David Shafer (politician)
| David Shafer | |
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| President pro tempore of the Georgia Senate | |
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Assumed office January 14, 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Tommie Williams |
| Member of the Georgia Senate from the 48th district |
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Assumed office February 12, 2002 |
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| Preceded by | ??? |
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April 29, 1965 Dunwoody, Georgia, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Lee Shafer |
| Alma mater | University of Georgia |
| Religion | Presbyterianism |
| Website | Campaign website |
David J. Shafer (born April 29, 1965) is an American politician currently serving as the 68th President Pro Tempore of the Georgia State Senate. He represents Senate District 48, a suburban district located north of Atlanta and including portions of Fulton County and Gwinnett County. Shafer is a Republican.
Shafer filed paperwork with the Georgia State Ethics Commission in late 2008 to raise funds for a 2010 bid for Lieutenant Governor, but suspended his campaign shortly thereafter and instead sought re-election to the State Senate.
Shafer was raised in Dunwoody, a suburb of Atlanta in DeKalb County. He was educated in DeKalb County Public Schools and graduated from the University of Georgia with a degree in political science. He was a student leader, serving as president of the Interfraternity Council, the Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity and the Order of Omega honor society. He was a member of Order of the Greek Horsemen and Gridiron Secret Society. His senior year, Shafer served as an academic intern in the Washington, D.C. office of United States Senator Sam Nunn. During his internship, Shafer roomed with future country music performer and dance hall proprietor Wild Bill Gentry, also a Nunn intern.
Shafer served as executive director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990s. He resigned to manage the 1994 gubernatorial campaign of Republican businessman Guy Millner, who narrowly lost the general election to Governor Zell Miller. Shafer ran for Secretary of State himself in 1996, winning a hotly contested Republican primary in the race to succeed Max Cleland but losing the general election to Democrat Lewis Massey, who had been appointed to succeed Cleland by Miller. Shafer ran for State Chairman of the Georgia Republican Party in 2001, placing second in a three way race ultimately won by Christian conservative activist Ralph Reed.
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