Josh McLaurin
2023 - Present
2025
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Josh McLaurin (Democratic Party) is a member of the Georgia State Senate, representing District 14. He assumed office on January 9, 2023. His current term ends on January 13, 2025.
McLaurin (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia State Senate to represent District 14. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Josh McLaurin lives in Sandy Springs, Georgia.[1] McLaurin earned a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in public administration from the University of Georgia and a law degree from Yale University. His career experience includes working as acting general counsel with ExpressJet Airlines, an associate with Krevolin & Horst, LLC, and a law clerk with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit.[1][2]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
McLaurin was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Economic Development and Tourism Committee
- Senate Retirement Committee
- House Transportation Committee
- Veterans, Military and Homeland Security Committee
2021-2022
McLaurin was assigned to the following committees:
- Budget and Fiscal Affairs Oversight Committee
- Energy, Utilities and Telecommunications Committee
- Judiciary - Non-Civil Committee
- Special Rules Committee
2019-2020
McLaurin was assigned to the following committees:
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 14
Incumbent Josh McLaurin won election in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 14 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Josh McLaurin (D) | 100.0 | 72,341 |
| Total votes: 72,341 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 14
Incumbent Josh McLaurin advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 14 on May 21, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin | 100.0 | 8,925 |
| Total votes: 8,925 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Georgia State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Georgia State Senate District 14
Josh McLaurin defeated Liz Hausmann in the general election for Georgia State Senate District 14 on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin (D) | 54.7 | 41,353 |
 | Liz Hausmann (R) | 45.3 | 34,257 | |
| Total votes: 75,610 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 14
Josh McLaurin advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia State Senate District 14 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin | 100.0 | 11,284 |
| Total votes: 11,284 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 14
Liz Hausmann advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia State Senate District 14 on May 24, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Liz Hausmann | 100.0 | 14,930 |
| Total votes: 14,930 | |||
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2020
See also: Georgia House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Josh McLaurin defeated Alex Kaufman in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin (D) | 55.3 | 16,398 |
| Alex Kaufman (R) | 44.7 | 13,274 | |
| Total votes: 29,672 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Incumbent Josh McLaurin advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin | 100.0 | 6,258 |
| Total votes: 6,258 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Alex Kaufman advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Kaufman | 100.0 | 3,425 |
| Total votes: 3,425 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Josh McLaurin defeated Alex Kaufman in the general election for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin (D) | 51.6 | 12,531 |
| Alex Kaufman (R) | 48.4 | 11,767 | |
| Total votes: 24,298 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Josh McLaurin advanced from the Democratic primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Josh McLaurin | 100.0 | 2,559 |
| Total votes: 2,559 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51
Alex Kaufman advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia House of Representatives District 51 on May 22, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Kaufman | 100.0 | 2,256 |
| Total votes: 2,256 | |||
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2017
McLaurin briefly sought election to the 6th Congressional District of Georgia in the 2017 special election. However, he dropped out of the race prior to the primary and endorsed Jon Ossoff.[3]
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Josh McLaurin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Josh McLaurin did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2023
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In 2023, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 9 to March 29.
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2022
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In 2022, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 10 to April 4.
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2021
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In 2021, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 11 to March 31.
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2020
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In 2020, the Georgia State Legislature was in session from January 13 to June 26. The session was suspended from March 13 through June 11.
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2019
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In 2019, the Georgia General Assembly was in session from January 14 through April 2.
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Candidate Georgia State Senate District 14 |
Officeholder Georgia State Senate District 14 |
Personal |
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Georgia General Assembly, "Senator Josh McLaurin," accessed April 13, 2023
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Josh McLaurin," accessed April 13, 2023
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
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| Preceded by Bruce Thompson (R) |
Georgia State Senate District 14 2023-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Georgia House of Representatives District 51 2019-2023 |
Succeeded by Esther Panitch (D) |
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