Shafer, with Governor Sonny Perdue
About the Honorary Chairman
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Senator David Shafer is the Honorary Chairman of the Republican Leadership Fund.
Shafer is serving his fourth term in the State Senate. He serves as Chairman of the Senate Regulated Industries and Public Utilities Committee. He is also a member of the Senate Committee on Assignments appointed by Lieutenant Governor Casey Cagle. Shafer formerly served as Administration Floor Leader for Governor Sonny Perdue and as Chairman of the Senate Science and Technology Committee. Shafer has long been active in Republican politics. He served as Executive Director of the Georgia Republican Party in the early 1990s and as campaign manager for Guy Millner in his first campaign for Governor in 1994. Shafer was himself the Republican nominee for Secretary of State in the 1996. He served as the 1999 Chairman of the Georgia Republican Foundation, the major donor group for the Georgia Republican Party. Shafer is the Honorary Chairman of the Republican Liberty Caucus of Georgia, a group promoting the principles of individual liberty, free markets and limited government within the Republican Party. He serves on the Board of Trustees of the Live Oak Republicans. He is a member of The 159 Group. Shafer represents parts of Fulton and Gwinnett Counties. He lives in Duluth with his wife and two children. |