Georgia House District 62: Outside PAC spending reshapes Democratic primary field
With no Republican on the ballot, Georgia House District 62 is set to be decided in a crowded Democratic primary—one now defined by heavy outside PAC spending tied to the sports betting industry.
Georgia House District 62 stretches across Fulton County from Grant Park on the northeast side through parts of College Park and East Point, with the southern tail ending near the northern edge of Union City.
Two-term representative Tanya Miller leaves the seat open as she runs against Robert Trammel for the Democratic nomination to be Attorney General of Georgia.
Four candidates qualified for the House District 62 Democratic primary: KaVon Arnold, Kenn Collier, Matt Rinker and Willie Horace Roseberry.
No candidates qualified for the Republican primary, and it has since been canceled. The winner of the Democratic primary will almost certainly win the general election on November 3.
In a race where each of the three candidates who actively campaigned had only raised between $8,000 and $11,000 according to their April campaign finance disclosure reports, a flurry of independent expenditures on mailers in support of Collier—paid for by the political action committee American Future—totaling over $354,000, represents a significant financial advantage.
Collier is one of 10 Democratic Georgia General Assembly candidates who have received support from the PAC. The list includes new candidates like Collier in HD62 and Bentley Hudgins in House District 90, and incumbents like Sen. Kim Jackson and Rep. Esther Panitch.
American Future’s website says the organization is committed to electing progressive Democrats to statehouses. The PAC is funded by the group Win for America, which, in turn, is funded by sports betting websites including DraftKings, FanDuel and Fanatics.
Election laws prohibit campaigns and PACs from coordinating directly with one another.
When asked whether he was supportive of the sports betting industry, Collier said, “My allegiance is to the working people of this district, and that will never be for sale.”
Win for America also funds the American Conservative Fund Action Georgia, which has spent nearly $8 million on Republican primary races in the state this election cycle, according to campaign finance reports.
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Kenn Collier
Collier is a Sylvan Hills resident and a youth advocate who launched a violence intervention nonprofit last year following the murder of his son on Jan. 9, 2025, Kenn Collier Jr., whose mother had also been killed seven years earlier by gun violence.
His campaign website includes the most detailed policy priorities of all the HD62 candidate websites on subjects ranging from economic stability, community violence intervention and community wellness.
He has been endorsed by the Georgia Working Families Party, Georgia State Rep. Bryce Berry, Atlanta Public Schools Board Member Alfred ‘Shivy’ Brooks, and Atlanta City Council Members Andrea Boone, Antonio Lewis and Wayne Martin.
Collier raised over $8,000 from 13 contributors, including $500 from the Democratic Party of Georgia, through April 30, according to his most recent campaign disclosure.
KaVon Arnold
Arnold is a lifelong East Point resident. She has a career background in communications, including time at the City of South Fulton’s mayor’s office, city council and police department. She filed a federal lawsuit against the City of South Fulton on May 23, 2025, alleging unfair treatment upon returning from a Family and Medical Leave Act absence.
Her platform focuses on affordable healthcare, education and workforce development.
She has been endorsed by U.S. Rep. Nikema Williams, Fulton County Commissioner Marvin Arrington, Jr., Atlanta City Council Member Michael Julian Bond, Michael Hightower, Big Boi and the Georgia Win List.
Arnold has run an impressive grassroots fundraising campaign, raising over $10,000 from 141 donors who each contributed $500 or less, according to her campaign disclosure.
Matt Rinker
Rinker is the president of the Peoplestown Neighborhood Association, real estate agent and a housing and transit advocate.
He is fresh off a run for the Atlanta City Council, where he was one of two unsuccessful challengers to incumbent Michael Julian Bond for the Post 2 At-Large seat.
Rinker’s platform includes housing affordability, transit expansion and infrastructure investment. If elected to the General Assembly, he is interested in serving on the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Overview Committee (MARTOC).
He has been endorsed by Fulton County District 4 Commissioner Mo Ivory, and Atlanta City Council Members Matt Westmoreland and Liliana Bakhtiari.
Rinker has raised over $11,000, with about a third of that total coming from Rinker himself, according to his campaign disclosure.
Willie Horace Roseberry
Roseberry is listed on his qualifying paperwork as an aircraft inspector. His paperwork included no website, email address or phone number. He has not filed a campaign finance disclosure.
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