# Adrienne White Carden (GA Senate D-7) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files

> Sen. Adrienne White Carden (D, Senate District 7 — Duluth/Gwinnett), a CPA and bank executive who won a June 2026 special election and is not seeking a full term: her record, constituent access, and campaign money.

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State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia State Senate · District 7

# Adrienne White Carden

Party
Democrat

In Office
Jun 2026 – Jan 2027

Senate Role
Member · Gwinnett (not seeking a full term)

Scope of This Review
2026

Adrienne White Carden, a Duluth Democrat, represents Senate District 7 — Berkeley Lake, Duluth and parts of Lawrenceville, Peachtree Corners, Norcross and Suwanee — for the remainder of the term. A certified public accountant with bachelor's and master's degrees in accounting from the University of Virginia, she began in external audit at Ernst & Young, held finance roles at the Coca-Cola Company and Citizens Trust Bank, and is a senior vice president and relationship manager at SouthState Bank. She chairs the board of Hands On Atlanta and previously served as the Democratic Party of Georgia's vice chair of candidate recruitment. She won the June 16, 2026 special-election runoff over Republican Aizaz Shaikh after Sen. Nabilah Islam Parkes resigned to run for lieutenant governor, was sworn in June 26, and pledged not to seek a full term. Her husband, Kirkland Carden, is a Gwinnett County commissioner.

—White Carden was sworn in **after the 2026 session adjourned** on April 2, so she has **no recorded votes** yet on the bills tracked here. She is not running for a full term.

**Methodology.** Each vote is Sen. White Carden's actual position from the official Georgia roll call (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. The chamber tally and final status (became law / died in House) are noted per bill.

Constituent Access

## Town Halls

Public meetings with constituents · since June 2026

White Carden took office in late June 2026, during the legislative interim, as a caretaker for the rest of the term.

## Documented Record

- At her swearing-in she said: “I believe that our best work as legislators comes when we interact with members of our community, and I look forward to continuing to collaborate throughout the legislative interim.”

- No recurring open-constituent town-hall series of her own is documented in local press or on her campaign site as of September 2026. This section will be expanded as events are documented.

Adrienne White Carden took office in June 2026; state legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below.

## Sources

- [Georgia Senate Press Office — Sen. Adrienne White Carden officially sworn in](https://senatepress.net/sen-adrienne-white-carden-officially-sworn-in-as-georgia-state-senator.html)

- [Georgia General Assembly — Sen. Adrienne White Carden official biography](https://www.legis.ga.gov/api/document/docs/default-source/bios/carden-adrienne-white-5097.pdf)

Campaign Finance

## Campaign Finance

Who funds Sen. White Carden · 2026

## Top Contributors

Committee: Adrienne for Georgia (2026 Senate District 7 special election). **$133,360.98 raised**, $91,715.46 spent, **$43,491.52 cash on hand**.

| # | Contributor | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Joanne Witty (Bedford, NY) | $3,300.00 |
| 2 | Erica Wyatt (Conyers, GA) | $3,000.00 |
| 3 | Lexi White (Duluth, GA) | $1,800.00 |
| 4 | Om Duggal (Duluth, GA) | $1,500.00 |
| 5 | Elena Parent (Atlanta, GA) | $1,500.00 |
| 6 | Megan Hull (Oakland, CA) | $1,500.00 |
| 7 | Adrienne White (Duluth, GA — the senator) | $1,500.00 |
| 8 | Matthew Deavers (Atlanta, GA) | $1,250.00 |

Source: The GA Files' tally of primary Georgia Ethics Commission (PeachFile) records, cycle-to-date as of September 14, 2026. Donor rows come from the commission's top-contributor summary. Corrections are welcome.

## Sources

- [Transparency USA — Georgia campaign finance](https://www.transparencyusa.org/ga)

- [Georgia Ethics Commission — official filings](https://media.ethics.ga.gov/search/Campaign/Campaign_ReportLog.aspx)

- [OpenSecrets — Georgia state](https://www.opensecrets.org/states/GA)

## Verification Resources

- [Georgia General Assembly — Senate roll-call votes](https://www.legis.ga.gov/votes/senate)

- [Wikipedia — Adrienne White](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrienne_White)

- [Georgia Ethics Commission — PeachFile (2026 campaign finance)](https://peachfile.ethics.ga.gov/)

Vote positions are Sen. White Carden's actual recorded votes from the official Georgia roll calls (legis.ga.gov), transcribed into a verified vote database and cross-checked against the published Yea/Nay totals. Campaign-finance figures are top reported contributors via Transparency USA; Georgia does not produce OpenSecrets-style sector/industry rollups, and the Georgia Ethics Commission holds the official itemized filings.

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