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. Even though I was born in California, I have been living in Gwinnett County Georgia where I have been a proud resident for almost 20 years. 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 was educated and/or have worked in Gwinnett my entire adult life.

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 (best of Gwinnett Winner for Personal Injury Law firms 2024). Our firm 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 at a bankruptcy law firm and 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 ready to fight for this community, I’m ready to lift up our voices. And I'm asking for your support and to vote Estrada or Nada

Fighting for a Better Tomorrow!

  • Ensure every Georgian has access to comprehensive, affordable care by laying the groundwork for a single-payer system, expanding Medicaid to cover 450,000 more residents, and capping out-of-pocket and surprise medical costs.

  • Create good, living-wage jobs through partnerships with local colleges and employers, apprenticeship programs, tariff-relief grants for small businesses, and tax incentives for hiring within District 109.

  • Strengthen our local economy by increasing small-biz tax credits, launching a micro-grant fund for minority and women entrepreneurs, and establishing a “Buy Local, Grow Local” mentorship program.

  • Cap in-district tuition at community colleges to 5% of family income, restore $3 million in local scholarship funds, and introduce mandatory financial-literacy courses in high schools.

  • Enshrine a Tenant Bill of Rights with just-cause eviction, rent-hike limits tied to inflation, and a warranty of habitability—while funding community land trusts and rapid-response eviction defense.

  • Promote the expansion of HOPE scholarship and help reduce the cost of education to reasonable costs. Utilize our tax dollars to feed and educate our children in public schools. 

  • Create an Agency for AI oversight to prevent fraudulent and malicious use of AI. Sensibly regulate AI in order to turn it into a tool for growth and efficiency. 

  • Extend MARTA rail into Lawrenceville, launch Bus Rapid Transit on key corridors, and fund last-mile microtransit and bike-share connections to reduce congestion and improve access.

  • Close background-check loopholes for all gun sales, mandate safe-storage locks, and invest in community-based violence-interruption and youth outreach programs.

  • Overturn anti-LGBTQ and anti-DEI laws, enact the Georgia Equality Act to protect against discrimination in housing and employment, and host quarterly multicultural roundtables to inform policy.

  • Guarantee reproductive freedom with a state constitutional amendment, restore strong voting rights (including pre-clearance and expanded early voting), and advocate for Georgians facing discriminatory prosecutions.

  • Aggressively pursue clean and renewable energy as primary energy sources and reduce the use of fossil fuels and other environmentally harmful energy sources. Increase oversight on the Public Service Commission to reduce the cost of utilities to Georgia residents.

  • Prioritize home ownership for individuals over corporate ownership or homes. Disincentivize corporations from owning single family household homes used solely for profit. Expand tax homestead exemptions for homeowners who live and work in Georgia. 

  • Force I.C.E. out of our community by allowing local governments to protect their own citizens. Codify in-state college tuition for residents of Georgia. Protect honest, hard-working members of our immigrant communities by allowing them to work and continue making a living for themselves and their families.