My name is Juan Estrada…

And I’m running as a Democrat to represent District 109 in the Georgia State House — covering Lilburn, Lawrenceville, and the I-85 corridor through Norcross — a community I know by heart because it raised me.

I’m the proud son of Hispanic immigrants — my father is from Mexico, my mother is from Honduras. I was born in California, but Gwinnett County has been home for a long time. I started working when I was just 9 years old, helping my dad at the car wash. It was there — and from mentors and teachers who believed in me — that I learned the value of dignity, discipline, and hard work, and the need to always look out for one another.

I graduated from Norcross High School, earned my degree from Georgia Gwinnett College, attended Georgia State Law, and eventually opened a law practice right here in Gwinnett that fights for everyday people who deserve access to the justice system and an advocate who will protect their rights. The HOPE Scholarship is what made college possible for me — and I know what equity efforts mean for those who come from families like mine, where life isn’t bad, but it’s hard.

After college, I worked in the insurance industry, where I saw the devastating impact of medical debt on working families. I interned in the US Senate, where I saw firsthand how Republican Senators are more interested in appeasing lobbyists, than addressing the challenges Americans are facing. During the COVID pandemic, I represented seniors and families facing eviction, people who had worked hard their whole lives and suddenly found themselves on the brink of homelessness — and I fought to keep them in their homes, against corporate interests that only saw the opportunity to profit.

I’ve also taken on Georgia Power, representing consumers in court against a monopoly that has conspired to raise energy prices on working families while raking in record profits. Now they want even more — and Georgia GOP state leaders are letting them get away with it.

This district has been neglected. The Georgia GOP’s voucher scam is draining money from our local public schools. Their tort legislation scam makes it harder for everyday Georgians to get justice when they’re harmed. And extremists like JD Vance and Stephen Miller are pushing policies that promote ethnic cleansing, policies that make our communities like Gwinnett County more fearful and less free. Georgia’s GOP leadership has made it clear they don’t respect the rights of women to make their own healthcare decisions, and their policies have lead to tragedies.

We deserve safe schools and safe communities, not constant threats of gun violence and federal raids. We deserve leaders who fight for working families and everyone’s rights under the law, not for billion-dollar corporations and Elon Musk’s radical agenda. And we deserve a Representative who understands our struggle, because he’s lived it. 

This election isn’t about politics as usual. It’s about generational change. It’s about the rights of renters, protecting our seniors, supporting parents, small business owners — and electing a Representative who will never stop fighting for a future where we can all achieve the American dream.

Like many of you, I have volunteered for the Democratic party, to elect Senator Ossoff, to elect Senator Warnock, I helped organize the Gwinnett County Young Democrats because I know that change starts locally. I believe that for the Democratic Party, our comeback starts now — and it starts with us. It starts with you turning out to vote and taking your neighbors to do the same, not just for President, but for every election — starting this November, when we can finally stand up to Georgia Power by electing Public Service Commissioners who will fight for ratepayers — and next May, a State Representative who will fight for you.

I’m Juan Estrada. I’m ready to fight for this community, I’m ready to lift up our voices. And I’m asking for your support, and your vote.