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John Monds

American politician

Summary

American politician

Field	Value
name	John Monds
image	John Monds in 2020 (cropped).png
caption	Monds in 2020
birth_date
party	Libertarian
education	Morehouse College

John Monds (born June 17, 1965) is an American politician and activist. He was the Libertarian nominee for Governor of Georgia in 2010.Sheinin, Aaron Gould; Salzer, James "Deal, Handel battle till end in Ga. GOP primary" , The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-13. He was the first African American to appear on the general election ballot for Governor of Georgia.

In 2008, Monds became the first Libertarian Party candidate in both Georgia and the rest of the United States to receive over 1,000,000 votes, when he ran for the Statewide office of Public Service Commission District 1 seat. Monds received 1,076,726 votes for 33.4% of the vote in a two-way race with only a Republican opponent. His vote total was the highest number of votes that a Libertarian candidate had ever received in a United States election at any level, until Gary Johnson received 1,139,562 votes in the 2012 presidential election. Monds also held the record for the highest percentage ever of the vote for a Libertarian in a statewide race until Mike Fellows received over 40% in the 2012 race for clerk of the Montana Supreme Court.

On January 27, 2020, Monds filed his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination for President of the United States in the 2020 election.

Background

Monds is a 1983 graduate of J.M. Tate High School in Gonzalez, Florida and a 1987 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia where he received a bachelor's degree in banking and finance.

Recognitions

Monds earned the 2002 Superior Service Award and the 2003 Omega Man of the Year Award – both from the Mu Beta Beta Chapter of Omega Psi Phi fraternity. In 2003 he earned the Superior Service Award from the aforementioned fraternity's state organization. In 2005 he was named Man of the Year by the Grady County NAACP.

Civic and political activities

In his capacity as a member and President of the Grady County NAACP, Monds has held financial literacy classes for the Holder Park Summer Program, helped implement the Freedom Day Health Fair and advocated for citizens who believed they had been treated unjustly. He is a twenty-year member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity and has held various leadership positions on the local and state level including President of the Mu Beta Beta chapter. Monds also serves on the Grady County Planning Commission, Grady County Habitat for Humanity board, the Libertarian Party of Georgia Executive Committee and the Grady County Fine Arts Project.

Personal life

Monds and his wife, Kathaleena Edward Monds, live in Cairo, Georgia and have four children, Akintunde, Cazembe, Halima and Malik.

Election results

References

(March 24, 2009). "John Monds to seek Libertarian Nomination for Ga. Governor". Libertarian Party.
(October 14, 2010). "Libertarians find their place in Georgia politics". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
(November 5, 2008). "Deal wins gubernatorial election".
(February 21, 2020). "Million-Vote Man". [[Florida Courier]].
(November 5, 2008). "Libertarian Party's Monds makes history in Georgia". [[Thomasville Times-Enterprise]].
(February 18, 2009). "Georgia Election Results: Official Results of the Tuesday, November 04, 2008 General Election".
Weigel, David. (November 6, 2008). "Fun Election Facts for the Kids". [[Reason Online]].
"FEC FORM 2 : STATEMENT OF CANDIDACY".
Leonard, Jake. (February 3, 2020). "Monds becomes fifteenth active candidate for Libertarian presidential nomination".
Rose, Sarah. (February 4, 2020). "Former Georgia Gubernatorial Candidate Announces Presidential Campaign".
Doherty, Brian. (May 23, 2020). "Jo Jorgensen Wins Libertarian Party Presidential Nomination". [[Reason Foundation]].
(May 2, 2009). "John Monds: A credible Libertarian candidate".
"11/2/2010 - Federal and Statewide".

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