THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH
I can tell you without a shadow of a doubt that we had a better campaign. We had a better platform. A better mission. Better creativity. Better design. Better energy. Better messaging. Better authenticity. Better transparency. AND OF COURSE, a campaign built on better values.
But most importantly, we had better people. You all wrote literally thousands of postcards. You made thousands of calls. You knocked on thousands of doors.
Some of you volunteered for the very first time. Some of you donated money when you really could not afford to. Some of you did a lot of driving! Some of you found really creative and joyful ways of contributing to the campaign.
And every single one of you helped build something very special.
I could not be more grateful for the incredible work my team has done and the incredible work of all our amazing volunteers.
And our amazing donors. We raised $77,000 from over 860 contributions. Which is actually a great number for a state house race.
And I want you to know that this campaign accomplished some incredible things. First and foremost, more than a third of a million dollars was spent to defeat us in a local election where only 5000 people voted. That’s over $70 a vote! They spent that money because we were a threat. A threat to the establishment and a threat to the idea that politics should belong to corporations, consultants, and wealthy insiders instead of ordinary people.
We proved that a grassroots movement powered by volunteers and small donors can inspire people in ways corporate money never will.
This fight may be over. But, we are not done fighting. I can’t tell you how important this election is in November. Now is not the time to grow cynical. Now is not the time to disengage. I will be doing everything I can to make sure that we see a blue tsunami in Georgia unlike anything we’ve seen before.
I know this wasn't the ending we hoped for, but this movement, this energy, and this fight for a better Georgia continues now.
Meet Aaron
Meet Aaron
Aaron Baker is a Jewish parent, digital activist, and community organizer running to represent Georgia House District 51. As a software architect in Sandy Springs, Aaron has worked to make Georgia politics more accessible by designing powerful tools that simplify complex legislation and expose dark money in politics.
In Georgia, corporations and special interests wield too much influence in Georgia politics, at the expense of working families and everyday Georgians. But Aaron believes: A Better Georgia is Possible. She’s building a people-centered, grassroots campaign that will fight for affordable housing for all, an increased minimum wage, expanded public transportation, fully funded public education, and guaranteed bodily autonomy. With YOUR help, Aaron will deliver on these promises.
Aaron has Built Easy and Powerful Tools to Open Up Access to Georgia Politics
GA FastTrack makes it easy to find Georgia legislation that impacts you and explains bills in plain english instead of obfuscated legalese.
The site will even look up your rep's phone number so that you can call and make an impact.
Empowering You to Take Part in the Process
GA FastMoney is a project dedicated to making Georgia's campaign finance data more accessible, understandable, and insightful for journalists, activists, and the general public.
The site takes data from the Georgia State Ethics Commission and organizes contributions by party and industry. This lets you see how corporate dollars influence our politicians.
And that's just the beginning...
More tools are coming soon.