14 Facts About Park Cannon

Park Elizabeth Cannon was born on June 6,1991 and is an American politician from the state of Georgia.

Park Cannon is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives, representing the 58th district, and a member of the Democratic Party.

Park Cannon's mother was a pharmaceutical representative, and after her parents divorced, Cannon's mother moved the family to Brooklyn, New York.

At Poly Prep, Park Cannon was captain of the dance and step teams, ran track and cross-country, and became familiar with European languages.

Park Cannon graduated from UNC in 2014 with a degree in Hispanic Linguistics, and a minor in women's and gender studies.

In 2018, Cannon completed Harvard University's John F Kennedy School of Government program for Senior Executives in State and Local Government as a David Bohnett LGBTQ Victory Institute Leadership Fellow.

Park Cannon was named to Fast Company's Queer 50 list in 2021.

When Simone Bell, who represented the 58th district in the Georgia House of Representatives, decided to resign, Bell asked Park Cannon to run to succeed her.

Park Cannon ran and won the 2016 special election to the Georgia House.

Park Cannon serves on the Code Revision, Creative Arts and Entertainment, Ethics, Human Relations and Aging, Insurance and Small Business Development committees of the House.

John Lewis in July 2020, Park Cannon applied to the Democratic Party of Georgia to succeed him as the Democratic nominee for in the United States House of Representatives in the November election.

Park Cannon was one of the party's final five candidates out of 131 applicants, but the committee chose Georgia state senator and state Democratic party chair Nikema Williams.

On March 25,2021, as Governor Brian Kemp was signing the controversial Election Integrity Act of 2021 into law, Park Cannon knocked on the Governor's office doors in an attempt to discuss her concerns about the bill.

Park Cannon was asked twice to stop knocking on the door before being arrested by Georgia State Patrol officers who charged her with felony obstruction and "Preventing or disrupting General Assembly sessions or other meetings of members".