House Minority Leader for the Georgia General Assembly and state representative for the 89th House District, Stacey Y. Abrams has found success as an attorney, business owner, politician and author. Abrams was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2006 and was selected by her peers to be Minority Leader four years later, becoming the first woman to lead either party in the Georgia General Assembly and the first African American to lead in the House of Representatives. During her time as a legislator, she has championed smart tax policy, public transit and investments in education. In 2014, Abrams was the recipient of the first ever Gabrielle Giffords Rising Star Award – “named after a woman who exemplifies everything exceptional about American public servants.”