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Bubba McDonald
2009 - Present
2028
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Lauren McDonald Jr. (Republican Party) (also known as Bubba) is a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission, representing District 4. He assumed office on January 1, 2009. His current term ends on December 31, 2028.
McDonald (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Georgia Public Service Commission to represent District 4. He won in the general runoff election on January 5, 2021.
Biography
McDonald has been a commissioner in Jackson County, served on the Board of Managers of the Association of County Commissioners of Georgia and volunteered as a firefighter for the city of Commerce. He served for 20 years in the Georgia House of Representatives, chairing the Industry Committee for five years and the Appropriations Committee for eight. McDonald was first appointed to the public service commission to fill a vacancy, serving from 1998 to 2002. He was elected once again to the PSC in 2008 and has served since.[1]
Education
- B.B.A. - University of Georgia[1]
Political career
Georgia Public Service Commission (2009-present)
McDonald has served as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission since 2009.[1]
Georgia Public Service Commission (1998-2002)
McDonald first served as a member of the Georgia Public Service Commission from 1998 to 2002.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Georgia Public Service Commission election, 2020
General runoff election
General runoff election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4
Incumbent Lauren McDonald Jr. defeated Daniel Blackman in the general runoff election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 on January 5, 2021.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Lauren McDonald Jr. (R) | 50.4 | 2,234,689 |
 | Daniel Blackman (D)  | 49.6 | 2,200,962 | |
| Total votes: 4,435,651 | |||
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General election
General election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4
Incumbent Lauren McDonald Jr. and Daniel Blackman advanced to a runoff. They defeated Nathan Wilson in the general election for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren McDonald Jr. (R) | 49.9 | 2,415,248 |
| ✔ | | Daniel Blackman (D) | 47.0 | 2,272,969 |
 | Nathan Wilson (L) | 3.1 | 151,196 | |
| Total votes: 4,839,413 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4
Daniel Blackman defeated John Noel in the Democratic primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Daniel Blackman | 71.6 | 762,740 |
 | John Noel | 28.4 | 301,948 | |
| Total votes: 1,064,688 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4
Incumbent Lauren McDonald Jr. advanced from the Republican primary for Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 on June 9, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Lauren McDonald Jr. | 100.0 | 929,919 |
| Total votes: 929,919 | |||
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2014
McDonald ran for re-election to the Georgia Public Service Commission representing District 4 in 2014.[2] He overtook two challengers in the Republican nomination in the May 20 primary. McDonald faced Democrat Daniel Blackman and Libertarian Robin Aaron Gilmer in the general election. Bubba McDonald won the general election on November 4, 2014.[3]
Results
General election
| Public Service Commissioner of Georgia, District 4, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Bubba McDonald Incumbent |
53.4% | 1,341,182 | |
| Democratic | Daniel Blackman | 41.7% | 1,048,917 | |
| Libertarian | Robin Aaron Gilmer | 4.9% | 122,326 | |
| Total Votes | 2,512,425 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Primary election
| Georgia Public Service Commissioner, Republican Primary, 2014 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | ||
| Bubba McDonald Incumbent |
62.3% | 318,930 | ||
| Doug Kidd | 20.8% | 106,738 | ||
| Craig Lutz | 16.9% | 86,429 | ||
| Total Votes | 512,097 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State Election Results. | ||||
2008
McDonald won election to Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 in 2008. The general election led to a runoff on December 2, 2008, which McDonald won.[4]
| Georgia Public Service Commission, District 4 runoff, 2008 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Bubba McDonald |
56.5% | 1,136,217 | |
| Democratic | Powell | 43.5% | 874,112 | |
| Total Votes | 2,010,329 | |||
| Election results via Georgia Secretary of State | ||||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Campaign finance summary
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Notable endorsements
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
McDonald was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Georgia.[5] In the Georgia Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump won 42 delegates, Marco Rubio won 16, and Ted Cruz won 18. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate McDonald was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Georgia’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[6]
McDonald informed Ballotpedia by email on July 15, 2016, that he "was the first and only state wide elected official to endorse Donald Trump prior to the State Party Convention in Augusta."[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Georgia to the Republican National Convention were elected at district conventions and the state convention in June 2016. Delegates from Georgia were "bound" to the candidate to whom they were allocated through the first round of voting at the national convention unless their candidate withdrew from the race after the state primary election—in which case Georgia state law required those delegates to be "unpledged" at the national convention.
Georgia primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Georgia, 2016
| Georgia Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
38.8% | 502,994 | 42 | |
| Marco Rubio | 24.4% | 316,836 | 16 | |
| Ted Cruz | 23.6% | 305,847 | 18 | |
| John Kasich | 5.6% | 72,508 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 6.2% | 80,723 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 0.6% | 7,686 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.1% | 1,486 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.1% | 1,146 | 0 | |
| Lindsey Graham | 0% | 428 | 0 | |
| Mike Huckabee | 0.2% | 2,625 | 0 | |
| George Pataki | 0% | 236 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.2% | 2,910 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0% | 539 | 0 | |
| Totals | 1,295,964 | 76 | ||
| Source: Georgia Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Georgia had 76 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, 42 were district-level delegates (three for each of the state's 14 congressional districts). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; the highest vote-getter in a congressional district received two of that district's delegates, and the second highest vote-getter received the remaining delegate. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the vote in a given district, he or she won all three of that district's delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 34 delegates, 31 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated on a proportional basis; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to win any of Georgia's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[8][9]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Officeholder Georgia Public Service Commission District 4 |
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Georgia Public Service Commission, "Lauren 'Bubba' McDonald, Jr," accessed March 21, 2013
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Qualifying Candidate Information for May 20 Primary Election: Public Service Commission," March 3, 2014
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Statewide results, November 4, 2014," accessed October 27, 2015
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State, "Official Results of the Tuesday, December 02, 2008 General Election Runoff," accessed March 26, 2013
- ↑ AJC, "Ted Cruz backers lose bid to pack Georgia GOP delegate slate," June 4, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ Email correspondence with Bubba McDonald on July 15, 2016.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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