Jonathon Leathers attended UC Davis from 2003 until graduating in 2007. He became President of the Davis College Green Party in his first year at UC Davis and remained President until he graduated. Off campus he served as the Chair of the County Council of the Green Party of Yolo County while living in Davis.

Jonathon Leathers unsuccessfully ran for ASUCD ASUCD Senate Senate twice. His first campaign was in the Fall 2004 ASUCD Election on the SOSSS slate where he fell 42 votes short of being elected. He ran again, this time as an Independent independent, in the Winter 2005 ASUCD Election. Following the Winter election he was appointed as the Chair of the ASUCD Elections Committee and held that position for two consecutive years: 20052006 and 20062007. Jonathon was a supporter of Choice Voting in ASUCD elections and even wrote the Countback Amendment to utilize election data for filing Senate vacancies. During his time in ASUCD, Jonathon was involved in a number of controversial situations. These are just a few:
  Fall 2005 ASUCD Election/Unqualified Candidates Scandal
  Fall 2005 ASUCD Election/Turnout Controversy
  Election Statement Controversy

In 2007, Jonathon Leathers left Davis and moved to Portland, Oregon. He currently lives in Vancouver, B.C.

 More information 
  Users/JonathonLeathers Jons personal page
  http://www.jtleathers.com/asucd/elections.html Jons ASUCD Election History Website
