# Venola Mason (GA House D-94) — Legislator Fact Sheet · The GA Files

> Venola Mason (D, House District 94 — Stone Mountain, DeKalb/Gwinnett), an educator who won an April 2026 special election: her record, constituent access, and campaign money — a state-level legislator fact sheet.

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State Level Legislator Fact Sheet · Georgia House of Representatives · District 94

# Venola Mason

Party
Democrat

In Office
Apr 2026 – present

House Role
Member · DeKalb/Gwinnett

Scope of This Review
2026

Venola Mason, a Democrat and longtime educator, represents House District 94 in DeKalb and Gwinnett counties, including the Stone Mountain area. She began as a fourth-grade teacher and spent nearly two decades in education, earning a master's in educational leadership from Kennesaw State University and principal certification; she holds a bachelor's from Colby College. She won an April 7, 2026 special-election runoff with 68.5% over former Snellville Mayor Kelly Kautz, filling the seat Rep. Karen Bennett resigned. She files campaign reports under her legal name, Venola M. Rzaguliyev. She is the Democratic nominee this November, with no Republican opponent.

—Mason was sworn in **after the 2026 session adjourned** on April 2, so she has **no recorded votes** yet on the bills tracked here. She was in office for the June 17–23, 2026 special session, whose votes are not among the bills tracked here.

**Methodology.** Each vote is Rep. Mason'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 April 2026

Mason took office in April 2026, during the legislative interim.

## Documented Record

- Her campaign platform centers on “strong schools, real opportunity, and healthy families,” with a focus on the cost of living, access to health care, and “schools that prepare students for life.”

- 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.

Venola Mason took office in April 2026; state legislators' constituent-event records are thin and locally reported. Corrections are welcome via the contact link below.

## Sources

- [Venola Mason for Georgia House District 94 — campaign site](https://venolaforthefuture.com/)

- [Wikipedia — Venola Mason](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Venola_Mason)

Campaign Finance

## Campaign Finance

Who funds Rep. Mason · 2026

## Top Contributors

Committee: Friends of Venola Mason, LLC (filed under Rzaguliyev, Venola M.; 2026 House District 94 special election). **$11,683.42 raised** and **$4,657.28 cash on hand**, with $1,775 in loans. Her largest single donor is a PAC.

| # | Contributor | Total |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Leadership PAC (Wilmington, DE) | $5,100.00 |
| 2 | Yolanda Tompkins (city not listed) | $500.00 |
| 3 | Kathy Thomas (city not listed) | $496.36 |
| 4 | Mieko McKay (Washington, DC) | $496.36 |
| 5 | Sam Park (Lawrenceville, GA) | $475.20 |
| 6 | Javid Rzaguliyev (city not listed) | $400.00 |
| 7 | Kisha Cox (Gordonsville, TN) | $297.81 |
| 8 | Carolyn Hughes (Peachtree Corners, GA) | $284.70 |

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. Mason's reports are filed under her legal name and a special-election committee. 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 — House roll-call votes](https://www.legis.ga.gov/votes/house)

- [Ballotpedia — Venola Mason](https://ballotpedia.org/Venola_Mason)

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

Vote positions are Rep. Mason'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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