16 Facts About DuBose Porter

DuBose Porter was born on October 2,1953 and is an American attorney, politician, businessman, and former newspaper publisher who served as chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia and served as a member of the Georgia House of Representatives from 1982 to 2011.

DuBose Porter served as Minority Leader in the House from 2005 to 2011.

DuBose Porter was previously Administration Floor Leader for Governor Zell Miller from 1991 through 1992 and ran for governor of Georgia in 2010.

DuBose Porter was a co-president of his senior high school class at Dublin High School, where he graduated in 1971.

DuBose Porter attended Davidson College in Davidson, North Carolina, where he received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English in 1975.

DuBose Porter earned a Juris Doctor from Cumberland Law School at Samford University.

DuBose Porter is chairman of the board of the publishing company and runs the business side of the company daily.

Since 1987, DuBose Porter has been a stockholder and member of the Board of Directors of the Bank of Dudley.

In January 2003, DuBose Porter was elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the House of Representatives.

DuBose Porter is a former trustee for the Nature Conservancy of Georgia, former member of board of trustees and board of advisors of the Georgia Trust for Historic Preservation.

DuBose Porter is the former president of the Georgia Press Association and of the Georgia Library Trustees Association and served as a member of Governor Zell Miller's Preservation 2000 Committee.

DuBose Porter was a member of the 1985 class of Leadership Georgia.

DuBose Porter is a member of the Dublin Rotary Club.

DuBose Porter is a member of the Gridiron Secret Society.

DuBose Porter lost the Democratic primary on July 20,2010, to former Gov.

On January 31,2015, DuBose Porter was re-elected to serve his first full four-year term as chairman of the Democratic Party of Georgia.