Chris Harden

Chris Harden worked a forklift and loaded trucks while going to school at night, a chapter of his life his campaign places at the center of his story.¹ He grew up in a trailer park in Rossville, Georgia, and credits his parents and public schools with helping him build a different future.²

Today, Harden is a husband, father of triplets and attorney whose practice focuses on defending parents in family cases.¹ For more than fourteen years, he has worked with parents, children, case managers and service providers dealing with difficult family circumstances.¹

Based in Woodstock, he has worked in juvenile courts across North Georgia, describing his purpose as helping families stay together.³ His campaign connects that work to proposals for affordable healthcare, stronger public infrastructure, and education and job training that people can pursue without unmanageable debt.⁴

The Democrat faces Republican neurosurgeon John Cowan in the race to succeed retiring Representative Barry Loudermilk in Georgia's 11th District.³ Harden proposes restoring and expanding Affordable Care Act premium assistance, protecting reproductive healthcare, raising the minimum wage and restricting congressional stock trading.⁴ He also calls for data centers to protect water resources and cover their infrastructure costs, and has pledged to reject corporate PAC contributions.²