Kevin Martin

Kevin Martin started cutting grass at nine because he wanted to buy his own bicycle.¹ He grew up with a brother in a small house with two bedrooms.¹ His father spent 42 years at Atlanta Gaslight, while his mother spent 35 years at BellSouth and became a supervisor.¹

Martin describes himself as a fifth generation Cobb County native.¹ His grandfather, the son of a sharecropper, came to Atlanta through the Works Progress Administration in the 1930s.¹ He later built a business, hired people from his community and kept a garden that neighbors could work when they needed food.¹

A Georgia Tech graduate, Martin has spent thirty years working as a controller.²¹ His campaign highlights a review of unexplained payroll increases as an example of his financial oversight work.¹ He wants Congress to audit federal programs and require agencies to justify spending through regular budgets.¹

Martin proposes expanding federal student aid for technical training and certification programs, alongside stronger support for apprenticeships.² He wants Medicare and Medicaid payments to better reflect the costs of rural and community hospital care.³ He also favors antitrust scrutiny of hospital consolidation and arrangements connecting smaller hospitals with larger centers for complex care.³ His opponent is Democrat Lucy McBath.⁴