Saira Amir Draper is an American politician from the

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who serves as a member of the

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representing District 90.

Education

Draper attended

North Springs High School North Springs High School (formerly called North Springs Charter High School of Arts and Sciences from 2007 to 2022) is a public high school located in Sandy Springs, Georgia, United States. It is the only magnet school in the Fulton County Sc ...

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. She is a 2006 graduate of Georgia Tech’s School of Public Policy.

Career

Following the

withdrawal of Joe Biden from the 2024 United States presidential election On July 21, 2024, Joe Biden, the 46th president of the United States, announced his withdrawal from the 2024 United States presidential election. Biden, a Democrat who had been elected president in 2020, stated on April 25, 2023 that he wou ...

, Draper endorsed the

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. In the

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, she was a candidate against fellow Democratic incumbent

Becky Evans Rebecca N. Farmer Evans (born July 26, 1961) is a Georgia state representative from Atlanta, Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, she defeated Democratic Party incumbent Howard Mosby, in November 2018. She now represents the 89th district, ...

for the newly drawn District 90.

Personal life

Draper is of Pakistani and Spanish descent.

References

External links

Official page
at the

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Campaign website
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