The Georgia House of Representatives is the lower house of the Georgia General Assembly (the state legislature) of the U.S. state of Georgia.

According to the state constitution of 1983, this body is to comprise no fewer than 180 members elected for two-year terms. Current state law provides for 180 members. Elections are held the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November in even-numbered years.

It is the third largest lower house in the United States (behind New Hampshire (400) and Pennsylvania) (203).

Interestingly, as of 2011, attorneys only account for about 16.11% of the Georgia House of Representatives.

The House of Representatives elects its own Speaker as well as a Speaker Pro Tempore. The current speaker of the Georgia House of Representatives is David Ralston. The current Speaker Pro Tempore is Jan Jones. The Speaker Pro Tempore becomes Speaker in case of the death, resignation, or permanent disability of the Speaker. The Speaker Pro Tempore serves until a new Speaker is elected. In addition there is a clerk of the House, who is charged with overseeing the flow of legislation through the body. The current clerk is Robert E. Rivers.

House of Representatives is the name of legislative bodies in many countries and sub-national states. In some countries, the House of Representatives is the lower house of a bicameral legislature, with the corresponding upper house often called a "Senate". In other countries, the House of Representatives is the sole chamber of a unicameral legislature. The functioning of a house of representatives can vary greatly from country to country, and depends on whether a country has a parliamentary or a presidential system. Members of a house of representatives are typically apportioned according to population rather than geography.

"The House of Representatives" is the name of the lower house of the legislature in the following countries:

In the following countries it is the sole chamber in a unicameral system:

In Indonesia, the Dewan Perwakilan Rakyat (DPR) is generally known in English as the "House of Representatives", as is the Dewan Rakyat of the Parliament of Malaysia.

Under apartheid, the House of Representatives was the house for South Africa's mixed race 'Coloured' community, in the Tricameral Parliament of 1984 to 1994.

Christopher Waters Dunn (born in San Antonio, Texas) is an American country music singer and songwriter, known professionally as Chris Waters. The brother of singer Holly Dunn, Waters has co-written singles for other artists, including Number Ones for Tim McGraw and Cyndi Thomson.

Christopher Waters Dunn was born in San Antonio, Texas. He is the older brother of country music singer Holly Dunn.

In 1980, he began recording under the name Chris Waters. He released the single "My Lady Loves Me (Just as I Am)," which he wrote with Keith Stegall. This song spent three weeks on the Billboard Hot Country Singles (now Hot Country Songs) charts, peaking at number 82 in November.Billboard gave the song a positive review in its October 18, 1980 issue, saying that it "merits country airplay out of the box." A second single, "It's Like Falling in Love (Over and Over Again)," peaked at 89 on the same chart in March 1981. Waters also co-wrote "Sexy Eyes" for Dr. Hook in this timespan.

After leaving the Rio label, Waters worked with Dunn, who was recording on the MTM Records label at the time. Waters played acoustic guitar for her and co-wrote several of her songs with her, including the Top Ten hit "Daddy's Hands" and the Number One hit "You Really Had Me Going," which he and Dunn wrote with Tom Shapiro.

Rusty Kidd is a Georgia State Representative who represents the 141st district of Georgia; which includes Baldwin County and a small portion of Putnam County. An independent, Kidd defeated his Democratic challenger, Darrell Black, in a runoff in December 2009 to complete the term of Bobby Parham who resigned for another post. Kidd won 64 percent of the vote to Black's 36 percent.

As a result of a motorcycle accident in 1999, Kidd is paralized from the breast down and uses a motorized wheelchair to transport himself.

Kidd's family has a history in politics. His father, Culver Kidd, was a veteran state legislator in Georgia; and his sister, Tillie Kidd Fowler served as a U.S. Representative for Florida's 4th congressional district from 1993 to 2001. Rusty Kidd won in the November 2010 Midterm Elections against his democratic opponent, Quentin. T. Howell with 57.3% to Howell's 42.7%.

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David O. Renz is a professor of public policy and the director of the Midwest Center for Nonprofit Leadership at the Henry W. Bloch School of Management at the University of Missouri-Kansas City (UMKC).

He was the former Executive Director of the Metropolitan Council and the Assistant commissioner of Minnesota Department of Labor and Industry.

David holds a B.S. in Organizational Communications, M.A. in Industrial Relations, and a Ph.D. degree with a concentration in Organization Theory and Administration, both from the University of Minnesota and taught at the Hamline University, University of St. Thomas and the University of Missouri.

He has published in various journals including Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly and the The American Review of Public Administration and is the editor of The Jossey-Bass Handbook Of Nonprofit Leadership And Management (ISBN 978-0470392508).