South Georgia native, Kandiss Taylor, is running for governor of Georgia and visited Jones County on April 15 in the parking lot of Agave Azul, sharing her policies and getting to know people in the county.
She said she’s lived in Georgia her entire life. Taylor said she was born in Baxley and attended Georgia Southern University in Statesboro, where she received bachelors, masters, and specialist degrees.
“I’m running for governor, because I’m tired of the establishment and them not caring anything about us,” she said. “I decided I can’t complain if I don’t do something about it, so I decided to join in the race.”
According to Taylor’s website, kandisstaylor.com, she is married to Ryan Taylor, and together they share three school aged children. She is passionate about the working class, mental health, less government overreach, education, small business growth, gun rights, farmers, the economy, right to life, and election integrity.
“I know Georgia, and I’m very conservative. I’m from the Bible belt, and my slogan is Jesus, guns and babies. I get a lot of flack for that, but our First Amendment right in the Constitution gives us the right to worship who we choose. For me that’s Jesus,” Taylor said.
The candidate said the Second Amendment right is to bear arms, and she feels that’s important for people’s safety. She said it shall not be infringed upon. Taylor said babies are important, because without babies, no one would be here.
“Most of Georgia is very conservative, so I feel most people will agree with me. We’ve had issues with electronic ballots since 2002 since it’s been a thing, so we have to get rid of the machines,” the candidate said. “They need to stop messing with our elections. We need to go back to the basics with paper ballots and showing an I.D.”
Taylor said the ballots are about security, and if people want to continue to be free, the elections need to be done fairly. She said she has been a third-grade teacher, testing coordinator, school counselor, student services coordinator, and homeless liaison, so she feels she knows what Georgia needs for the future of our education system.
“I’ve been a public educator for 19 years, mostly as a school counselor. I’ve dealt with kids my whole entire career, and it’s about helping families who are broken,” she said. “It’s what I’ve done for two decades. Public education is 70 percent of the governor’s budget, so I know where to cut and what we need to do to protect our kids.”
