Josh McLaurin

Joshua Ivan McLaurin (born January 17, 1988) is a member of the Georgia State Senate in the state of Georgia. McLaurin represents the 14th district in the state Senate, a seat once held by 39th president of the United States Jimmy Carter. Before his election to the state Senate, McLaurin served two terms in the Georgia House of Representatives.

Josh McLaurin
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 14th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Bruce Thompson
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives from the 51st district
In office January 14, 2019 – January 9, 2023
Preceded by	Wendell Willard
Succeeded by	Esther Panitch
Personal details
Born	Joshua Ivan McLaurin (1988-01-17) January 17, 1988 (age 37) Cobb County, Georgia, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Georgia (AB, MPA) Yale University (JD)

Early life

McLaurin was born in Cobb County, Georgia, Georgia. He attended the University of Georgia for college. He then attended Yale Law School, where he briefly lived with author, future U.S. senator, and Vice President JD Vance.^[1]

Political career

After winning the 2018 election for a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives, McLaurin succeeded 17-year incumbent Wendell Willard.

In 2022, following Donald Trump's endorsement of JD Vance for that year's Senate election in Ohio, McLaurin shared private text messages Vance had sent him during the 2016 United States presidential campaign positing that Trump could become "America's Hitler".^[1] Vance was later elected and inaugurated as vice president of the United States.^[2]