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Ga. Democrats to focus on economy, health care, civil rights
Raising minimum wage a key topic for state's minority party
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Georgia Democrats have put the economy, health care and civil rights at the top of their legislative agenda for 2015 as they try to make inroads with state voters for future elections. “I always tell folks that the Democrats’ agenda is the people’s agenda,” said Dewey McClain, a state representative from Lilburn and president of the Atlanta North Georgia Labor Council, an AFL-CIO affiliate. With more and more states across the nation raising the minimum wage for workers across all industries, McClain said Democrats hope to piggyback on this momentum.