At least one more Democrat is jumping into the race to be Georgia’s next governor.

State Rep. Ruwa Romman, a public policy consultant, once made history as the first Muslim woman to serve in the Georgia House of Representatives and the first Palestinian American to be elected to any public office in the state back in 2022.

Now, the Duluth Democrat is entering the race for the highest state office in Georgia, competing against Democrats like Atlanta state Sen. Jason Esteves, former Atlanta Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms, former DeKalb County CEO Michael Thurmond and former Lt. Gov. Geoff Duncan, who was once a Republican.

Romman’s platform includes raising Georgia’s minimum wage, reopening shuttered rural hospitals , ensuring that children have enough to eat, and investing in the state’s s

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