73rd Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office January 11, 2010 – November 16, 2022
Preceded by
Glenn Richardson
Succeeded by
Jan Jones (Acting)
Member of the Georgia House of Representatives
In office January 13, 2003 – November 16, 2022
Preceded by
Charles Poag
Succeeded by
Johnny Chastain
Constituency
6th district (2003–2005) 7th district (2005–2022)
Member of the Georgia State Senate from the 51st district
In office January 11, 1993 – January 3, 1999
Preceded by
Bill Hasty
Succeeded by
Bill Stephens
Personal details
Born
(1954-03-14)March 14, 1954 Ellijay, Georgia, U.S.
Died
November 16, 2022(2022-11-16) (aged 68) Atlanta, Georgia, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Children
2
Education
Young Harris College University of North Georgia (BA) University of Georgia (JD)
David Ralston (March 14, 1954 – November 16, 2022) was an American attorney and a Republican politician who was a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 2003 until his death. From 2010 onwards, he was also its 73rd Speaker of the House.[1] Ralston was the longest-serving Republican Speaker in state history and the longest-serving Speaker of the Georgia General Assembly since Tom Murphy.[2]
^Legislature biography
^"GOP members pick David Ralston for 2 more years atop Georgia House". www.gainesvilletimes.com. Retrieved December 21, 2021.
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Governmental Relations. On December 7, Trump called Georgia House Speaker DavidRalston asking him to convene a special session of the state legislature to...
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inappropriate comments during a day of remembrance for late Speaker DavidRalston. Moore was born and raised on his family farm in Dade County, Georgia...
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state Senator J. Ebb Duncan and state Representatives Hank Huckaby and DavidRalston. Poet and novelist Byron Herbert Reece was a student and teacher at...
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(and Speaker of the House) DavidRalston. In the first round, Chastain placed second out of five candidates. He faced Ralston's widow Sheree in the runoff...
attorney general Chris Carr, and former Georgia Speaker of the House DavidRalston also testified. On December 15, 2022, the grand jury completed its report...
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woman's burqa, and repeatedly yell "nigger". Georgia House Speaker DavidRalston urged Spencer to resign, saying that he had disgraced himself. Governor...
Larry M. Ralston (born July 5, 1949) is an American serial killer and rapist who kidnapped and killed between four and five girls and young women in Ohio...
Georgia Senate). Commenting on the Delta bill, state House Speaker DavidRalston quipped, "You don't feed a dog that bites your hand". The Speaker also...
Streamers, for which he and other members of the cast Guy Boyd, George Dzundza, David Alan Grier, Matthew Modine and Michael Wright were awarded the Volpi Cup...
American film noir crime film directed by Joseph Kane and starring David Brian, Vera Ralston and Sidney Blackmer. Nightclub singer Ilona Vance is accused of...
Wayback Machine, Niskanen Center, March 24, 2020, retrieved: April 19, 2020. David Chalian; Terence Burlij (June 11, 2020). "Road to 270: CNN's debut Electoral...
million active registered voters for the state's June 2020 primary. After DavidRalston, the Republican speaker of the state House, said that expanded use of...
commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (1977–1984), pneumonia. DavidRalston, 68, American politician, member (since 2003) and speaker (since 2010)...
November 7, 2023. Retrieved December 5, 2023. "Georgia House Speaker DavidRalston dies at age 68". WSB-TV. November 16, 2022. Retrieved November 16, 2022...
special election was held to elect his successor. Incumbent Republican DavidRalston, who was first elected in 2002, resigned on November 4, 2022. Representative-elect...
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