Amanda Hollowell

Amanda Hollowell is both a mother and a caregiver for her father, a military veteran.¹ Her son became a college athlete after attending Savannah's public schools.¹ She has also spent thirteen years helping organize the Savannah Black Heritage Festival, alongside other community work in coastal Georgia.¹

Hollowell earned an American studies degree at the University of California, Berkeley.¹ Her professional work has included national organizing at When We All Vote and campaign strategy at the Georgia Budget and Policy Institute and 9to5 Georgia.² She previously worked as an education specialist at LifeLink of Georgia.² She is now chief of campaigns at Color Of Change, an organization focused on racial justice.³

Her organizing has addressed voting rights, economic justice and healthcare.³ She has served on boards including Reform Georgia and the League of Women Voters of Coastal Georgia.² She won the Democratic nomination in a runoff after finishing second in the initial primary.³

Hollowell supports affordable housing, higher wages, job training and expanded access to healthcare.¹ She also emphasizes port workers' union rights, federal infrastructure investment and preparation for hurricanes and flooding.¹ She faces Republican Jim Kingston for the open seat left by Buddy Carter, who sought a Senate nomination instead of reelection.³