John Monds (born June 17, 1965) is an American politician and activist. He was the Libertarian nominee for
Governor of Georgia in
2010.
He was the first
African American
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to appear on the general election ballot for Governor of Georgia.
In
2008
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, Monds became the first
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candidate in both
Georgia
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and the rest of the
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to receive over 1,000,000 votes, when he ran for the Statewide office of Public Service Commission District 1 seat.
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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
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. Monds also held the record for the highest percentage ever of the vote for a Libertarian in a statewide race until Ricky Dale Harrington Jr. received a slightly higher percentage in the 2020 Arkansas Senate race.
On January 27, 2020, Monds filed his candidacy for the Libertarian nomination for President of the United States
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in the 2020 election.[ He was eliminated on the third ballot during the Libertarian Party's first-of-its-kind online national convention on May 23; ]Jo Jorgensen
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won the nomination in the fourth round.
Background
Monds is a 1983 graduate of J.M. Tate High School in Gonzalez, Florida
Gonzalez is a census-designated place (CDP) in Escambia County, Florida. As of the 2010 United States Census, the population was 13,273. Gonzalez is a suburban community located north of Pensacola, and south of Cantonment. Tate High School, the ...
and a 1987 graduate of Morehouse College in Atlanta, Georgia
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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
Founded in 1971, The Libertarian Party of Georgia is a state affiliate of the United States Libertarian Party.
Executive committee
The executive committe in 2017 consisted of four members.
Candidates
Notable candidates include John Monds's ru ...
Executive Committee and the Grady County Fine Arts Project.
Personal life
Monds and his wife, Kathaleena Edward Monds, live in Cairo, Georgia
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History
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and have four children, Akintunde, Cazembe, Halima and Malik.[
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Election results
References
External links
Monds2020.com, official presidential campaign site
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Libertarian Party of Georgia
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1965 births
Living people
21st-century African-American politicians
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Activists from Georgia (U.S. state)
African-American people in Georgia (U.S. state) politics
Candidates in the 2010 United States elections
Candidates in the 2020 United States presidential election
Georgia (U.S. state) Libertarians
Morehouse College alumni
NAACP activists
20th-century African-American people