About Nabilah
Raised in Gwinnett County, Nabilah Islam Parkes is the youngest woman ever elected to the Georgia State Senate. She is also the first Muslim woman and the first South Asian woman elected to the Senate. Nabilah is a lifelong organizer and community advocate. The daughter of working-class immigrants from Bangladesh, Nabilah watched her parents work long hours to put food on the table. When Nabilah was in high school, her mother was injured while working in a warehouse – giving their family firsthand knowledge of the broken healthcare system.
During her time in the Senate, Nabilah has been a staunch advocate for Georgia’s families, fighting to lower drug costs, make healthcare more affordable, fully fund our public health agencies, expand Medicaid, and protect abortion rights. Her innovative measures to eliminate taxes on essential household items like diapers, menstrual products, and school supplies will put more money in the pockets of hardworking Georgians.
This election cycle is absolutely critical for Georgians – and we need to do everything we can to elect Democrats who will fight for working families and the middle class up and down the ballot, including re-electing Jon Ossoff to the Senate. We won in 2020 and 2022 by energizing our base while also appealing to new voters, and we can do it again. I’m running to be the next Chair of the Democratic Party of Georgia because I know how to win close elections, and I’m not afraid of a tough fight.
Nabilah Islam Parkes Nabilah grew up in Norcross and Lawrenceville, and graduated from Gwinnett County Public Schools. Nabilah put herself through college at Georgia State University with the help of the HOPE scholarship and by working part-time at a retail store.
Nabilah serves on several important committees including Banking and Financial Institutions, Science and Technology, Children and Families, and Veterans, Military, and Homeland Security. She was also elected Chair of the Gwinnett County Senate delegation and also serves as Senate Co-Chair of the bicameral Georgia Legislative Women’s Caucus.
Nabilah has a track record of helping other Democrats win election up and down the ballot. She's mobilized tens of thousands of voters in Georgia to help elect Senators Ossoff and Warnock, she’s held leadership roles with the Gwinnett Democratic Party, and she's raised more than $50 million for Democrats across the country.
Nabilah lives in Duluth with her husband Bryan and their three children. In 2024, Nabilah became the first woman in the Georgia Senate to give birth while serving.