DemocratIn office since Nov 2016

Miriam Paris

Georgia State Representative, District 142 since 2016. Ran in 6 elections between 2014 and 2024, winning 5. Re-elected in 2026. Next on the ballot in 2028.

Georgia State Representative, District 142Born 1960

Official website Wikipedia

In office: 9 yrs; Since 2016
Bills became law: 2; 77 sponsored, 2025–2026 session
Votes missed: 15.1%; Chamber median 3.0%
With party: 96%; On votes splitting the parties
Last margin: +31.0; Won 2026
Next election: 2028; Nov 7, 2028

Source: Wikidata, congress-legislators and Open States; 99chambers legislative recordsUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 1:52 PM ET

Committees

As of 2026-10.

Appropriations
Economic Development and Tourism
Education
Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications
Urban Affairs

Source: Open States committeesUpdated Oct 27, 2026, 9:43 AM ET

Legislation

2025–2026 session · 77 sponsored · 2 became law

BillIntroCmteHouseSenateLaw

HB 1537 Bibb County; ad valorem tax for educational purposes; provide a homestead exemption
Became law May 2026

HB 1538 Macon-Bibb County; ad valorem tax for county purposes; provide a homestead exemption
Became law May 2026

Source: Open States billsUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:22 PM ET

Voting record

2025–2026 session · placement by roll-call votes

Where Paris sits in the Georgia House of Representatives

Paris is closer to the center than 61% of the chamber's Democrats.

Closest: Terry Cummings, Shea Roberts, Karen Bennett

Source: 99chambers roll-call scalingUpdated Nov 6, 2026, 4:48 PM ET

With Paris’s party

Votes with the chamber's Democrats96%

Black tick: the average of Democrats in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Source: 99chambers legislative scores from roll calls and cosponsorships

Key votes

Votes chosen for their effect, not their side: Paris’s vote, each party’s majority, and the result. An orange vote differs from most Democrats.

Date	Bill	Paris	Dem. majority	Rep. majority	Result
Jun 23, 2026	SB 3: Election Equipment Specifications and Standards Committee; establish	No	No	Yes	Passed 94–79
Apr 2, 2026	HB 1534: Chatham County; State Court; provide additional judge	No	No	Yes	Passed 101–69
Apr 2, 2026	HB 413: Agriculture; prohibit local ordinances that prohibit operation of mobile sawmills on…	No	No	Yes	Passed 96–70
Apr 2, 2026	SB 625: City of Decatur Public Facilities Authority; a referendum for issuing revenue bonds for…	No	No	Yes	Passed 110–63
Apr 2, 2026	SB 622: City of Tucker; annexation of certain territory into the boundaries of the city; provide	No	No	Yes	Passed 110–63

Source: 99chambers key votes from Congress.gov, Voteview and Open States roll calls

Career

Offices held, and every time Paris was on a ballot. Filled marks are general elections won; hollow marks are primaries; an orange outline is a loss.

201420152016201720182019202020212022202320242025202620272028Georgia House of Representatives, District 142

Source: 99chambers results archive (MEDSL, Klarner, state election offices)

Elections

Margin against the seat’s presidential baseline: how the seat voted for president in the same or nearest year.

Year	Race	Result	Margin	Seat	+/−
2026	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	D+31.0	D+17.4	+13.6
2024	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	D+21.1	D+17.4	+3.7
2022	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	—	—	—
2020	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	—	—	—
2018	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	—	—	—
2016	Georgia House of Representatives, District 142	Won	—	—	—
2014	Georgia State Senate, District 26 (primary)	Lost	−24.9	—	—