Donna McLeod

Donna McLeod (born March 19, 1968) is an American politician. She has served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 105th District since 2019.[2] She is the first Jamaican-American to become a Representative in Georgia.[3] She defeated Republican Donna Sheldon in the 2018 United States elections to replace retiring Representative Joyce Chandler.[4]

Donna McLeod
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
from the 105th district
Assumed office
January, 14th, 2019
Preceded byJoyce Chandler
Personal details
Born (1968-03-19) March 19, 1968[1]
Kingston, Jamaica
Political partyDemocratic
ResidenceLawrenceville, Georgia
Alma materHumber College

Political career
McLeod (far left) and other Georgia state politicians meet with Elizabeth Warren in 2019

McLeod first ran to represent District 105 in the Georgia House of Representatives in 2016, but lost the general election to incumbent Joyce Chandler. In 2018, she ran again, and defeated Republican Donna Sheldon. She is running for re-election in 2020, and will face Eric Dierks in the general election.[2]

McLeod currently sits on the following committees:[5]

  • Code Revision
  • Human Relations & Aging
  • Interstate Cooperation
  • Science and Technology

Electoral record
2016 Democratic primary: Georgia House of Representatives, District 105[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna McLeod 638 67.37%
Democratic Perry Green 309 32.63%
2016 general election: Georgia House of Representatives, District 105[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Joyce Chandler 12,411 50.45%
Democratic Donna McLeod 12,189 49.55%

In 2018, Mcleod was unopposed in the Democratic primary for the District 105 seat.[2]

2018 general election: Georgia House of Representatives, District 105[2]
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Donna McLeod 14,335 58.4%
Republican Donna Sheldon 10,224 41.6%

References
  1. "Donna McLeod's Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  2. "Donna McLeod". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  3. "Donna McLeod, first Jamaican born Representative headed to Georgia House". MSN. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  4. newsamericas (2018-11-08). "Caribbean News – This Caribbean National Makes History In The Georgia Elections". Caribbean and Latin America Daily News. Retrieved 2019-02-06.
  5. "Donna McLeod". Georgia House of Representatives. Retrieved 21 June 2020.


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