Michael McCord
for Congress
Fighting for working people, rural communities, and
real solutions in Georgia’s 1st District.
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Washington is out of touch with rural Georgia,
and Michael is running to fix it.
“I wasn’t born into politics. I was born into struggle. I’ve punched a clock. I’ve swept shop floors. I’ve also sat at boardroom tables. I know what it means to fight your way up, and I’m running to fight for the folks who are being left behind by both parties.”
- Michael McCord
Michael McCord knows what it’s like to work for everything you get. Growing up poor in rural South Carolina, he was raised by his nanny, who worked in the White House during the Clinton administration. She taught him that hard work and working-class values go hand in hand. That combination of grit and principles has defined everything he’s done since.
While other kids his age were figuring out college plans, McCord was already working double shifts in manufacturing to pay his way through school. He spent 12-hour days on the BMW assembly line, and those long days taught him something you can’t learn in a class. What it really means to live paycheck to paycheck and work for a living. It’s a lesson that still drives him today.
McCord has been fighting in Democratic politics since 2008, cutting his teeth working races from coast to coast. By 2020, he was the Southern strategy for Tim Ryan’s presidential bid, the kind of job you only get when party leaders know you can turn tough districts blue. His track record speaks for itself; he wins where others struggle treating voters like neighbors, and not just another number. Politics isn’t McCord’s only calling. He’s served on boards for South Carolina Equality and Foothills Family Resource, and five years ago, he moved to Savannah to start his consulting business.
His consulting work isn’t about big corporate deals; it’s about helping the local restaurant owner navigate supply chain costs or showing a family how to cut through insurance red tape. Last year, that hands-on approach saved his clients over $3.5 million dollars. McCord represents something coastal Georgia hasn’t seen in a while, a Blue Dog Democrat who has lived the working-class struggles
He’s won tough races, built a successful business from scratch, and proven he delivers real results. Whether it’s fighting for affordable healthcare, protecting small businesses from crushing regulations, or making sure working families get a fair shake. McCord’s approach is simple, show up, do the work, and put results over rhetoric.
Meet Michael
Built from the Bottom, Fighting for the Middle
The Fight for Georgia’s 1st Congressional District
Georgia’s 1st Congressional District is one of the most diverse in the state from bustling ports and military bases to small towns and farmland.
For too long, Georgia families here have been left behind. Michael McCord is running to ensure every community, whether rural or coastal, has the same opportunity to thrive.
With incumbent Congressman Buddy Carter off of the ballot this year, this race is an open seat and the best opportunity that Georgia has to elect a true representative for working people.
Middle-Class Revival
It's beyond time for Washington to work for the working class again. Let’s cut red tape for small businesses, invest in job training, and stop trade deals that hurt American workers.
A Platform for the Middle
Michael’s vision is built on three guiding principles
Putting working people first
Small businesses, farmers, and local workers are the backbone of our economy. Michael will fight for policies that cut red tape, expand access to capital for local entrepreneurs, protect pensions, and raise wages so families can build a better future. He will prioritize investments in infrastructure, like rural broadband, safe roads, and modern ports. To make sure opportunity reaches every corner of the district.
Fighting to keep healthcare local
Too many rural hospitals and clinics are closing, forcing families to drive hours just to see a doctor. Michael will push for federal funding to stabilize rural hospitals, expand telehealth, and ensure mental health services are accessible in small towns. No mother should have to travel across counties to deliver a baby, and no veteran should wait months for care.
Training the next generation
The future of Georgia’s economy depends on a strong workforce. Michael will champion apprenticeship programs, vocational training, and partnerships with community colleges. That prepare students for good-paying jobs in industries like agriculture, manufacturing, healthcare, and logistics. His goal is simple, young people should be able to build a life right here at home, without having to leave their community behind.
I don’t care about party talking points or about towing party lines
If it helps regular people, I’ll fight for it.
If it doesn’t - I'll fight like hell to make sure it doesn't pass."
"America First for Real People" Platform
HealthCare
Environment &
Energy
Our coast is vital to Georgia’s economy from tourism to the Port of Savannah. Yet flooding, stronger storms, and outdated infrastructure keep putting homes and businesses at risk.
I’ll push for federal investment in:
- Upgraded drainage and storm-water systems
- Stronger levees and flood barriers
- Wetland restoration and natural storm buffers
- Fair FEMA access for working-class families
This is about protecting people and property, not politics.
Georgia needs reliable, affordable power. I’ll support an “all-of-the-above” energy plan natural gas, nuclear, solar, and new technologies to strengthen our independence and lower costs.
We can modernize the grid to handle severe weather, prevent long outages, and invest in Georgia-made energy solutions that create local jobs.
Immigration & Security
Border security is national security. I support completing physical barriers where they’re effective, deploying modern technology at crossings, and giving Border Patrol the resources they need to do their job. We also need to fix our broken immigration system with faster processing of legal claims and work authorization for industries that need labor which stops illegal hiring that undercuts wages for Georgia workers. Legal immigration and border security aren’t opposites we need both.
Rural hospitals across Georgia are closing we’ve lost maternity care in dozens of counties. Georgians pay federal taxes that go to healthcare in other states while our hospitals shut down. I’ll fight to bring those dollars back to Georgia to keep our hospitals and emergency rooms open. Healthcare decisions should be made in Georgia, not Washington.
We can bring down prices by letting Medicare negotiate more drug costs and expanding those same caps to everyone, not just seniors.
To fix rural healthcare, we need more providers loan forgiveness for doctors and nurses who serve in rural areas, and federal help to keep small hospitals and emergency rooms open.
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