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VOTE TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 3, 2026Georgia early voting Oct 13 – Oct 30 · Your exact ballot: My Voter Page

State Senate, District 37District race (Georgia) · 2 candidates

Darcy Castro
Darcy Castro
(Democratic)
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Ed Setzler
Ed Setzler
(Republican)
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Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition scorecard
NO RESPONSE7
Reduce Property Tax and State Income Tax
YES6,8
NO RESPONSE7
Enforce Federal Immigration Law
YES4
NO RESPONSE7
Abortion on Demand
NO1
NO RESPONSE7
Supports Religious Freedom
YES2
NO RESPONSE7
School Choice
YES3
NO RESPONSE7
Protect Girls’ Sports
YES5
FFC's sources (footnotes) & disclosure
  1. Georgia General Assembly – HB 481 (ga.gov) House vote 343 taken on 3/29/2019
  2. SB 36 – Georgia General Assembly GA Senate Vote 142 taken on 3/4/2025
  3. SB 233 – Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 705 taken on 3/20/2024
  4. Georgia General Assembly – HB 1105 (ga.gov) Senate vote 719
  5. SB 1 – Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 373 taken on 3/31/2025
  6. HB 463 – Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 971 taken on 4/02/2026
  7. FFC Candidate Questionnaire
  8. SB 33 – Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 980 taken on 4/02/2026

FFC is an advocacy organization. Its cards are marked “Paid for by Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition. Not authorized by any candidate or candidate’s committee.” The issue wording and YES/NO ratings are FFC's, not the candidates' own words. Footnotes are FFC's sources, transcribed from its cards (captured Oct 15, 2026). georgiaffc.com/election · FFC card image

In their own words

Darcy Castro

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  • Education
    As a leader, Ed recognizes that maintaining the status quo in education is incompatible with America remaining free and prosperous in the next century. …
  • Election integrity
    Ed sponsored a bipartisan bill that laid the groundwork for requiring a paper-verifiable statewide election system.
  • Environment / water
    As a leader in the 19-member Cobb legislative delegation, Ed organized and chaired the Cobb Water Summit and supported the creation of a Statewide Water Management Plan to guide the state in the management of our vital water resources. With the passage of
Voting record
  • SB 220 (2026) Putting Georgia's Patients First Act (renames low-THC oil as medical cannabis): Nay · 3/18/2026 · Agree to House substitute as amended, 38–14 · Senate Vote #742
  • SB 1 (2025) Fair and Safe Athletic Opportunities Act: Yea · 3/31/2025 · Agree to House substitute, 34–20 · Senate Vote #373
  • HB 428 (2025) Health: codify right to in vitro fertilization: Excused · 3/27/2025 · Passage by substitute, 53–1 · Senate Vote #293
  • SB 68 (2025) Civil practice: revision of provisions on civil practice, evidence, damages and liability in tort actions: Yea · 3/21/2025 · Agree to House substitute, 34–21 · Senate Vote #273
  • HB 111 (2025) Income tax: reduce rate of tax: Yea · 3/20/2025 · Passage, 30–23 · Senate Vote #256
  • SB 36 (2025) Georgia Religious Freedom Restoration Act: Yea · 3/4/2025 · Passage, 32–23 · Senate Vote #142
  • SB 140 (2023) Prohibits certain surgical procedures for treating gender dysphoria in minors in hospitals and licensed facilities: Yea · 3/21/2023 · Agree to House substitute, 31–21 · Senate Vote #259
  • HB 481 (2019) Living Infants Fairness and Equality (LIFE) Act: Yea · 3/29/2019 · Agree to Senate substitute, 92–78 · House Vote #343

Official roll calls, Georgia General Assembly (open the vote number on the bill page). Final floor vote on each bill in the chamber the member sat in at the time (passage, or agreeing to the other chamber's changes); titles are the official captions. Bills voted on before the member took office are not listed. Which bills and why · Checked 10/18/2026.