Democrat Matthew Wilson and Republican Bonnie Rich, two of the six new lawyer-legislators who will join the Georgia General Assembly in January, didn’t have big war chests and ran grass-roots campaigns—but still managed to raise the six figures needed to compete.

Both ran in hotly contested districts. Wilson, a partner at plaintiffs firm Akin & Tate, won House District 80, made up of Brookhaven, parts of Sandy Springs and Chamblee. Rich, the only Republican of the new lawyer-legislators, won House District 97, encompassing Duluth, Suwanee, Sugar Hill and part of Buford. Rich has been teaching tax law part-time at her law school alma mater, Georgia State University, while raising her two children. She also started her own general practice firm four years ago representing small businesses and individuals.

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