FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Contact: Julia Mazzone, julia@carrforgeorgia.com

The first announcement in “Carr’s Conservative Plan” outlining major policy reforms for Georgia.

(Atlanta, GA) – Today, Attorney General Chris Carr rolled out a comprehensive plan to confront public corruption in Georgia and restore trust in state and local government. The proposal outlines the strongest accountability standards in the country and establishes clear rules that protect taxpayers, strengthen transparency, and prevent abuses of power at every level of government.

Carr’s plan focuses on eight core reforms that ensure public office is used for public service, not personal benefit. The proposal also includes new criminal penalties for self-dealing, misuse of confidential information, and intentional deception in campaign finance disclosures.

“Georgians deserve a government that works for them,” said Chris Carr. “Our laws should serve the people of Georgia, not the interests of politicians. If you use public office for personal gain, you should lose your office and face a felony. If you lie about your finances or abuse confidential information to benefit yourself, you should be held accountable. This is about restoring trust, protecting taxpayer dollars, and making sure the people who serve in government are serving Georgians, not themselves.”

Key pillars of Carr’s public corruption plan include:

1. Enacting the strongest anti-corruption laws in the country. This proposal makes personal self-enrichment a felony and makes any official who uses their position for private gain subject to removal from office.
2. Banning self-dealing in state government. Any statewide official who uses their authority to secure business deals for themselves or their families would face prosecution and be subject to removal from office.
3. Criminalizing the misuse of confidential government information. If a public official uses non-public information for personal profit, that becomes a felony and the official is subject to removal from office.
4. Expanding accountability to the local level. This proposal gives the Attorney General clear authority to prosecute corruption involving dealings with, or on behalf of, local governments when local systems fail, closing gaps that have allowed misconduct to go unaddressed.
5. Restoring fairness and transparency in elections. When a candidate floods a race with large personal funds, opponents would be freed from contribution limits to ensure a level playing field and protect public confidence in elections.
6. Strengthening campaign finance accountability. Every campaign loan must disclose its true funding source. Knowingly falsifying a loan or disclosure statement would be a criminal offense.
7. Reforming personal financial disclosures. Candidates would be required to swear under oath that their disclosures are complete and accurate, file earlier in the process, and face real consequences for hiding information or filing late.
8. Establishing a dedicated Public Corruption Unit within the Attorney General’s Office. This plan calls for a specialized Public Corruption Unit in the Attorney General’s Office focused solely on investigating and prosecuting corruption at every level of government. Modeled after Georgia’s successful gang and human trafficking units, it ensures experienced specialized prosecutors have the clear authority and resources needed to act when public trust is at risk.

Watch Chris Carr outline these reforms in his message here, where he speaks directly to voters about why cleaning up public corruption should be a top priority for Georgia’s future.

This plan sets the foundation for a new era of accountability in Georgia, with more policy announcements to be rolled out in the coming weeks.

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About Chris Carr

Chris Carr has served as Georgia’s Attorney General since 2016 with a mission of protecting Georgians’ lives, livelihoods and liberties.

He has won statewide election two times (2018 and 2022) based on his strong, conservative record of prosecuting violent crime, keeping the economy open, defending Georgia’s election integrity law, supporting law enforcement, protecting Georgians’ liberties, going after fraud and corruption, and fighting back against the liberal Biden agenda.

In 2019, he created the first-of-its-kind Human Trafficking Prosecution Unit, which has rescued and assisted over 200 children and secured lengthy prison sentences for their traffickers.

Building off of this successful model, Chris created Georgia’s first statewide Gang Prosecution Unit in 2022 and has obtained more than 115 convictions across the state so far.

His Statewide Opioid Task Force, which includes more than 300 public, private and nonprofit entities, has been cited as a national model. Georgia is now poised to receive more than one billion dollars for treatment after Chris initiated legal action against those who contributed to the opioid crisis.

Continuing his focus on dismantling organized crime, Chris launched Georgia’s first Organized Retail Crime Unit in 2024 to investigate and prosecute large-scale theft rings targeting retailers across the state.

In protecting Georgians’ liberties, Chris has fought back against egregious federal overreach from Washington and has sued the Biden administration over its failure to secure our borders.

Chris previously served as Commissioner of the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD) under Governor Nathan Deal from November 2013 to November 2016. Georgia was recognized as the top state in the nation in which to do business for each of the three years Chris served as commissioner. Under his leadership, GDEcD helped to facilitate 1,069 projects across the state that represent approximately $14.4 billion in investment and the creation of more than 84,000 jobs.

Prior to joining GDEcD, Chris was Chief of Staff for U.S. Senator Johnny Isakson for six years. During his time in Washington, Chris advised the Senator on federal legislation and numerous judicial nominees for the U.S. Supreme Court and lower federal courts in Georgia and across the country.

Chris began his career with Georgia Pacific, then practiced law with Alston & Bird LLP in Atlanta, and later served as Vice President and General Counsel for the Georgia Public Policy Foundation.

Chris is a graduate of the University of Georgia’s Terry College of Business and Lumpkin School of Law.

Chris and his wife, Joan, have two grown daughters.