Political party Democratic Website [1] Spouse(s) Andrew Name Stacey Evans | Alma mater University of Georgia Education University of Georgia Profession Attorney Party Democratic Party | |
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Role Georgia State Representative Residence Smyrna, Georgia, United States Office Georgia State Representative since 2011 | ||
3 Questions for Stacey Evans
Stacey Evans is a Democratic member of the Georgia House of Representatives. Evans was elected to the House of Representatives in 2010. She represents District 42, a collection of Cobb County Communities that includes Smyrna, Georgia, and Marietta, Georgia.(link). She succeeded Rob Teilhet in a contested election. Evans has been reelected overwhelmingly three additional times, and was targeted by Republicans in the 2016 election. She won reelection in 2016 with 73.25% of the vote, exceeding the percentage that Hillary Clinton received in the district by 12 points.
Contents
- 3 Questions for Stacey Evans
- Rep stacey evans at the hope unity rally
- Georgia General Assembly 2011
- Work on HOPE Scholarship
- 2018 Georgia Governors Race
- References
In addition to serving in the legislature, Evans also founded her own law firm, S.G. Evans Law, LLC.
Rep stacey evans at the hope unity rally
Georgia General Assembly, 2011–
Evans has received numerous awards for her legislative advocacy, including two Arnie awards, the “Super Woman Award” in 2012; and the “Teach Your Children and Colleagues Award” in 2013.
She serves on the Judiciary Committee and has used her position there to protect Georgia’s consumers and make the courts of Georgia fair and open. In 2015, Evans helped stop Josh McKoon’s religious liberty bill from becoming law. First, by fighting to include civil rights protections in the bill, then by joining with her colleagues on the House Judiciary committee in voting to table the bill. She was commended for her work by Georgia Equality.
Work on HOPE Scholarship
In the legislature, she quickly became known as a fighter for HOPE. She opposed the changes pushed by Republican Governor Nathan Deal and Minority Leader Stacey Abrams that, Evans claimed, would push many Georgians off of the scholarship and out of school.
The HOPE Scholarship program began by promising that all those who graduated from Georgia high schools with a B average would be able to go to college for free.
Despite the warnings of Representative Evans, Deal and Abrams were determined to limit the full scholarship only to those who achieved a 3.7 GPA and 1200 on the SAT. This would prevent many of the students who most needed the help from attending college at all. Representative Evans pointed out in her remarks to the House chamber that had these limitations been in place when she graduated from college she wouldn’t be standing in front of them that day.
The Deal and Abrams’s changes also affected the HOPE Grant, which provides tuition for the state’s technical schools. Originally, students with a C-average were eligible for tuition assistance at these vocational schools, but the 2011 changes required a B-average and reduced the percentage of tuition covered.
The effects predicted by Evans came true. Thousands of students receiving HOPE and would be HOPE recipients were kicked off the rolls and did not return. Not only did this damage the state’s ability to hit its workforce goals, but it defeated the very purpose of the HOPE scholarship, to help kids who could get a B-average but couldn’t afford higher education the opportunity to go to college.
2018 Georgia Governor's Race
Representative Evans is running for governor of Georgia in the 2018 Democratic primary election.