ATLANTA — Georgia House Speaker David Ralston died Wednesday at 68, spokesperson Kaleb McMichen said, less than two weeks after he announced he was stepping down because of health concerns.

Politicians across Georgia are reacting to the news of House Speaker David Ralston's passing Wednesday. He was 68 years old.

The Republican senator had been banished from the chamber by Burns last year, after he publicly badmouthed a portrait of the late former Georgia House speaker Republican David Ralston.

The Blue Ridge Republican became Georgia state government's second most powerful leader during his 13 years leading the 180-member House.

Georgia House SpeakerDavid Ralston will be the 36th Georgian to receive the honor of lying in state in the Georgia State Capitol Rotunda.

A sitting Georgia state senator was shoved to the ground and taken into custody Thursday for flouting orders not to enter the House chamber during Gov. Brian Kemp's State of the State address.

Previously, Moore was banned from entering the Georgia House chamber after insulting former House Speaker David Ralston as a “tyrant” following his death last March. On Wednesday, Moore vowed ...

A Georgia state senator who was previously banned from the state House chamber has been arrested after he tried to enter the chamber for the governor’s state of the state speech.

Moore’s ban originated from statements he made in 2024 about former Georgia House Speaker David Ralston, who died in 2022. He called Ralston “corrupt” as the Georgia Senate deliberated ...

Burns banned Moore from the House chamber last year after Moore denounced late House Speaker David Ralston on a day when Ralston was being honored and his relatives were watching.