SAVANNAH, Ga. (WSAV) — In Georgia’s 1st district, the choice is between Republican incumbent Rep. Buddy Carter and Democratic challenger Patti Hewitt.
WSAV sat down with both of them to talk about some of the issues that matter most to local voters, like border policy, the economy, and disaster recovery.
Disaster Recovery:
Georgia’s 1st Congressional District stretches from Savannah to Waycross, which includes cities, suburbs and some of the most rural places in the state.
Many of those areas were devastated in different ways by the most recent hurricane season.
“Putting that money directly into these communities to help them get broadband for example, to bury powerlines, to get roads properly paved, and things like that. These are the kinds of preventative and maintenance issues that need to be taken care of, but also further these communities, especially the rural communities into a more modern age as far as infrastructure goes so, they’re not as vulnerable,” Hewitt said.
Carter said, “One thing we need to be aware of is that this is disrupting a lot of lives…I think people realize just how much this administration – how much harm they’ve caused our economy, and now they’re suffering through it. They don’t want that. They want to get back to a thriving economy, especially with the previous administration.”