Georgia House · District 26

Lauren McDonald

Republican
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Votes with the House Majority Leader 96% On 161 contested votes where both voted · 99% on all votes Votes with own party 100% Partisan rank: 1 of 176 in the House Didn't vote at roll call 1% 8 of 816 roll calls · 1 of them excused

Where they sit

Every current House member, placed from most liberal to most conservative by how they voted on contested bills.

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Lauren McDonald's seat is marked. Seats run from most liberal (left) to most conservative (right), by contested floor votes. Color shows how often each member crosses party lines toward the middle on votes that divide the parties: solid blue or red means almost never, and purple means on at least 1 in 5 of those votes. Gray seats are members too new to score. How these numbers work

Georgia House86thpercentile
More conservative than 85% of the Georgia House.
Most liberalMost conservative
26th most conservative of 176

On the November 3 ballot

Running for Georgia House District 26.

Also on the ballot: Meredith Greene (Democratic)

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The scores

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Votes with the House Majority Leader
96%
Democrats Republicans 0%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Lauren McDonald.

On 161 contested votes where both voted99% on all 805 votes where both voted
Votes with own party
100%
Democrats Republicans 45%100%

Each tick is a current House member, by party; the dot is Lauren McDonald.

On 117 party-line votesPartisan rank: 1 of 176 in the House

Contested votes where they split

6 against the House Majority Leader; 4 against most of their party.

DateBill and motion Their voteHouse Majority LeaderMost of their party
March 6, 2026 HR 450: Authorize the Georgia General Assembly to provide by general law for sports betting in this state
Adoption		 Yea Yea Nay
March 6, 2026 HB 1166: Provide that zoning decisions shall not affect or be required for certain residential dwellings of 400 square feet or fewer
Passage		 Nay Yea Nay
March 6, 2026 HB 641: Require that an electric supplier hold the proposed discontinuation of electrical service to a residential consumer who suffers from a serious illness in…
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 3, 2026 HB 717: Provide for the regulation of the administration of psychedelic-assisted treatment and therapy
Passage		 Nay Yea —
April 4, 2025 HB 370: Require the property tax bill for any school district that opts out of the state-wide base year homestead exemption to state the total amount of the school…
Concur		 Yea Nay Yea
March 6, 2025 HB 506: Provide Medicaid coverage for tobacco cessation treatments
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea
March 4, 2025 HB 225: Repeal all laws relative to enforcement of speeding violations in school zones through the use of automated traffic enforcement safety devices
Passage		 Nay Yea Yea

Every roll call

How Lauren McDonald voted on each of the 816 floor roll calls while in office, newest first.

DateVoteTheir vote Most of their partyHouse Majority LeaderYeas–nays
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Contested and party-line votes link to their own pages; the rest link to the official record.

Contact and committees

Contact

Official page
www.legis.ga.gov
Email
lauren.mcdonald@house.ga.gov
Capitol office
State Capitol Room 401-B, 206 Washington St. SW, Atlanta, GA 30334
404-656-7855
District office
4180 Creekwood Drive, Cumming, GA 30041
770-886-9899

Committees

  • Intragovernmental Coordination Chair
  • Transportation Vice chair
  • Appropriations
  • Game, Fish and Parks
  • Human Relations and Aging
  • Natural Resources and Environment
  • Public Safety and Homeland Security
  • Regulated Industries

Contact details and committee assignments from Open States' data on the Georgia General Assembly, which it collects from the chambers' websites, as of Oct. 13, 2026.

Source: the Georgia House and Senate Journals (the Senate's for its 2025 session; it hasn't published its 2026 Journals yet), Jan. 13, 2025 to June 23, 2026. How these numbers work · Corrections