Written by Tondee's Tavern Thursday, 02 July 2009 15:20
Elena Parent, an Atlanta attorney and former legislative aide for State Senator David Adelman (D-42), has joined the race to unseat State Representative Jill Chambers (R-81).
On July 1st, Parent filed the necessary paperwork with the Georgia Ethics Commission to create a campaign committee. This will allow Parent to begin raising funds for the 2010 election campaign.
Parent is currently the Director of Development at HOPE Atlanta, an organization dedicated to the prevention of homelessness. Parent holds both a BA and JD from the University of Virgina and it's school of Law.
First elected to the General Assembly in 2002, State Rep. Chambers has won re-election three times with an average margin of victory of 12 points. In 2008, Barack Obama carried the 81st district with 53% of the vote, while Chambers defeated blogger and political activist Chris Huttman by 9%.
(Photo Credit: Parent's Facebook Page & State Legisature)
Bio - Elena Parent:
- Current Director of Development at Hope Atlanta
- Past Legislative Aide to Senator David Adelman
- Associate at Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP
- University of Virginia School of Law
- University of Virginia
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Subscribe to this comment's feedThe fact that Parent has ties to Adelman hopefully means she'll be able to tap into his fundraising base.
P.S. Adelman represents SD-42, not SD-06. SD-06 is Doug Stoner's district.
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Dr. Farokhi, a long time resident of Cobb County, has been in the field of education for over 30 years, starting as a public school teacher in Cobb County Schools. For nearly six years she taught elementary school in an innovative curriculum setting and served on county-wide committees for curriculum, textbook selection, mathematics curriculum objectives, and appointed by the superintendent to revamp non-graded curriculum and reporting system for grades 1-12.
She was born in Augusta, Georgia where she attended public schools. She double majored in Elementary Education and Health and Physical Education at LaGrange College. Dr. Farokhi obtained her master’s degree from Emory University and her doctorate degree from the University of Georgia.
Dr. Farokhi was an administrator in the College of Education at Georgia State University where she was honored for exemplary long-time service and dedication to the College of Education. In 2004, she created the Georgia State University Leadership Academy for Women, a year-long program focused on professional and personal skill development. Recently, she was a Co-Principal Investigator for the Integrating Gender Equity and Reform grant, a National Science Foundation collaborative with five Georgia higher education campuses.
Dr. Farokhi was creator and editor of the newsletter, Educational Equity Report for thirteen years. It had an international circulation of over 3,000. She served on the national board of the American Association of University Women for two terms as Executive Vice President/Secretary. She served previously on the Board as Regional Director for the South Atlantic Region for four years. In addition, she served two years on the national board of the Legal Advocacy Fund. She has served on the National Advisory Board for Gender Inclusion for the Boys and Girls Clubs of America. She was a part of the Curriculum Advisory Board and the Strategic Planning Committee for the newly formed Atlanta Girls School in Atlanta.
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HD-51: Brooke Nebel against Tom Rice
HD-80: Keith Gross (assuming he survives a residency challenge) against Mike Jacobs
HD-81: Elena Parent vs. Jill Chambers
HD-109: Jim Nichols vs. Steve Davis (although Davis is a retirement threat)
SD-51: Joseph Mann vs. Chip Pearson (assuming Pearson doesn't run for Congress).
Those are all that I know for sure. Others who've run before may also be running, but I can't tell from the Ethics Commission filings. I also know that Earl Giddins is NOT running against Rich Golick again and that Jason Adams is NOT running against Ed Setzler again, nor is he going to try for Rob Teilhet's seat either.
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Steff was an Obama delegate for the 7th district last year. She is also the interim President of the local chapter of the LWV. She's a very good speaker and spent quite a few days down at the capitol last session as a lobbyist for the statewide LWV.
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I don't like to go too deep into the weeds on public sites concerning numbers/demographics and such but let's just say I think Steff is a better fit going forward in that district.
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