Stacey Abrams

American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author · United States · On the map · Politicians · Born 1973 · age 52

Stacey Yvonne Abrams is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, serving as minority leader from 2011 to 2017.

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2021Phoenix AwardAwardTime 100Award2019“I’m proud to be part of a pantheon of elected leaders who, from around this country, found their voices and lifted up their communities.”In their wordsJanuary 2019Interview with Democracy now (January 2019)Read the whole statement

2018“It was an extraordinary night, not just for me and what it symbolized for women and women of color, but what it symbolizes for Georgia and for America.”In their wordsJune 2018Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018)Read the whole statement

“I built a campaign that’s been very different from a lot of campaigns that preceded me.”In their wordsJune 2018Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018)Read the whole statement

“We have to give ourselves permission to want more...I think the first and most important foundational piece of advice is dream big.”In their wordsJune 2018Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018)Read the whole statement

“There is nothing inherent in being a minority that says you can’t have everything you want.”In their wordsJune 2018Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018)Read the whole statement

“No matter what your otherness is, it is not an impediment, it is not a detraction, it is a source of power.”In their wordsJune 2018Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018)Read the whole statement

2017Honorary Degree from Spelman CollegeAward2013Named Member of the Georgia House of RepresentativesOffice14 January 2013 to 1 June 20172012John F. Kennedy New Frontier AwardAward2011Named Minority Leader of the Georgia House of RepresentativesOffice10 January 2011 to 1 July 20171973Born9 December 1973

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Abrams in 2012

Abrams with John Lewis in 2017

Abrams in 2018

Stacey Abrams and Nancy Pelosi in January 2019

Dave Miller of OPB Interviews Stacey Abrams Nov. 8, 2025 at the Portland Book Festival.

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Stacey Abrams

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The minute the elections are over, the people who won - who did not share our values - are going to be working hard. We have to be working even harder.
January 2019 · Interview with Democracy now (January 2019), Own words
I’m running on very clear progressive values, Democratic values. We talk about educating children from cradle to career.
June 2018 · Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018), Own words
I want us to understand that those who are on the sidelines, those who find their voices muted or find their voices actually silenced have power.
June 2018 · Interviews with Democracy Now (June 2018), Own words

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Awards

Time 1002021

Phoenix Award2021

Honorary Degree from Spelman College2017

John F. Kennedy New Frontier Award2012

About this person

A member of the Democratic Party, Abrams founded Fair Fight Action, an organization to address voter suppression, in 2018. Her efforts have been widely credited with boosting voter turnout in Georgia, including in the 2020 presidential election, when Joe Biden narrowly won the state, and in Georgia's 2020-21 regularly scheduled and special U.S. Senate elections, which gave Democrats control of the Senate.

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