Vincent Fort
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Vincent D. Fort (April 28, 1956–) was first elected to the Georgia State Senate from the 39th District in 1996. He represents part of Fulton County.
He serves on the Judiciary, Education, State Properties and Institutions, Appropriations, and Reapportionment Committees. His district includes part of Atlanta and East Point.
As part of his ongoing commitment to working families, Senator Fort was the first author of Georgia's predatory lending law, which, until recently, was the strongest law in the country. He has been on the forefront for providing a safer Georgia, sponsoring and co-sponsoring bills against prostitution, hate crimes, drug-related nuisances, discrimination against citizens with disabilities, racial profiling, disabled access to housing, and collective bargaining for law enforcement officers.
Senator Fort was one of three state senators to vote against SR 996 -- a Senate resolution authorizing a referendum vote on a constitutional amendment to allow Tax Allocation Districts (TADs) to cover education property taxes, [1] in response to a recent state Supreme Court decision to the contrary. The Atlanta Beltline, which serves Senator Fort's district, had already issued now-unconstitutional bonds off projected educational property tax revenue increases from the project.[2] Senator Fort was the only Atlanta-area Senator to vote against the resolution.
Senator Fort received his Bachelor of Arts Degree in American History at Central Connecticut State College and his Masters Degree in African-American History from Atlanta University. Senator Fort's unwavering commitment to making Georgia a better place to live has been recognized by several organizations such as the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Georgia Council on Aging, The Georgia Commission on the Holocaust, The American Association of Retired Person (AARP), The National Association of Consumer Advocates, and the Anti-Defamation League.
Senator Fort has three children.[1]
