When Angelika Kausche takes her seat on the Georgia State House on Jan. 14, she will be the first German/American state lawmakers in recent Georgia history.
Kausche is a Democrat and will represent the Atlanta suburb of John’s Creek, one of the wealthiest communities in the United States.
“I think it’s one of the districts with the highest percentage of graduate degrees. So you have to have a master’s or at least two master’s or a PHD,” Kausche said of her district, which also is 49 percent Asian.
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