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              UNITED STATES SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             WASHINGTON, D.C. 20549

                                     FORM 4

                  STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN BENEFICIAL OWNERSHIP

    Filed pursuant to Section 16(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934,
       Section 17(a) of the Public Utility Holding Company Act of 1935 or
               Section 30(h) of the Investment Company Act of 1940

[  ] Check this box if no longer subject to Section 16. Form 4 or Form 5
     obligations may continue. See Instruction 1(b).

(Print or Type Responses)
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1. Name and Address of Reporting Person*

   Forstmann            Theodore                 J.
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   (Last)               (First)                 (Middle)

   c/o Forstmann Little & Co.
   767 Fifth Avenue, 44th Floor
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                                    (Street)

   New York             New York                10153
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   (City)               (State)                 (Zip)


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2. Issuer Name AND Ticker or Trading Symbol

   McLeodUSA Incorporated; Nasdaq/NMS: MCLD
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3. IRS or Social Security Number of Reporting Person (voluntary)


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4. Statement for Month/Day/Year

   November 11, 2002
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5. If Amendment, Date of Original (Month/Day/Year)

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6. Relationship of Reporting Person(s) to Issuer
   (Check all applicable)

   [ X ]   Director                             [ X ]   10% Owner
   [   ]   Officer (give title below)           [   ]   Other (specify below)



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7. Individual or Joint/Group Filing
   (Check Applicable Line)

   [ X ]   Form filed by One Reporting Person
   [   ]   Form filed by More than One Reporting Person


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           TABLE I -- NON-DERIVATIVE SECURITIES ACQUIRED, DISPOSED OF,
                             OR BENEFICIALLY OWNED
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                                                                                                 5.
                                                                                                 Amount of      6.
                                                                 4.                              Securities     Owner-
                                                                 Securities Acquired (A) or      Beneficially   ship
                                         2A.        3.           Disposed of (D)                 Owned Follow-  Form:     7.
                                         Deemed     Transaction  (Instr. 3, 4 and 5)             ing Reported   Direct    Nature of
                              2.         Execution  Code         ------------------------------- Transac-       (D) or    Indirect
1.                            Transac-   Date, if   (Instr. 8)                   (A)             tions(s)       Indirect  Beneficial
Title of Security             tion Date  any        ------------     Amount      or     Price    (Instr. 3      (I)       Ownership
(Instr. 3)                    (mm/dd/yy) (mm/dd/yy)  Code     V                  (D)             and 4)         (Instr.4) (Instr. 4)
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Table II -- Derivative Securities Acquired, Disposed of, or Beneficially Owned
         (e.g., puts, calls, warrants, options, convertible securities)

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                                                                                                          9.
                                                                                                          Number
                                                                                                          of        10.
                                                                                                          Deriva-   Owner-
                                                                                                          tive      ship
             2.                                                                                           Securi-   Form of
             Conver-                           5.                              7.                         ties      Deriv-   11.
             sion                              Number of                       Title and Amount           Bene-     ative    Nature
             or               3A.              Derivative    6.                of Underlying     8.       ficially  Secur-   of
             Exer-            Deemed  4.       Securities    Date              Securities        Price    Owned     ity:     In-
             cise     3.      Execu-  Trans-   Acquired (A)  Exercisable and   (Instr. 3 and 4)  of       Follow-   Direct   direct
             Price    Trans-  tion    action   or Disposed   Expiration Date   ----------------  Deriv-   ing Re-   (D) or   Bene-
1.           of       action  Date,   Code     of(D)         (Month/Day/Year)            Amount  ative    ported    In-      ficial
Title of     Deriv-   Date    if any  (Instr.  (Instr. 3,    ----------------            or      Secur-   Transac-  direct   Owner-
Derivative   ative    (Month/ (Month/ 8)       4 and 5)      Date     Expira-            Number  ity      tion(s)   (I)      ship
Security     Secur-   Day/    Day/    ------   ------------  Exer-    tion               of      (Instr.  (Instr.   (Instr.  (Instr.
(Instr. 3)   ity      Year)   Year)   Code V    (A)   (D)    cisable  Date     Title     Shares  5)       4)        4)       4)
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2.5%         $3.589744 11/11/02       P         133,389      Immed.   4/17/12  Class A   655,690   $3.70  536,767    D
Series A                                                                       Common       (1)
Convertible                                                                    Stock
Preferred
Stock
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Explanation of Responses:

See Exhibit A attached hereto.







  /s/ Theodore J. Forstmann                                   11/13/02
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      **Signature of Reporting Person                           Date


Reminder:  Report on a separate line for each class of securities beneficially
           owned directly or indirectly.

*    If the form is filed by more than one reporting person, see
     Instruction 4(b)(v).

**   Intentional misstatements or omissions of facts constitute Federal Criminal
     Violations.  See 18 U.S.C. 1001 and 15 U.S.C. 78ff(a).

Note:  File three copies of this Form, one of which must be manually signed.
       If space is insufficient, see Instruction 6 for procedure.

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Name and Address of Reporting Person
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Theodore J. Forstmann
c/o Forstmann Little & Co.
767 Fifth Avenue, 44th Floor
New York, New York 10153


Issuer Name and Ticker or Trading Symbol
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McLeodUSA Incorporated; Nasdaq/NMS : MCLD
November 11, 2002


(1)  Pursuant to the Certificate of Designation (the "Series A
     Certificate") of the 2.5% Series A Convertible Preferred Stock of the
     Issuer (the "Series A Preferred Stock"), each share of Series A
     Preferred Stock is presently convertible into 4.915624 shares of Class
     A Common Stock of the Issuer, subject to adjustment as set forth in
     the Series A Certificate.