Rev. Dr. Eric Lee on Affordability, Schools and Growth | Candidate Conversations – Episode 107

The Town Square Podcast · Oct 20, 2026 · 55m · transcript

Our Candidate Conversation series continues as Trey Bailey welcomes Rev. Dr. Eric Lee, candidate for Georgia Senate District 42.

A young family moves in with relatives, works to get on its feet, and hopes a first home is somewhere within reach. Rev. Dr. Eric Lee knows that experience personally. In this conversation, he recalls receiving food assistance and substitute teaching during the year he began pastoring Springfield Baptist Church. Six months later, he says, his family bought its first home.

Now he looks at his own children and wonders how many young adults can still make that kind of…