Ralph Norman
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Ralph W. Norman American
United States
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 http://www.electralphnorman.com/ real estate developer, has served as a Republican
Republican Party (United States)
The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the South Carolina House of Representatives
South Carolina House of Representatives
The South Carolina House of Representatives is the lower house of the South Carolina General Assembly, the upper house being the South Carolina Senate. It consists of 124 Representatives elected to two year terms at the same time as US Congressional elections...

 since 2005 http://www.scstatehouse.net/members/bios/1421590739.html. He was born in York County, South Carolina
York County, South Carolina
York County is a county located in the north-central section of the U.S. state of South Carolina. According to the 2010 census, the county's population was 226,073. It is the second largest county in the Charlotte metropolitan area...

, and currently resides in Rock Hill
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina and the fourth-largest city in the state. It is also the third-largest city of the Charlotte metropolitan area, behind Charlotte and Concord, North Carolina. The population was 71,459 as of . Rock Hill has undergone rapid growth between...

, where he is a real estate developer at the Warren Norman Company, a business founded by and named after Norman's father.

In 2004 Norman was elected to serve District 48 in the South Carolina House of Representatives, winning a 3-way Republican Primary outright with 52% of the vote. As a State Legislator, Ralph was known as a consistent voice for conservative reform in Columbia. He fought to create jobs and keep taxes low for hard working South Carolinians. Norman gave up his state House seat after one term to become the 2006 Republican candidate in an unsuccessful bid for U.S. Congress in South Carolina's South Carolina's 5th congressional district
South Carolina's 5th congressional district
The 5th Congressional District of South Carolina is a congressional district in northern South Carolina bordering North Carolina. It includes all of Cherokee, Chester, Chesterfield, Darlington, Dillon, Fairfield, Kershaw, Lancaster, Marlboro, Newberry and York counties and parts of Florence, Lee...

. In 2006, Carl Gullick was elected to the District 48 seat that Norman had held.
On November 3, 2009, Ralph Norman defeated Democrat Kathy Cantrell in a state House special election. In 2010, Norman unsuccessfully ran for Speaker of the South Carolina House of Representatives. Norman was easily defeated, drawing only five votes of support - including his own vote - among the 124 House members.

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