Leigh Wilburn

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=February 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| district = 94th

| predecessor = Barrett Rich

| successor = Jamie Jenkins (interim)
Ron Gant

| state_house = Tennessee

| term = 2015

| party = Republican

}}

Leigh Wilburn is an American lawyer and politician from Tennessee. A Republican, she served in the Tennessee House of Representatives.

Wilburn is from Somerville, Tennessee. She was elected to the Tennessee House in 2014, succeeding Barrett Rich, who retired. She resigned on December 31, 2015, midway through her term, due to what she described as "unforeseen circumstances involving my immediate and extended family and my business."{{Cite news|url=https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2015/12/01/rep-leigh-wilburn-resigns-tn-general-assembly/76634444/|title=Rep. Leigh Wilburn resigns from Tennessee General Assembly|date=2015-12-01|work=The Tennessean|access-date=2018-09-05|agency=Associated Press|language=en}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/government/state/state-rep-wilburn-of-somerville-resigns-25dc2a59-b3bb-1460-e053-0100007f9038-359673131.html|title=State Rep. Wilburn of Somerville resigns|last=Locker|first=Richard|date=2015-12-01|work=The Commercial Appeal|access-date=2018-09-05|language=en}} Jamie Jenkins was appointed as her replacement.{{Cite news|url=http://www.wmcactionnews5.com/story/30914338/jenkins-named-as-representative-wilburn-replacement|title=Jenkins named as Representative Wilburn replacement|date=2016-01-07|work=wmcactionnews5.com|access-date=2018-09-06|language=en}}

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