Leslie Armstrong McLeod has announced her run for the office of Illinois State Representative for District 64 in November 2019 to give the people an alternative to the inaction exhibited by the area’s current representative. She is a progressive small business owner, a supporter of kindness, and champion of the underdog. She is hard-working, reasonable, and fair-minded. She fights for living wages, women’s equality, and funding our future.
Leslie has lived in Illinois for most of her life. Born outside of Detroit, Michigan, her family moved to Illinois when she was seven. She grew up in Arlington Heights and moved to Lake County after building a home in 1992. She has lived in both Round Lake Beach and Round Lake, before moving to the Fox Lake area ten years ago.
Leslie graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and began her career working for a post-production studio in Chicago. She spent fifteen years as a graphic designer for a Fortune 500 electronics manufacturer in Des Plaines and has spent the last fourteen years working for Community Consolidated School District 46 in Grayslake. Leslie is the media relations specialist and webmaster for the district, as well as the president of the PSRP support staff union. Leslie has been a member of the PSRP union since its inception, and has served as a worksite leader, negotiation team member, a delegate to the LCFT, and until December 2019, the vice-president of the PSRP union - a council of the Lake County Federation of Teachers, Local 504, IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO.
Leslie has been involved in the Village of Fox Lake through their Summer Art Series, having photographs displayed for the past two summers in their new Garden Green. Leslie’s photographs can also be viewed on the Village of Fox Lake’s website and social media graphics, as well as featured in the 2020 Fox Lake/Spring Grove Chamber of Commerce Guide, and in the Lake Villa/Lindenhurst, Round Lake Area, Fox Lake Area, and McHenry Town Planner calendars. Leslie’s artwork has been honored at the Lake County Fair, the Grayslake Heritage Center, McHenry’s Art in the Park, and included in “A Week in the Life of McHenry County” - a 2017 publication by the Friends of the Old Courthouse in Woodstock.
Leslie has lived in Illinois for most of her life. Born outside of Detroit, Michigan, her family moved to Illinois when she was seven. She grew up in Arlington Heights and moved to Lake County after building a home in 1992. She has lived in both Round Lake Beach and Round Lake, before moving to the Fox Lake area ten years ago.
Leslie graduated from Millikin University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree and began her career working for a post-production studio in Chicago. She spent fifteen years as a graphic designer for a Fortune 500 electronics manufacturer in Des Plaines and has spent the last fourteen years working for Community Consolidated School District 46 in Grayslake. Leslie is the media relations specialist and webmaster for the district, as well as the president of the PSRP support staff union. Leslie has been a member of the PSRP union since its inception, and has served as a worksite leader, negotiation team member, a delegate to the LCFT, and until December 2019, the vice-president of the PSRP union - a council of the Lake County Federation of Teachers, Local 504, IFT-AFT/AFL-CIO.
Leslie has been involved in the Village of Fox Lake through their Summer Art Series, having photographs displayed for the past two summers in their new Garden Green. Leslie’s photographs can also be viewed on the Village of Fox Lake’s website and social media graphics, as well as featured in the 2020 Fox Lake/Spring Grove Chamber of Commerce Guide, and in the Lake Villa/Lindenhurst, Round Lake Area, Fox Lake Area, and McHenry Town Planner calendars. Leslie’s artwork has been honored at the Lake County Fair, the Grayslake Heritage Center, McHenry’s Art in the Park, and included in “A Week in the Life of McHenry County” - a 2017 publication by the Friends of the Old Courthouse in Woodstock.
Endorsements
- U.S. Congresswoman Lauren Underwood - Farm Team PAC
- Illinois Federation of Teachers
- Lake County Federation of Teachers, Local 504
- Lake County Democratic Women
- Illinois NOW PAC
- Personal PAC
- Planned Parenthood Illinois Action
- Illinois Nurses Association
- National Association of Social Workers - IL
- Equality Illinois
- Indo-American Democratic Organization/IADO
- Giffords PAC
- G-PAC Gun Violence Prevention PAC
- Moms Demand Action Gun Sense Candidate
- Illinois State AFL-CIO
- Chicago Federation of Labor, Local 399
- Chicago Laborers' District Council, LiUNA
- Northeastern Illinois Federation of Labor
- Teamsters Joint Council No. 25
- United Food and Commercial Workers, Local 881
Press
Daily Herald, December 2, 2019
Last day of filing brings final flurry of Illinois General Assembly candidates
Chicago Sun-Times, January 2020
Illinois 2020 Election Voting Guide
Northwest Herald, September 2020
Discussion of Issues
House District Candidates 63 and 64
Last day of filing brings final flurry of Illinois General Assembly candidates
Chicago Sun-Times, January 2020
Illinois 2020 Election Voting Guide
Northwest Herald, September 2020
Discussion of Issues
House District Candidates 63 and 64