of its location, but because the port is there,
and that's the economic engine of our state.
Speaker 2 (27:30):
Is it really?
Speaker 3 (27:31):
It is? It is. It is the economic engine of
our state. Billions of dollars goes through that port and
Georgia has had the economic success that it's had because
of it. So it's important for economic development. But it's
also important because of the people and the tourism that
go that that that visit Savannah every single every single year.
Speaker 1 (27:53):
I mean center realistically, who's like in California to be like, oh,
we going to Savannah this weekend, y'all.
Speaker 3 (27:58):
A whole bunch. It's one of the top bachelorette bachelor
party destination is the entire country. And I will tell you, Noah,
and I know you're along way away from this, but
there are a ton of people who go to retire
in Savannah, Tybee Island, Saint Simon's, Brunswick on down to
the on down the coast, who move from California, who
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move from New York and I met them a couple
days ago. Every every visit, I always ask people where
they're from. And you have a lot of folks who
are from Chatham County, but there are a lot of
people who come from different parts of of the country
and they go to retire there. So it's a very
important part of the state. It's a it's a blue
you're gonna retirement.
Speaker 2 (28:40):
We're going to retire them, opponents We talked, that's right.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
All right, I like that energy. Let's do it. But no,
Savannah is very important, which is why I've been there
three three times in the last three months. The Cab Look,
the Cab is the neighbor to Fulton County over to
the east and is incredibly important, home of the CDC,
home of my alma mater, Emory University School Law, and
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a critical county for any Democrat.
Speaker 1 (29:11):
It's confusing though, because like it's rule and I'm like,
and then you have North Drug with hills, what is
that about? Like you have Decatur and then you have Decatur.
Speaker 3 (29:22):
Well, look, I think you have parts of the Cab
County that they don't have as much development. But what
I also see in the Cab County is a tale
of two counties, two communities, and there's a lot of
investment and protection that people in South to Cab have
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been asking for for a long time. And I appreciate
the CEO, Lorraine A. Cochrane for what she's doing because
she is paying a lot of attention to South to
Cab and it's that kind of leadership that we're going
to need across the state, which is why I'm so
focused on criss crossing the state and talking to people
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in South Georgia because in the same way that South
to Cabe feels ignored, South Georgia and Middle Georgia field
just as ignored. And I'm going to make sure that
we expand access to healthcare, that we increase the quality
of our education system in those parts of the state,
and that we're bringing good paying jobs to South and
Middle Georgia. And it's that same energy that the Cab
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County wants.
Speaker 1 (30:29):
The good CEO right center the good See I didn't
say you say that, was me Hewett.
Speaker 3 (30:35):
Yeah, one of the most if not the most diverse
county in the entire state, incredibly important for the election,
but is also emerging as an economic engine for the
state of Georgia. There are estimates know of that in
the next twenty years. I think it's twenty years, Gwenette
will have more people than Fulton County and Fulton County
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is currently the county with the most residvidence in it,
So Gwinnette will be will be that big in the
next twenty years. So it's incredibly important. But here's the
here's why it matters for democratic politics because when Gwinnett
County turns out, Democrats win. When Gwinnett County stays home,
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Democrats lose. And there's no better example of that than
in twenty twenty, twenty twenty one and twenty twenty four.
In twenty twenty twenty twenty one, Ginnette County showed up.
We not only f flip seats in the legislature, but
we elected Joe Biden, and we elected Ralph hill Warnock
and John Ossoff. In twenty twenty four, many parts of
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Gwinnett's stayed home. We saw a turnout. We can not
be as strong and as under parts of the state,
and as a result, Kamala Harris lost. So my plan, though,
is to make sure that we invest heavily in making
sure that the Gwennett County turns out because I know
that if we organizing in places like Gwinnett and Cobb County,
then then we win. Cobb, a county that I represented
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in the legislature, the very important when it comes to
a lot of fortune, five hundred companies being headquartered there.
But we also have the Atlanta Braves Kennesaw State University,
which is my wife's alma mater. But you have a
state that recently in the last decade flip from red
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to blue, and Cobb is an example of coalition building
where the elected the Democrats in Cobb work across the aisle,
They work with Republicans, they work with independents to deliver
and the chairwoman, Lisa Keipit, for example, has been doing
that and it's emblematic of the leadership that we need
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in the state. One that wins elections by building coalitions,
but then once we're in office, is not afraid to
work across island. That's the type of governor I'm going
to be. I'm going to be the type of governor
that is going to build a coalition, is going to
take to win the primary and the general election, and
then once we are in the governor's office. I'm going
to make sure that I work across the aisle and
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deliver results for Georgians all across the state, regardless of
their political party.
Speaker 1 (33:13):
Yeah, and now you know, with no de barrasso, we'll
be right back.
Speaker 2 (33:22):
Some fund center.
Speaker 1 (33:23):
Tell me about the endorsements you got, we got Jason
Carter recently, tell me about all this.
Speaker 3 (33:29):
Yeah, so proud to have the support of Jason Carter.
And he is someone who knows Georgia well, obviously the
grandson of President Jimmy Carter, but who has campaigned across
this state as the Democratic nominee for governor, and he
is a firend, but he also knows what Georgia needs
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right now to meet this moment. And as I told you,
what Georgia needs is someone who has a record, who
has a vision, and who has lived experiences. And Jason
acknowledge that that I am the only one in this
race that can meet this moment. And the other fun
tidbit about Jason, specifically his grandfather, is that his grandfather
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was a former school board member, really a former state
senator who became governor and that and I don't even know,
I'm not even thinking about that. I'm thinking about the
fact that that in many ways I'm following his path
to the governor's.
Speaker 2 (34:29):
Office and somewhere else too.
Speaker 3 (34:31):
No, I don't know about that. I'm talking about the
governor's office, the one downtown Atlanta, going from the State
Senate into the going from the school board in the
State Senate, and then delivering for the state of Georgia
in the governor's office.
Speaker 2 (34:44):
Yeah, and another never mind.
Speaker 1 (34:45):
Okay, So tell me about your endorsement. You got the
endorsement of the mother of Amber Thurman, Yeah, who died
as a result to Georgia's lawless, crazy abortion man.
Speaker 3 (34:55):
Yeah. And I am honored to have Chett Williams endorsement.
And it means a lot as a father, as a husband,
to a nurse practitioner who has seen women who have struggled.
And I will tell you that in Georgia we have
a maternal mortality crisis, especially for black women, where black
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women are dying at a higher rate than anyone else
and Georgia's abortion ban is a key reason for that.
And what we saw was that politicians who are anti women,
politicians like Brian Kemp, Jeff Duncan, Chris Carr Burt Jones
were literally celebrating signing the abortion ban, and within months
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we saw women on the verge of death, and we
saw specifically black women dying as a result of that ban.
That's why I'm committed as governor on day one to
starting the work to reverse the abortion ban and to
repeal it. And I will tell you that we will
tackle the maternal mortality crisis in Georgia, one that causes
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preventable deaths across the state. Under my watch, especially with
my wife Ariel being first Lady, We're going to make
sure that no one in this state, no woman in
the state, dies a preventable death. Is excited first, absolutely,
she is. We were at an event yesterday, Women for Jason,
and she's very excited, and that's because we both have
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a heart for service. We want to leave our communities
better than what we found it. And Ariel is someone
who is has been a registered nurse. Now she's a
nurse practitioner, and she wants to work on healthcare. She
wants to make sure that Georgians are healthier, and for her,
that starts with tackling the maternal mortality crisis. But she
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also wants to do stuff around mental health another area
know where Georgia is lagging far behind every other state.
We have one of the worst mental health systems in
the entire country, and I'm excited to work with my
wife and others to make sure that Georgians are healthier.
Speaker 1 (37:08):
So the mental health thing, your colleague one you were
friends with. Yeah, I went on eleven Alive and I
was very excited to call out your colleague, Nicki Merritt
for a harmful social media bill that would allegedly, and
I'm doing the Bunny Years audio help the children of
Georgia by limiting social media under fourteen. That's harmless, and
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that's harmful since that is a Democrat, I was so
surprised to see it was a Democrat yet alone her.
How do you feel about that bill?
Speaker 3 (37:41):
Yeah, it was well. Look, I love Nicki Merritt. First
of all, I love Nicki Merritt. She's a great servant
for the constituent, her constituents in Gwennett County and across
the state of Georgia. And I think that what she
intended was to make sure that that the harmful impacts
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of social media don't affect our children. Now will say
that the method may not have been the appropriate way.
But here's what I'll tell you now, is that there's
some good that comes from there's some good that comes
from social media, but there are a lot of harmful
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impacts that come from social media, not just for children,
also for adults. So we have to do what we
can to make sure more people touch grass. We have
to make sure that more people touch grass. We have
to have more face to face interactions. And here's what
I would tell you. I believe that social media can
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be a force for good if it if it promoted
more meaningful interactions. A lot of our social media right
now does not. But that's why things like podcasts are
good good right because they promote some some meaningful interaction.
Touch we touch grass. But that's why I think that
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what we need to do is make sure that we
are thinking about these mental health issues. Because it is
undeniably that the number of suicides, the number of mental
health incidents amongst our children have dramatically increased in the
last twenty years, and and there's a direct coalation correlation
with that with the rise of social media. So we
(39:30):
have to we have to do what we can to
tackle that. My plan is to make sure that we
have the mental health providers, the therapists, the facilities, the
clinics that are needed so that Georgians can get the
mental health support that they need.
Speaker 2 (39:46):
Is a great thing.
Speaker 3 (39:47):
Yeah, But at the same time, another piece of that
plan is making sure we all touch grass.
Speaker 2 (39:52):
There we go. That's different centre.
Speaker 1 (39:54):
That's like when when we spoke on the phone before
I endorsed you, you knew all the terms and I
was like, that qualifies you alone. So yeah, and I
was I was happy to endorse you. Right when you
jumped in, I was told it's going to be very hard.
Are there be really hard to reach the senator today?
He just launched his campaign. On the day you launched
your campaign, I gave you a call and he picked
(40:15):
up and so and it was it was really exciting.
And and the day you launched, they were like, you're
not going to You're not well.
Speaker 3 (40:23):
I appreciate your support. I've been following you for for
a while and you do you do great work. And
we've seen that with this podcast, we've seen that with
your interviews. Thank you, and it's an honor to have
your supports. And look, we're going to work together to
flip this state next year and finish the job, make
sure that we have a democratic governor, to make sure
(40:45):
that we have a democratic legislature, and and and that
is going to transform the face of leadership in this state,
not just next year, but for generations to come.
Speaker 2 (40:55):
It's right.
Speaker 1 (40:55):
And Senator I am so so thankful for you coming
on now, you know with my and you what's the
website again?
Speaker 3 (41:02):
Noww dot Jasonestevez dot com, social media at Jason Stevez.
Speaker 1 (41:07):
And we made a great video at your office. They
can go watch that as well.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
People loved it and if you don't know, now you
know I love it. Thank you, Senator, I appreciate you really,
thank you.
Speaker 1 (41:21):
And that was Center Sves. It was really an incredible conversation.
What stuck with me the most is that he was
not afraid to name these opponents and say why they're
not the choice for Georgia. Most people that you're gonna
see on this midterm series will wiggle their way out
of responding to these kind of questions. And what we're
gonna do is we're gonna hold them accountable. I want
(41:42):
you to take something from this upcoming midterm series. I
want you to learn a little bit about the candidate.
I want you to listen to all of their perspectives.
I want you to listen to all of their ideas,
whether you were considering voting.
Speaker 2 (41:52):
For them or not. And every candidate that we interview here.
Speaker 1 (41:55):
Is not going to be someone I support, gonna be
Murky Waters here, and we're also gonna interview Republic. So
on this midterm series, it's gonna be great. You're gonna
like it, and you can find on Now you Know,
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