Anthony Aragues Jr.

Anthony Aragues Jr. served in the U.S. Marine Corps from 1997 to 2001. His career experience includes working as a technology executive.[1]

Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I'm a USMC veteran, Technology professional, and martial arts instructor living in Cherokee County Ga for 26 years. I've been married for 30 years and have 2 grown children and a grandchild. I am driven by helping others, fostering communities, learning and sharing knowledge.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We have an affordability crisis. Everything costs more, we get paid the same or less and we have been cutting all government services and safety nets for people who can't keep up. We are telling people they can succeed within the system while the system keeps stacking more odds against them. Every tax cut is a cut to funding that needs to be balanced somewhere else. We must have complete plans of what other taxes are being raised and what costs are going up due to a tax cut in another area in order to say we have a net tax cut. We have decades of promised tax cuts that aren't helping everyday people. We need relief for our majority working class people that are struggling, not for the top 1%Local development is far outpacing infrastructure such as roads. We are decades of growth beyond the planned infrastructure and we keep saying "yes" to more development instead of delaying till we are caught up. We now have decades worth of development where we say "There is a plan" for the infrastructure and we keep running out of money for the infrastructure or need extra sales taxes to pay for it and then we repeat. We need guardrails that keep development and infrastructure in sync.the rise of AI is having an increasing impact on everyones daily lives. It's replacing jobs, used as an excuse to cut jobs prematurely and is a primary tool in disinformation campaigns. We need sensible regulation that helps the general population to adapt to this societal transition, and helps direct the progress in a direction beneficial to all over a long term.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

Reducing the affordability squeeze for working class people. Reducing healthcare costs. Funding public schools. Protecting all Freedoms and Rights

What organizations or individuals have endorsed your campaign?

Fighting Fifty, NGACAN, VoteVets