SANDY SPRINGS, GA– Today, Aaron Baker, a Jewish parent, digital organizer, and government transparency advocate, has announced her candidacy for Georgia State House District 51, running to represent Sandy Springs and Roswell. 

As a long-term Sandy Spring resident, Aaron has worked to make Georgia politics more accessible by designing powerful tools that simplify complex legislation and expose the influence of money in politics. Now she is running as a Jewish, openly trans, democratic-socialist candidate to actively redefine what it means to be a sitting state legislator in Georgia. 

If elected, Aaron would become the first openly trans legislator in the Deep South. She has a long track record of building opportunities for the community to become more engaged with Georgia’s political system, including building two websites - GA FastTrack, a website that explains legislation in the General Assembly; and GA FastMoney, a website that analyzes the campaign finance disclosures of General Assembly members.

“After years of our Georgia State legislature ignoring the real affordability crises people are dealing with, they have chosen to pass anti-immigrant, anti-DEI, and anti-trans legislation to scapegoat people like me. I am running to fight back and make history as the first openly trans person elected to a Georgia state office. We need people in the Gold Dome who will fight to uphold our civil rights. We need a seat at the table because if you don’t, then you’re on the menu,” Aaron explained in her campaign announcement, “But the truth is that, right now, none of us has a seat at the table. Our state is run by corporations and corporate interests. Politicians answer to their wealthy donors, not to their constituents. I am fighting for everyday Georgians. That’s why I believe every Georgian deserves safe, affordable housing, fully funded public schools, and a government that answers to the people.”

To Aaron and many others, corporations and special interests wield too much influence in Georgia politics, often at the expense of everyday people. Aaron is running to change that. She’s building a people-centered, grassroots campaign that will fight for Medicaid expansion, fully funded public education (including universal pre-K), expanded MARTA services, and affordable housing.  

In her campaign message, Aaron defines herself as a next-generation leader with the vision, tools, and voice to meet this moment and build a more just and transparent government, for ALL Georgians.