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Candidates › GA-11 race › 2025–2026
Chris Harden
D Democratic nominee for U.S. House, GA-11
Has not served in Congress
- On the ballot
- On the general election ballotNov 3, 2026 · Georgia US House 11
- Where to vote
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- Top priorities
- Healthcare and Reproductive Freedom
- Deliver a Tax Cut for the Middle Class
- Get Corporate Money Out of Politics
- Lower Costs for Families
- Grow Small Businesses and Local Economies
- Money
- $139.3K raised, $130.6K spent, $8.7K cash on hand (through Oct 14, 2026). Where it comes from
- Who gives
- 25% of individual money from donors at $200 or less · 99% from Georgia · largest committee giver UNITED FOOD AND COMMERCIAL WORKERS INTERNATIONAL UNION ACTIVE BALLOT CLUB, $2K
- Backed by
- Reproductive Freedom for All · 50501 Georgia · Gun Sense Voter and 3 more. As the campaign lists them
25 priorities from electharden.com, in the order they are listed there. Every heading and the text under it is copied exactly, as one passage for each page it is from, and links to that place on the page; hover a source to see which passage it opens.
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Every family deserves access to quality, affordable healthcare and the freedom to make personal medical decisions without political interference.
Chris believes reproductive freedom is a fundamental right. Women in Georgia’s 11th District should have access to the full range of reproductive healthcare, including contraception, fertility treatment, maternal and prenatal care, and abortion care. These are personal medical decisions that should remain between a patient and their doctor, not politicians in Washington or the state legislature.
Families throughout Northwest Georgia rely on Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to make health insurance more affordable. Chris will fight to restore and expand those credits so families are not hit with higher premiums because Congress fails to act.
He will work to protect and strengthen Medicare and Medicaid, cap out-of-pocket costs for life-saving medications, expand access to mental health services, and improve rural access to care. Residents of Jasper, Calhoun, Cartersville, and surrounding communities should not have to travel hours to see a specialist.
As an attorney who has spent more than 14 years helping families navigate difficult challenges, Chris understands that healthcare decisions can shape a family’s financial security and future. Healthcare is not a privilege. It is essential to the stability of our families and communities.
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Working families should not pay a higher effective tax rate than multinational corporations.
Chris will fight for middle-class tax relief while ensuring that large corporations and the wealthiest Americans contribute their fair share. Tax policy should help families pay for childcare, housing, healthcare, education, and retirement. It should not simply increase returns for shareholders who are already doing well.
The benefits of economic growth should reach the people who work for it.
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Chris has pledged not to accept corporate PAC money. He supports greater transparency, stronger enforcement of campaign finance laws, and closing loopholes that allow unlimited spending to overwhelm the voices of everyday voters.
Chris believes voters deserve representatives who work for their communities, not for the highest bidder.
Washington should answer to voters, not corporate PACs. Harden has pledged not to take a dime of corporate PAC money.
He will fight for greater transparency, stronger enforcement of existing campaign finance laws, and the closure of loopholes that allow unlimited spending to drown out everyday voters. Elected officials should be accountable to their constituents, not to whoever writes the biggest check.
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Families across Georgia’s 11th District are feeling the pressure of rising costs. Housing, healthcare, groceries, childcare, and utility bills are taking a larger share of household budgets, making it harder for hardworking people to save, plan ahead, and get ahead.
In communities from Adairsville to Fairmount, people do not measure the economy by charts in Washington. They measure it by what is left in the bank account at the end of the month.
Chris will support policies that lower everyday costs, strengthen economic security, and help families keep more of what they earn. He will support trade policies that protect Georgia jobs and agriculture without driving up prices for consumers, and he supports raising the minimum wage so that a full day’s work can support a stable life.
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Small businesses are central to the local economies of Georgia’s 11th District. They create jobs, support local organizations, and keep dollars circulating in our communities.
Chris supports expanding access to capital for small businesses, reducing unnecessary barriers for entrepreneurs, encouraging innovation, and creating conditions that allow local businesses to grow, hire, and invest.
Washington should make it easier for people to start and sustain a business, not stack the deck in favor of corporations with teams of lobbyists and legal departments.
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We have a responsibility to protect the land, water, and communities that future generations will inherit.
Chris supports clean air, clean water, responsible growth, and practical investments that protect public health while supporting local jobs and economic opportunity. He believes residents deserve a meaningful voice in decisions that affect their neighborhoods, health, environment, and quality of life.
Economic growth should not come at the expense of safe drinking water, healthy communities, or Georgia’s natural resources.
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Every child deserves a quality public education, and every adult deserves a real path to economic opportunity.
Chris supports strong public schools, career and technical education, apprenticeship programs, workforce training, and affordable routes to higher education. Whether someone wants to attend college, learn a trade, start a business, or build skills for a new career, they should be able to access the training they need without taking on unmanageable debt.
Having worked full time while putting himself through school, Chris understands the value of opportunity and the determination it takes to build a better future.
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Politicians should not choose their voters. Voters should choose their representatives.
Chris supports independent redistricting commissions that draw fair maps, respect real communities, and create more competitive elections. District lines should not be manipulated to protect political power or silence voters.
Fair representation is essential to a government that people can trust.
Politicians should not get to pick their voters. Voters should pick their politicians.
Harden supports independent redistricting commissions that draw fair maps and create more competitive elections. District lines should reflect real communities, not political convenience.
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New technology should help consumers, not give corporations new ways to exploit them.
Companies are increasingly using artificial intelligence and personal data to change prices in real time. Chris believes families deserve transparency and protection when they shop for essential goods and services.
He will fight to prohibit AI-driven surveillance pricing for essential goods such as groceries and support stronger federal enforcement against corporate price gouging. Families should be able to trust that they are being charged a fair price, not a price tailored to what a company thinks they can afford.
New technology should help consumers, not exploit them. As corporations increasingly use AI and personal data to adjust prices in real time, real accountability is needed.
Harden will fight to ban AI-driven surveillance pricing on essential goods such as groceries and strengthen federal enforcement against corporate price gouging. Families deserve to know they are paying a fair price.
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Georgia’s 11th District is home to thousands of veterans, active-duty service members, and military families. They have served our country and deserve a representative who will fight for them in return.
Chris will work to expand access to VA healthcare and reduce wait times, particularly for rural veterans who may otherwise need to travel long distances for care. He supports increased investment in veteran mental-health services and suicide-prevention programs, stronger job training and career pathways for those transitioning from military service, and full protection of the benefits veterans and their families have earned.
Supporting veterans means more than offering thanks. It means making sure they can access the healthcare, opportunity, and support they were promised.
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As Georgia’s 11th District continues to grow, our infrastructure must keep pace. Chris supports investments in roads, bridges, water systems, broadband, and traffic improvements that help communities function and support local economic growth.
He also supports modernizing the electric grid and expanding clean-energy development that can lower long-term energy costs, create good jobs, and strengthen American competitiveness.
Chris will work to increase the supply of housing that younger Georgians need to build their lives and that older Georgians need to retire with security and dignity.
Families across the district are also raising legitimate concerns about rapid and unchecked data-center development. Washington needs to take those concerns seriously. Working families should not pay higher utility bills to subsidize special treatment for large data centers.
Chris believes data centers built in the district should meet clear standards for protecting water supplies and the environment, using local labor where possible, and planning responsibly for their energy needs. Ratepayers should not be left covering the cost.
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Healthcare should be a right, not a privilege. No one in Cobb, Cherokee, Bartow, Pickens, or Gordon County should delay seeing a doctor because they are worried about the bill, and no family should go bankrupt because someone gets sick.
Millions of Americans, including families here in Northwest Georgia, rely on Affordable Care Act premium tax credits to keep coverage affordable. Chris Harden will fight to permanently restore and expand those credits so families are not blindsided by higher premiums when Congress fails to act.
Harden will also push to cap out-of-pocket costs for life-saving medications and expand rural access to care, so residents of Jasper, Calhoun, and Cartersville are not forced to drive hours to see a specialist. A single illness should never threaten a family’s financial security.
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