LegiStorm

Summary

Biographical

Family:

Education

• Georgia State University - Attended (1969-1971)

• Therrell High School (Atlanta, Ga.) - Diploma

Office History

Election Results

• 2015 (Nov. 4, 2014 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Georgia
  Leon Acton Westmoreland (Lynn), 100.00%

  Republican

• 2013 (Nov. 6, 2012 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Georgia
  Leon Acton Westmoreland (Lynn), 100.00%

  Republican

• 2011 (Nov. 2, 2010 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Georgia
  Leon Acton Westmoreland (Lynn), 69.48%

  Republican
  Frank Saunders, 30.52%

  Democrat

• 2009 (Nov. 4, 2008 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Georgia
  Leon Acton Westmoreland (Lynn), 65.69%

  Republican
  Stephen Camp, 34.30%

  Democrat

• 2007 (Nov. 7, 2006 election)

  3rd Congressional District of Georgia
  Leon Acton Westmoreland (Lynn), 67.65%

  Republican
  Mike Mcgraw, 32.35%

  Democrat

Associated Organizations

• Westmoreland for Congress (Georgia)

• Acton PAC

• House Office of Congressional Ethics (2019-)

  Alternate Member

Awards

• Spirit of Enterprise Award (U.S. Chamber of Commerce) (March 2017)

• Manufacturing Legislative Excellence Award (National Association of Manufacturers) (Oct. 2016)

• Defender of Housing (National Association of Home Builders) (Sept. 2016)

• Hero of Main Street (National Retail Federation) (July 2015)

• Conservative Achievement Award (American Conservative Union) (May 2015)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2014)

• Guardian of Small Business (National Federation of Independent Business Inc.) (Sept. 2013)

• Freedom Fighter Award (FreedomWorks Inc.) (March 2013)

• Defender of Liberty Award (American Conservative Union) (Feb. 21, 2013)

Official Signature

Privately Financed Travel

14 trips taken between 2005 - 2015 costing $51,587

See map of trips

Personal Financial Disclosures

Disclosures as a member:

Congressional Staff

Caught Our Eye

• NRA lobbyist back to Hill as chief of staff

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on July 11, 2017
  Less than a month after the shooting at a congressional baseball practice reignited a debate about the role of firearms in society, Rep. Austin Scott (R-Ga.) has brought a gun lobbyist on as chief of staff. read more

• BIO snags Senate health as gov't affairs director

  Posted by Keturah Hetrick on June 14, 2017
  Biotechnology Innovation Organization, the world's largest biotechnology trade firm, picked up Sen. Johnny Isakson's (R-Ga.) health policy aide this month. read more

• Trump gets in, Congress tweets

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on June 17, 2015
  Real estate mogul and "The Apprentice" star Donald Trump joined the 2016 race Tuesday, stirring mockery and questions from both sides of the aisle. read more

• Mailman drops by with letters for Congress, staffers tweet their confusion

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on April 16, 2015
  When a mailman dropped from the sky Wednesday with a special delivery for members of Congress, staffers who may have processed the letters through more typical channels took to Twitter instead. read more

• Death by a thousand tweets for resigning Rep. Schock

  Posted by Jenna Ebersole on March 23, 2015
  As the news kept getting worse for Illinois Republican Rep. Aaron Schock, congressional staffers on both sides of the aisle spent little time mourning on Twitter the fate of a once-rising star. read more

• One month left for 41 representatives to file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on July 19, 2012
  The personal financial disclosures of members of Congress continue to trickle in two months after the initial deadline. read more

• More member financial disclosures added

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 18, 2012
  LegiStorm today added the financial disclsoures of twelve more House of Representatives members who filed annual financial disclosures since the initial batch was released by the House last week. read more

• 92 members of Congress did not file financial disclosures

  Posted by Daimon Eklund on June 14, 2012
   The filings of 17 senators and 75 representatives were not available when the personal financial dislcosures were released Thursday. read more

• Nearly 50 members have yet to file financial disclosures

  Posted by LegiStorm on July 19, 2011
  Half of the members of Congress who received extensions to file their personal financial disclosures at the May deadline have since filed, leaving nearly 50 lawmakers who have yet to file. read more

• Many lawmakers granted financial disclosure extensions

  Posted by LegiStorm on June 15, 2011
  Twenty senators and 75 representatives requested an extension of the May deadline and did not have a 2011 personal financial disclosures in today's release. read more

• LegiStorm upgrades its name accuracy

  Posted by LegiStorm on April 20, 2010
  We've made a relatively small change to how we handle names on our site that should have big implications for our users. read more