14 Facts About Stacey Evans

Stacey Godfrey Evans was born on May 5,1978 and is an American attorney and member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing District 57 starting in 2021.

Stacey Evans resigned her legislative seat to focus on her bid for the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election; she finished second in the Democratic primary.

Stacey Evans has received numerous awards for her legislative advocacy, including two Arnie awards, the "Super Woman Award" in 2012; and the "Teach Your Children and Colleagues Award" in 2013.

Representative Stacey Evans opposed the 20-week abortion ban during the 2012 legislative session.

Stacey Evans was 9 months pregnant during the vote, which was scheduled for the day she was to be induced into labor.

Stacey Evans spoke out against the bill in a video statement played on the House floor hours before she gave birth.

Stacey Evans served on the Judiciary Committee in the Georgia House.

In 2015, Stacey Evans helped stop Josh McKoon's religious liberty bill from becoming law.

Stacey Evans fought to include civil rights protections in the bill and then joined with the majority of her colleagues on the House Judiciary committee in voting to table the legislation.

Stacey Evans was commended for her work by Georgia Equality.

Stacey Evans opposed the changes pushed by Governor Nathan Deal and Georgia legislative leaders that, Evans claimed, would push many Georgians off of the scholarship and out of school.

Stacey Evans responded by claiming that this would prevent many of the students who most needed the help from attending college at all and said in remarks to the House chamber that had these limitations been in place when she graduated from college she wouldn't be standing there that day.

Representative Stacey Evans ran for governor of Georgia in the 2018 Democratic primary election.

Stacey Evans lost in the primary election to former state representative and House Minority Leader Stacey Abrams.