interview Jason Esteves, a rising gubernatorial candidate, says he’s a champion of Georgia’s working class against GOP policy Published April 27, 2026 6:30AM (EDT) Jason Esteves, Georgia gubernatorial candidate and former Georgia State Senator, speaks onstage during a rally at the Atlanta Civic Center on October 18, 2025 in Atlanta, Georgia. (Photo by Julia Beverly/Getty Images) Jason Esteves knows what it’s like to make the most out of very little. The Georgia Democrat watched both his mother and father work two to three jobs at a time to provide for their family throughout his childhood in the ’80s. In adulthood, he climbed his way up through roles as a public school teacher, an Atlanta Public Schools Board of Education member and chair, an attorney and even a state senator, while opening a handful of local businesses with his wife.…