The second of six siblings, Abrams was born to Robert and Carolyn Abrams in Madison, Wisconsin, and raised in Gulfport, Mississippi. The family moved to Atlanta, Georgia, where her parents pursued graduate degrees at Emory University and later became Methodist ministers.
Abrams ran in the Democratic Party primary election against former state legislator George Maddox and political operative Dexter Porter.
Abrams supports criminal justice reform in the form of no cash bail for poor defendants, abolishing the death penalty, and decriminalizing possession of small amounts of marijuana. She also supports community policing to keep communities safe as part of criminal justice reform.
presidential election, both The New York Times and The Washington Post credited Abrams with a large boost in Democratic votes in Georgia and an estimated 800,000 new voter registrations. As part of that election, she served as an elector for the state of Georgia.
Abrams received the Stevens Award for Outstanding Legal Contributions and the Elmer Staats Award for Public Service, both national honors presented by the Harry S. Truman Foundation. She was also a 1994 Harry S. Truman Scholar. In 2001, Ebony magazine named Abrams one of "30 Leaders of the Future".
Abrams co-founded Nourish, Inc. in 2010. Originally conceived as a beverage company with a focus on infants and toddlers, it was later rebranded as Now and pivoted its business model to an invoicing solution for small businesses. Now raised a $9.5 million Series A in 2021.
On August 17, 2019, Abrams announced the founding of Fair Fight 2020, an organization to assist Democrats financially and technically to build voter protection teams in 20 states. Abrams is Fair Fight Action 2020's chair.
Before that, he reported news at WRCB-TV in Chattanooga and WDNN-TV in Dalton, Georgia. He also obtained a law degree from the University of Maryland in 1999 and even drew his own courtroom sketches when cameras weren’t allowed. He interned with two federal prosecutors' offices and with state capital defense lawyers.
He interned with two federal prosecutors' offices and with state capital defense lawyers. He currently lives in Matthews with his wife, daughter and son, the only people who laugh at his jokes. He enjoys the Carolina Panthers, soccer, art, books and movies. Follow Jason on Twitter using the profile @Action9.