Saira Draper
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Saira Draper (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing District 90. She assumed office on January 9, 2023. Her current term ends on January 11, 2027.
Draper (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia House of Representatives to represent District 90. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Saira Draper lives in Atlanta, Georgia.[1] Draper earned a B.S. in public policy from the Georgia Institute of Technology in 2006 and a J.D. from Georgetown University in 2011. Her career experience includes co-founding Power the Vote and working as the director of voter protection with the Democratic Party of Georgia, the Georgia director of voter protection for Joe Biden's 2020 presidential campaign, and a senior staff attorney with the Southern Poverty Law Center.[2]
Sponsored legislation
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Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Draper was assigned to the following committees:
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Elections
2024
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Incumbent Saira Draper won election in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Saira Draper (D) | 100.0 | 30,637 |
| Total votes: 30,637 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Incumbent Saira Draper defeated incumbent Becky Evans in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Saira Draper | 67.6 | 5,957 |
 | Becky Evans | 32.4 | 2,852 | |
| Total votes: 8,809 | |||
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Endorsements
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Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Draper in this election.
2022
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Saira Draper defeated Jodi Diodati in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Saira Draper (D) | 93.5 | 27,228 |
| Jodi Diodati (R) | 6.5 | 1,892 | ||
| Total votes: 29,120 | |||
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Democratic primary runoff election
Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Saira Draper defeated Michelle Schreiner in the Democratic primary runoff for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on June 21, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Saira Draper | 54.3 | 3,470 |
| Michelle Schreiner | 45.7 | 2,921 | ||
| Total votes: 6,391 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Saira Draper and Michelle Schreiner advanced to a runoff. They defeated Bentley Hudgins, Peter Hubbard, and Stewart Parnacott in the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Saira Draper | 42.6 | 4,788 |
| ✔ | Michelle Schreiner | 34.5 | 3,877 | |
| Bentley Hudgins | 14.5 | 1,627 | ||
 | Peter Hubbard | 5.9 | 659 | |
| Stewart Parnacott | 2.6 | 298 | ||
| Total votes: 11,249 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90
Jodi Diodati advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 90 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Jodi Diodati | 100.0 | 666 | |
| Total votes: 666 | |||
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Endorsements
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Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
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Saira is a civil rights attorney, voting rights advocate, and community leader with experience in the corporate, non-profit, and political sectors. She is running for Georgia House District 90 because she is passionate about voting rights and ensuring that every Georgian can make their voice heard. Saira was the director of President Biden’s voter protection operations for the State of Georgia in 2020, and she served in the same role for Senators Warnock and Ossoff during the 2021 U.S. Senate runoff. Under her leadership, over 12,000 volunteers were trained and engaged in critical voter protection efforts in Georgia, including statewide poll watching and ballot processing monitoring programs, a voter protection hotline that received over 130,000 calls, and a ballot cure operation that helped make over 15,000 ballots count.
Prior to her work in Democratic politics, Saira practiced civil rights impact litigation at the Southern Poverty Law Center and complex commercial litigation in private practice. Throughout her career, she has been a problem solver with a track record of overcoming complex challenges in fast-moving and high-pressure environments. Saira is a graduate of Georgetown Law, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and a Returned Peace Corps Volunteer (Honduras). She and her husband have three wonderful kids, ages 7, 4, and 2.
- Defending your vote. Delivering Results.
- There has never been a more critical time for a voting rights expert in the Georgia Legislature.
- Voting rights are the cornerstone to all other civil rights.
Voting Rights
Affordable Housing
Safe Communities
Better Schools
Racial and Social Justice
Economic Opportunity
Quality, Affordable Healthcare
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Campaign finance summary
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Scorecards
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2024
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In 2024, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 8 to March 28.
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2023
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In 2023, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 9 to March 29.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia House of Representatives District 90 |
Officeholder Georgia House of Representatives District 90 |
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| Preceded by Angela Moore (D) |
Georgia House of Representatives District 90 2023-Present |
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