ATLANTA — Six of the major Georgia gubernatorial candidates participated in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution’s Politically Georgia Candidates Forum on Wednesday evening.
Channel 2’s Richard Elliot was at the forum, where the word of the night was “affordability.”
Both Democratic and Republican gubernatorial candidates talked about it a lot at the forum.
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“I want to use 10% of that $1.7 billion and use it as a jump start fund to help single parents who can’t, who can’t go back to work because they can’t afford childcare,” Democrat Geoff Duncan said.
Democrat Jason Esteves believes that affordability means expanding Medicaid.
“I’m going to what we should’ve done a decade ago. Something that Stacey Abrams brought to the forefront, and that’s expand access to Medicaid,” Esteves said.
For Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms, it means affordable housing.
“It means the state is intentionally supporting builders who are working to increase our affordable housing stock,” Bottoms said.
Democrat Michael Thurmond also believes it’s in expanding Medicaid.
“And I have the knowledge and the skills and the ability to do what we hadn’t been able to do, which is expand Medicaid in Georgia,” Thurmond said.
For both Republicans who attended the forum, it’s about property taxes.
“I want us to be able to cap property taxes,” Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger said.
“I want us to be able to cap property taxes. I think we can reduce the income tax to 3%,” Attorney General Chris Carr said.
Lieutenant Gov. Burt Jones was also invited to attend. He declined the invitation due to a scheduling conflict.
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