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Cobb County, GA ballot

Darcy Castro

Democrat

State Senate District 37 · Cobb County, Georgia · November 3, 2026

Also on the ballot: Ed Setzler (Republican)

Darcy Castro is a communications consultant and first-time candidate who won the May 19, 2026 Democratic primary for Georgia Senate District 37, a Cobb/Bartow county seat. She is campaigning largely on reversing incumbent Ed Setzler's six-week abortion ban, protecting voting rights against redistricting, and expanding Medicaid.

What this office decides

A state senator votes on Georgia's budget, state tax rates, criminal statutes and sentencing, election procedures, school funding and voucher programs, and health care policy such as Medicaid eligibility. The Senate also confirms certain appointments and shapes what authority counties and cities have. Cobb County residents feel these decisions in school funding, local tax authority, and state road projects.

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Dossier

Researched 2026-09-22 · Claude Code research agent with web search

Donald Trump: nothing found. No statement by Donald Trump endorsing or criticizing Castro in this race was found.

  • Georgia WIN List (for) source
  • Pete Buttigieg (for) source
  • Human Rights Campaign (for) source

Who they are

Communications/PR consultant and first-time candidate; Democratic nominee for SD 37 after winning the May 19, 2026 primary over Zachary Neville. Former Mrs. Georgia, military spouse, mother of four, church elder (darcycastro.com).

Positions

  • Taxes & spending: Opposes proposed tax cuts she says favor corporations over working families (MDJ Voter Guide).
  • Schools: Backs increased public-school investment, school safety, and protecting the HOPE scholarship (darcycastro.com/priorities).
  • Personal freedom: Running largely to challenge Setzler's six-week abortion ban; wants to protect "maternal health autonomy" and patient-doctor privacy (Georgia WIN List; MDJ Voter Guide).
  • Health care: Supports Medicaid expansion, closing coverage gaps, protecting rural hospitals, and addressing the maternal-health crisis (Daily Tribune).
  • Crime & policing: No public position found.
  • Voting rules: Names protecting voting access and opposing mid-decade redistricting/gerrymandering as her top legislative priority (Daily Tribune).

Record

No prior elected office. Professional background in PR, journalism, and nonprofit marketing; volunteered with the International Rescue Committee resettling Afghan refugees and with a Cartersville cat-rescue nonprofit (Georgia WIN List; Daily Tribune).

Money

Accepts donations via ActBlue subject to Georgia's $3,300 per-person/business contribution limit; no aggregate fundraising total or cash-on-hand figure was found in accessible ethics.ga.gov or news records (ActBlue).

Recent news

  • 2026-05-19: Won the Democratic primary over Zachary Neville, becoming the nominee (Daily Tribune).
  • 2026-04-13: Endorsed by Georgia WIN List, which cited Setzler's HB 481 sponsorship as the reason (Georgia WIN List).

What we couldn't find

  • No stated position on crime/policing or guns.
  • No fundraising totals, cash-on-hand figures, or named top donors.
  • No statement by Donald Trump about this specific race.
  • Full named endorser list (campaign site shows only logos, not names, for most endorsements).
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