David Ralston

David Ralston: David Ralston is a Republican member of the Georgia House of Representatives for the 7th district, encompassing parts of Dawson County, Fannin County, and Gilmer County.^[1] Since January 11, 2010, he served as its 73rd Speaker.^[1]^[2]

Biography

David Ralston was born in Ellijay, Georgia.^[1] He attended Young Harris College, graduated from North Georgia College and State University, and later from the University of Georgia School of Law.^[1]^[2]

From 1992 to 1998, he served as a member of the Georgia Senate.^[1]^[2] In 2002, he was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives for the 7th district.^[1]^[2] He became its Speaker in 2010, following the resignation of Glenn Richardson.^[2]^[3] As such, he is the first state house speaker from North Georgia in more than 150 years.^[4]

He also works as an attorney in Blue Ridge, Georgia.^[1]^[3]^[2] He is a member of the Fannin County Chamber of Commerce, the Blue Ridge Mountains Arts Association, and the Blue Ridge Lions Club.^[1]^[2] He is married with two children.^[1]^[2]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ Legislature biography

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Speaker of the House biography

^ ^a ^b Aaron Gould Sheinin, 'Republicans back Ralston for speaker', in The Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 17, 2009 [1]

^ Ashley Fielding, 'State leaders put North Ga. in seat of power', in The Gainesville Times, January 10, 2010 [2]

Political offices

Preceded by
Glenn Richardson Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives Succeeded by
incumbent

v · 151st General Assembly (2011–2012)
Speaker of the House: David Ralston (R) • Speaker pro Tempore: Jan Jones (R) • Majority Leader: Larry O'Neal (R) • Minority Leader: Stacey Abrams (D)



   Jay Neal (R)

   Martin Scott (R)

   Tom Weldon, Jr. (R)

   Roger Williams (R)

   John D. Meadows, III (R)

   Tom Dickson (R)

   David Ralston (R)

   Stephen Allison (R)

   Amos Amerson (R)

Vacant

   Barbara Massey Reece (D)

   Rick Jasperse (R)

   Katie Dempsey (R)

   Christian Coomer (R)

   Paul Battles (R)

   Rick Crawford (D)

   Howard Maxwell (R)

   Kevin Cooke (R)

   Paulette Braddock (R)

   Charlice Byrd (R)

   Calvin Hall (R)

   Sean Jerguson (R)

   Mark Hamilton (R)

   Mike Dudgeon (R)

Vacant

   Carl Rogers (R)

   Doug Collins (R)

   Michael Harden (R)

   Alan Powell (R)

   Tom McCall (R)

   Tommy Benton (R)

   Judy Manning (R)

   David Wilkerson (D)

   Richard Golick (R)

   Ed Setzler (R)

   Earl Ehrhart (R)

   Terry Johnson (D)

   Sam Teasley (R)

   Alisha Thomas Morgan (D)

   Stacey Evans (D)

   Sharon Cooper (R)

   Don Parsons (R)

   John Carson (R)

   Sheila Jones (D)

   Matt Dollar (R)

   Jan Jones (R)

   Charles Martin, Jr. (R)

   Harry Geisinger (R)

   Wendell Willard (R)

   Lynne Riley (R)

   Tom Rice (R)

   Joe Wilkinson (R)

   Elly Dobbs (D)

   Edward Lindsey (R)

   Rashad Taylor (D)

   Kathy Ashe (D)

   Pat Gardner (D)

   Simone Bell (D)

   Margaret Kaiser (D)

   Gloria Bromell Tinubu (D)

   Ralph Long, III (D)

   Joe Heckstall (D)

   Tyrone Brooks, Sr. (D)

   Roger Bruce (D)

   Sharon Beasley-Teague (D)

   Virgil Fludd (D)

   Bill Hembree (R)

   Tim Bearden (R)

   Randy Nix (R)

   Lynn Smith (R)

   Billy Horne (R)

   Matthew Ramsey (R)

   John P. Yates (R)

   Roberta Abdul-Salaam (D)

   Yasmin Neal (D)

   Sandra Scott (D)

   Darryl Jordan (D)

   Glenn Baker (D)

   Tom Taylor (R)

   Mike Jacobs (R)

   Elena Parent (D)

   Scott Holcomb (D)

   Mary Margaret Oliver (D)

   Stacey Abrams (D)

   Stephanie Benfield (D)

   Karla Drenner (D)

   Michele Henson (D)

   Billy Mitchell (D)

   Earnest Williams (D)

   Howard Mosby (D)

   Rahn Mayo (D)

   Pam Stephenson (D)

   Dee Dawkins-Haigler (D)

   Dar'shun Kendrick (D)

   Pam Dickerson (D)

   Pedro Rafael Marin (D)

   Brooks Coleman (R)

   Josh Clark (R)

   Hugh Floyd (D)

   Brian W. Thomas (D)

   Buzz Brockway (R)

   B.J. Pak (R)

   David Casas (R)

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   Brett Harrell (R)

   Len Walker (R)

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   Keith Heard (D)

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   Mickey Channell (R)

   Lee Anderson (R)

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   Barbara Sims (R)

   Quincy Murphy (D)

   Henry Howard (D)

   Earnest Smith (D)

   Gloria Frazier (D)

   Helen Hudson (D)

   Susan Holmes (R)

   David Knight (R)

   Billy Maddox (R)

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   Calvin Smyre (D)

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   Nikki Randall (D)

   James Beverly (D)

   Bubber Epps (R)

   Rusty Kidd (I)

   Mack Jackson (D)

   Matt Hatchett (R)

   Jimmy Pruett (R)

   Willie Talton (R)

   Larry O'Neal (R)

   Buddy Harden (R)

   Bob Hanner (R)

   Gerald Greene (R)

   Winfred Dukes (D)

   Carol Fullerton (D)

   Ed Rynders (R)

   Tony McBrayer (R)

   Jay Roberts (R)

   Greg Morris (R)

   Butch Parrish (R)

   Jon G. Burns (R)

   Jan Tankersley (R)

   Ann Purcell (R)

   Bob Bryant (D)

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v · d · eCurrent Speakers of the U.S. state Houses of Representatives

AL M. Hubbard (R)

AK M. Chenault (R)

AZ K. Adams (R)

AR R. Moore (D)

CA J. Pérez (D)

CO F. McNulty (R)

CT C. Donovan (D)

DE R. Gilligan (D)

FL D. Cannon (R)

GA D. Ralston (R)

HI C. Say (D)

ID L. Denney (R)

IL M. Madigan (D)

IN B. Bosma (R)

IA K. Paulsen (R)

KS M. O'Neal (R)

KY G. Stumbo (D)

LA J. Tucker (R)

ME R. Nutting (R)

MD M. Busch (D)

MA R. DeLeo (D)

MI J. Bolger (R)

MN K. Zellers (R)

MS W. McCoy (D)

MO S. Tilley (R)

MT M. Milburn (R)

NE See note 1

NV B. Buckley (D)

NH W. O'Brien (R)

NJ S. Oliver (D)

NM B. Lujan (D)

NY S. Silver (D)

NC T. Tillis (R)

ND J. Delzer (R)

OH W. Batchelder (R)

OK K. Steele (R)

OR A. Roblan (D) / B. Hanna (R)

PA S. Smith (R)

RI G. Fox (D)

SC R. Harrell, Jr. (R)

SD T. Deadrick (R)

TN B. Harwell (R)

TX J. Straus (R)

UT B. Lockhart (R)

VT S. Smith (D)

VA W. Howell (R)

WA F. Chopp (D)

WV R. Thompson (D)

WI J. Fitzgerald (R)

WY R. Cohee (R)

DC See note 1

Notes
¹ The legislatures of Nebraska and of the District of Columbia are unicameral (single-bodied). Their current Speaker (Nebraska) and Chairman (D.C.) are, respectively, M. Flood (R) and K. Brown (D).

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