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| David J. Shafer of Duluth (R-48 ) |
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| Contact Information | |
| Birthday: April 29 Spouse: Lee Assistant: Barbara Landrum | |
| Capitol Phone: (404) 656-0048 Fax Phone: (404) 657-7081 District Phone: (770) 497-9191 | |
| eMail Address: dshafer@legis.state.ga.us | |
| Capitol Address: 322-B Legislative Office Building / Atlanta , GA 30334 | |
| District Address: 4231 Pleasant Hill Road Suite B / Duluth , GA 30096 / Gwinnett | |
| Profession: Public Relations | |
| Committees | ||
| Banking & Financial Institutions | Member | |
| Education | Member | |
| Insurance & Labor | Member | |
| Special Judiciary | Secretary | |
| Biographical Information | |
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SENATOR DAVID SHAFER David Shafer was elected to the State Senate on February 12, 2002. He won a nonpartisan special election to fill the unexpired term of Senator Billy Ray, who had resigned to accept an appointment to Gwinnett Superior Court. Shafer's Senate District 48 includes large parts of Gwinnett and Forsyth Counties and a small part of Fulton County. The new Senator was appointed to the Banking and Financial Institutions Committee, Insurance and Labor Committee, Education Committee and Special Judiciary Committee. He was also named Secretary of the Special Judiciary Committee. A small business owner, Shafer is president of a Duluth based corporate public relations firm. He is a member of the Gwinnett Chamber of Commerce, Cumming-Forsyth Chamber of Commerce, Duluth Merchants Association and Suwanee Business Alliance. He belongs to the Gwinnett County Historical Society and Duluth Historical Society. He is a member of the Rotary Club of Gwinnett County. Long active in the community, Shafer served as Vice Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Gwinnett County Library System and as a member of the Board of Trustees of the former Gwinnett-Forsyth Regional Library System. He has also served on the Board of Directors of United Cerebral Palsy of Greater Atlanta and the Board of Directors of the Partnership Against Domestic Violence (formerly Georgia Council on Battered Women). Shafer is a Republican. He served as Executive Director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990s. In 1996, Shafer was nominated to be the Republican candidate in a special statewide election for Secretary of State. He campaigned on a platform of fighting voter fraud, and his centerpiece idea, that of requiring voters to show identification when they vote, was passed into law in 1997. Raised in DeKalb County, Shafer was educated in DeKalb County Public Schools. He is a graduate of The University of Georgia and serves on the Board of Directors of the National Alumni Association of The University of Georgia. Shafer has made Gwinnett County his home since graduating from college. He lives in Duluth with his wife Lee, his 10 year old stepson J.W. and his baby daughter Ellie. The Shafers attend Pleasant Hill Presbyterian Church. For more information, or to subscribe to the Senator's Legislative Update, visit www.DavidShafer.com. March 5, 2002 |
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