Political Rewind: Speaker Ralston Charts Course Through Controversial Voting Law, Redistricting
Friday on Political Rewind: Blue Ridge Republican David Ralston has just finished presiding over yet another session as Speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives. It\u2019s a position that makes him a lightning rod for controversy, such as election measures passed in the just-ended session.\n\nBut during his tenure, Ralston has also earned praise for his efforts to bat down bills opponents have sometimes called extreme and anti-democratic. As the 2021 session came to an end, he pointed with pride to the overhaul of the citizens arrest law and increasing funds for the state\u2019s mental health budget. He also squashed efforts to expand Georgia gun laws and rejected an effort to punish Delta Air Lines for the company\u2019s condemnation of the election law.\n\nIt is the election law that will likely be the legacy of the 2021 session. That\u2019s just one of the issues the Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u2019s Patricia Murphy and I discussed with Ralston.\n\nPanelists:\n\nRep. David Ralston \u2014 Speaker of the Georgia House (R-Blue Ridge)\n\nPatricia Murphy \u2014- Political Reporter and Columnist, The Atlanta Journal-Constitution