ATLANTA - State Rep. Ruwa Romman, a Democrat from Gwinnett County, officially announced her campaign for governor on Monday, according to The Associated Press .

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Romman, 32, is at least the eighth Democrat to enter the race for the 2026 election, joining a crowded field that includes former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former state Labor Commissioner Michael Thurmond, Republican-turned-Democrat Geoff Duncan, former state Sen. Jason Esteves, and state Rep. Derrick Jackson.

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Romman says her campaign will center on raising Georgia’s minimum wage, reopening shuttered hospitals, and forcing corporations to sell off single-family homes they have purchased. She is framing her campaign as "a new kind of

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