Elena Parent

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Elena Parent
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Democratic Party

Georgia State Senate District 44
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Predecessor
Prior offices
Georgia House of Representatives District 81
Georgia State Senate District 42
Successor: Brian Strickland

Compensation

Base salary

$24,341.64/year

Per diem

$247/day

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Virginia, 1998

Law

University of Virginia School of Law, 2002

Personal
Religion
Christian
Profession
Attorney
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Elena Parent (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 44. She assumed office on January 13, 2025. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.

Parent (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 44. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Elena Parent earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Virginia in 1998 and a law degree from the University of Virginia School of Law in 2002. Her professional experience includes working as the director of development for HOPE Atlanta, a nonprofit dedicated to preventing homelessness, chief of staff for Sen. David Adelman, and as a litigator for the firm of Sutherland Asbill & Brennan.

Committee assignments

Note: This membership information was last updated in September 2023. Ballotpedia completes biannual updates of committee membership. If you would like to send us an update, email us at:[email protected].

2023-2024

Parent was assigned to the following committees:

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2021-2022

Parent was assigned to the following committees:

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2019-2020

Parent was assigned to the following committees:

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2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Georgia committee assignments, 2017
• Education and Youth
• Government Oversight
• Judiciary
• Special Judiciary

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Parent served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Parent served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 44

Incumbent Elena Parent won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 44 on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent (D)
 
100.0
 
89,952

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 89,952
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 44

Incumbent Elena Parent defeated Nadine Thomas in the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 44 on May 21, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent
 
73.6
 
18,138
Image of Nadine Thomas
Nadine Thomas
 
26.4
 
6,510

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 24,648
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2022

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 42 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent (D)
 
100.0
 
77,961

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 77,961
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42 on May 24, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent
 
100.0
 
26,103

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 26,103
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2020

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 42 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent (D)
 
100.0
 
85,202

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 85,202
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42 on June 9, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent
 
100.0
 
39,045

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 39,045
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2018

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 42 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent (D)
 
100.0
 
72,582

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 72,582
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42

Incumbent Elena Parent advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 42 on May 22, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Elena Parent
Elena Parent
 
100.0
 
20,822

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified.

Total votes: 20,822
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2016

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on May 24, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was March 11, 2016.

Incumbent Elena Parent defeated Kenneth Quarterman in the Georgia State Senate District 42 general election.[1][2]

Georgia State Senate, District 42 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Elena Parent Incumbent 76.88% 62,146
     Republican Kenneth Quarterman 23.12% 18,687
Total Votes 80,833
Source: Georgia Secretary of State


Incumbent Elena Parent ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 42 Democratic primary.[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Elena Parent Incumbent (unopposed)


Kenneth Quarterman ran unopposed in the Georgia State Senate District 42 Republican primary.[3][4]

Georgia State Senate, District 42 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Kenneth Quarterman  (unopposed)


2014

See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Georgia State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on May 20, 2014, with a runoff election taking place where necessary on July 22, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was March 7, 2014. Elena C. Parent defeated R. Kyle Williams in the Democratic primary, while Gregory E. "Greg" Williams was unopposed in the Republican primary. Parent defeated Williams in the general election.[5][6][7]

Georgia State Senate, District 42 General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngElena Parent 74.4% 39,791
     Republican Greg Williams 25.6% 13,680
Total Votes 53,471
Georgia State Senate, District 42 Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngElena Parent 61.6% 8,535
R. Kyle Williams 38.4% 5,328
Total Votes 13,863

2010

See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2010

Parent had no opposition in the primary. She defeated incumbent Jill Chambers (R) in the November 2 general election.[8]

Georgia House of Representatives, District 81 (2010)
Candidates Votes Percent
Green check mark transparent.png Elena Parent (D) 3,342 52.2%
Jill Chambers (R) 3,056 47.8%

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Elena Parent did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Elena Parent did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary

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Elena Parent campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Georgia State Senate District 44Won general$435,219 $404,924
2022Georgia State Senate District 42Won general$239,487 $0
2020Georgia State Senate District 42Won general$90,650 N/A**
2018Georgia State Senate District 42Won general$54,770 N/A**
2016Georgia State Senate, District 42Won $98,472 N/A**
2014Georgia State Senate, District 42Won $226,540 N/A**
2010Georgia House of Representatives, District 81Won $208,221 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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Noteworthy events

Decision to self-quarantine for coronavirus on March 19, 2020

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Parent, along with her Georgia State Senate colleagues, entered self-quarantine after State Sen. Brandon Beach tested positive for coronavirus.[9]

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Parent and her husband, Briley Brisendine, have one son.

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed August 17, 2016
    2. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "General Election results," accessed November 23, 2016
    3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information," accessed March 13, 2016
    4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Georgia Secretary of State, "General primary results," accessed May 24, 2016
    5. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official candidate list," accessed March 10, 2014
    6. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed May 28, 2014
    7. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed November 13, 2014
    8. ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official 2010 Election results," accessed April 16, 2014
    9. ↑ WGAU 98.7FM & AM1340, “Senator tests positive for coronavirus, Athens lawmakers self-quarantine,” March 19, 2020

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    Gail Davenport (D)     		Georgia State Senate District 44
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