Stacey Yvonne Abrams (born December 9, 1973) is an American politician, lawyer, voting rights activist, and author who served in the Georgia House of Representatives from 2007 to 2017, and served as minority leader from 2011 to 2017.[1] She is a member of the Democratic Party.
Abrams was the Democratic party's nominee in the 2018 Georgia gubernatorial election, becoming the first African-American female major-party gubernatorial nominee in the United States.[2] She lost to Brian Kemp in an election marred by accusations that Kemp engaged in voter suppression.[3][4] In February 2019, Abrams became the first African-American woman to deliver a response to the State of the Union address.