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

State Senate, District 48District race (Georgia) · 2 candidates

Laura Murvartian
Laura Murvartian
(Democratic)
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Shawn Still
Shawn Still
(Republican)
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Georgia Faith & Freedom Coalition scorecard
NO RESPONSE5
School Choice
YES2,8
NO RESPONSE5
Protect Girls’ Sports
YES3
YES1
Abortion on Demand
NO7
NO1
Election Integrity
YES6
NO RESPONSE5
Reduce State Income & Property Tax
YES4
FFC's sources (footnotes) & disclosure
  1. Priorities — Laura Murvartian Campaign Website Accessed July 17th 2026
  2. SB 233 - Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 705 taken on 3/20/2024
  3. SB 1 - Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 373 taken on 3/31/2025
  4. HB 463 - Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 971 taken on 4/02/2026
  5. FFC Candidate Survey
  6. HB 222 - Georgia General Assembly GA Senate vote 354 taken on 3/29/2023
  7. 2024 Candidate Certifications | Georgia Life Alliance
  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

Laura Murvartian

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  • Better Healthcare for all Georgians
    Families are bearing the brunt of a failed healthcare system, as evidenced by our high infant mortality rate, more than half of Georgia's rural counties lacking a pediatrician, and nearly a dozen hospital closures across the state in the last decade. …
  • Key message 2
    Georgia has one of the most restrictive abortion bans in the country. No woman or healthcare professional should ever face criminal prosecution for providing necessary medical care, and no woman should risk dying because she is denied the healthcare she requires.
  • Strengthening Georgia’s Economy
    Georgia's economy needs to work for Georgia families, and many are struggling to find affordable housing, childcare, eldercare, insurance, and jobs that pay a living wage.
  • Delivering for Georgia.
    Shawn Still went to the Capitol to work, and it shows. A job creator, a conservative, and a dad raising three daughters right here in our community, Shawn has become one of the most effective members of the State Senate.
  • Schools
    Got phones out of classrooms and opened new pathways from high school straight into Georgia's technical colleges
Voting record
  • SB 220 (2026) Putting Georgia's Patients First Act (renames low-THC oil as medical cannabis): Yea · 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: Yea · 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

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.