How they've helped
Real stories from local areas all over Georgia, with a source link on every one so you can check it yourself.
Real stories from local areas all over Georgia, with a source link on every one so you can check it yourself.
Talk is cheap. Here are real things the people on this ballot have already done for Georgia communities. Every story has a source link. More stories are being added.
Gainesville · Hall County
Northeast Georgia is getting a new inland rail port in Gainesville. Senators Ossoff and Warnock announced the federal grant that pays for it. The port links local businesses straight to the Port of Savannah by train. That means new jobs, and fewer big trucks crowding I-85 and I-985.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff, with Sen. Warnock
Source: Sen. Ossoff's office ↗Savannah · Brunswick · Cobb County
The ports of Savannah and Brunswick support thousands of Georgia jobs. Georgia's senators won federal money to upgrade them so they can move more goods, along with help for a transportation project in Cobb County.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff, with Sen. Warnock
Source: Sen. Ossoff's office ↗Macon · statewide
At the Elaine H. Lucas Senior Center in Macon, Senator Ossoff told a room of seniors about a law he backed that caps insulin at $35 a month for people on Medicare. Before the cap, some Georgia seniors paid hundreds of dollars a month for the very same medicine.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: WGXA Macon ↗Statewide
Georgia Power bills went down by about $4 a month for a typical home after the Public Service Commission approved a rate cut in May 2026. Commissioner Peter Hubbard voted for the deal and pushed for changes he said would have saved customers even more.
Who helped: Peter Hubbard, PSC District 3
Source: Rough Draft Atlanta ↗Atlanta · English Avenue
Thirty-one older apartments in the English Avenue neighborhood were restored into quality, affordable rental homes with on-site laundry and free high-speed Wi-Fi. Twenty of them come with subsidized rent through Atlanta Housing, which keeps the monthly cost within reach. Neighbors get first priority: people who already live or work nearby, parents of Booker T. Washington students, and graduates of neighborhood schools. As mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms worked with the Westside Future Fund to make it happen.
Who helped: Keisha Lance Bottoms
Source: Westside Future Fund ↗Atlanta · city court
In her first weeks as mayor, Keisha Lance Bottoms signed a law ending cash bail for most minor offenses in Atlanta's city court. "People should not be held in jail because they cannot pay bond," she said. Before the change, one man spent 72 days in jail over a $200 bond he could not pay. His charge: holding a panhandling sign. In one year, at least 890 people sat in jail simply because they could not afford to get out.
Who helped: Keisha Lance Bottoms
Source: Southern Center for Human Rights ↗Atlanta · city jail
In 2018, families were being separated at the border, and Atlanta's city jail was holding people for federal immigration agents. Mayor Bottoms ordered the jail to stop taking new ICE detainees, saying she did not want the city to be part of it. She later made the change permanent.
Who helped: Keisha Lance Bottoms
Source: The Hill ↗ · City of Atlanta ↗Albany · Southwest Georgia
Southwest Georgia does not have enough nurses. Congressman Sanford Bishop delivered federal money to Albany Technical College so more local people can train for nursing jobs and fill those roles close to home.
Who helped: Sanford Bishop, GA-02
Source: Rep. Bishop's office ↗Metro Atlanta suburbs · statewide
When someone is a danger to themselves or others, Georgia's crisis programs let family members, doctors, teachers, and police ask a court to temporarily keep guns out of that person's hands. Congresswoman Lucy McBath announced new federal support for these programs. She came to Congress after losing her own son, Jordan Davis, to gun violence.
Who helped: Lucy McBath, GA-06
Source: Rep. McBath's office ↗Snellville · Gwinnett County
Katherine Juhan-Arnold's nonprofit farm, Baby Katie's Pharm & Kitchen in Snellville, brings low-income neighborhoods together through gardening. Families get fresh fruits and vegetables they could not otherwise afford. They also learn to grow their own food, sell what they raise, and work toward supporting themselves within two years.
Who helped: Katherine Juhan-Arnold
Source: The Atlanta Journal-Constitution ↗ · Baby Katie's ↗Cuthbert · Randolph County
When its hospital closed in 2020, Randolph County went five years without one. Congressman Sanford Bishop won federal money to bring it back, with a 24-hour emergency room in the plans. First crack at the new jobs goes to former hospital workers and local residents. "Finally, Cuthbert and Randolph County get some good news," resident Karen Gilbert told a local TV station.
Who helped: Sanford Bishop, GA-02
Source: Rep. Bishop's office ↗ · WALB News ↗Columbus · Muscogee County
Columbus's Historic Harlem Business District is getting reinvestment, and Girls Inc. of Columbus is getting support for its learning programs for local kids. Congressman Bishop won the federal funding for both. It backs jobs and after-school help in neighborhoods that need them.
Who helped: Sanford Bishop, GA-02
Source: Rep. Bishop's office ↗Downtown Atlanta
The downtown connector highway split Atlanta neighborhoods apart decades ago. The Stitch, a park that will be built over the highway, will reconnect them, link to the BeltLine, and open new space for homes and green space. Congresswoman Nikema Williams announced the federal investment that makes it possible.
Who helped: Nikema Williams, GA-05
Source: Rep. Williams' office ↗DeKalb · Gwinnett · Newton · Rockdale
Federal money secured by Congressman Hank Johnson is helping build a YMCA in South DeKalb, housing for survivors of domestic violence, safer sidewalks and crossings on the way to MARTA stops, and new trails and ball fields. Local leaders helped pick each project, so the help goes where neighbors said it was needed most.
Who helped: Hank Johnson, GA-04
Source: Rep. Johnson's office ↗Statewide
Senator Ossoff wrote the Federal Prison Oversight Act with members of both parties. Congresswoman Lucy McBath helped lead it in the House. It became law in 2024. Now independent inspectors can check on federal prisons. That includes the troubled Atlanta federal prison that Ossoff dug into.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff and Lucy McBath
Source: Georgia Public Broadcasting ↗Augusta · Georgia's military towns
Military families at Fort Eisenhower near Augusta reported mold and slow repairs in their housing. Senator Ossoff investigated. He then backed new rules, now signed into law. They let the Army replace rundown barracks and raise housing pay for young service members with families.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Coastal Courier ↗Atlanta · nationwide
Nikki Porcher's Atlanta nonprofit, Buy From A Black Woman, has given grants, training, and a national spotlight to Black women business owners. Its Inspire Tour traveled the country sending shoppers to those businesses, starting from its home base in Georgia.
Who helped: Nikki Porcher
Source: Word In Black ↗Augusta · rural East Georgia
Through the Greater Augusta Black Chamber of Commerce's Step Up Program, small business owners around Augusta get a full year of classes on money, planning, and using technology, in person and online. Senators Ossoff and Warnock secured the federal funding that pays for it. Chamber president Ronic West said the help lets them expand support for business owners across the region, with Black-owned businesses at the center.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff, with Sen. Warnock
Source: The Augusta Press ↗Atlanta
During COVID, many Atlanta small businesses could not get a federal PPP loan through a bank. Mayor Bottoms teamed up with Goldman Sachs and the lender Lendistry on an emergency loan fund just for them, so shops and restaurants could keep paying rent and staff. Businesses that kept or rehired their workers could have the loans partly or fully forgiven.
Who helped: Keisha Lance Bottoms
Source: City of Atlanta ↗Athens · Clarke County
Athens small businesses are getting new help to grow. Senator Ossoff secured funding for the University of Georgia to train them to compete for federal contracts. He also won support for the Athens library system. It will add tools, equipment, and programs for people starting businesses.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Sen. Ossoff's office ↗Jonesboro · Clayton County
Clayton County is getting a small business incubator: a shared space where new businesses get low-cost work space, advice, and support until they can stand on their own. Senator Ossoff secured the funding to build it. The same package also helps Gwinnett County's libraries support local entrepreneurs.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Sen. Ossoff's office ↗Statewide · 18 locations
Small business owners can get free coaching at 18 spots across Georgia through the University of Georgia's Small Business Development Center. It focuses on towns outside the big metro areas. Senator Ossoff helped secure new support for the center. The help also lets women and veterans get certified to win more work.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Atlanta News First ↗Dalton · Whitfield County
Dalton was known as the Carpet Capital of the World, but when carpet jobs faded, the town struggled. Today about 2,000 people work at the Qcells solar panel factory, with starting pay around $17.50 to $22 an hour. Workers like Wayne Lock and Alan Rodriguez left hot, heavy carpet mill jobs for climate-controlled work building solar panels. Senator Ossoff wrote the manufacturing incentives that fueled the factory's growth.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Canary Media ↗Blue Ridge · Fannin County
Fannin County's fire department is getting 76 new breathing units and two new pumper trucks. The gear protects the firefighters who run into burning buildings, and it helps them reach mountain homes faster. Senators Ossoff and Warnock delivered the federal funding that pays for it.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff, with Sen. Warnock
Source: Sen. Ossoff's office ↗Calhoun · Gordon County
The Healing Hands Clinic in Calhoun cares for Gordon County families who cannot afford a doctor. Federal support secured by Senator Ossoff is paying for new medical equipment, more treatment rooms, and roof repairs. "This funding is such a blessing and will help us better serve those in need in Gordon County," said clinic director Kimberly Gowens.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff
Source: Calhoun Times ↗Rome · Floyd County
The 130-acre site of the former Northwest Georgia Regional Hospital in Rome sat unused for years. Now it is being turned into an industrial park, bringing manufacturing jobs to one of the least developed parts of the city. Senators Ossoff and Warnock secured the federal money for the redevelopment, and local leaders are guiding the plans.
Who helped: Jon Ossoff, with Sen. Warnock
Source: Rome News-Tribune ↗Rockmart · Polk County
Shawn Harris, the Democratic candidate in Northwest Georgia's 14th District, served the country for 40 years. He started as a Marine, rose to Army brigadier general, led troops in Afghanistan, and took a team into Liberia during the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Today he and his wife Karla raise grass-fed cattle on their first-generation farm in Rockmart.
Who: Shawn Harris, GA-14 candidate
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