- Collection:
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Collection, 2017-2020
- Title:
- Ralph Reed interviewed by Ashton Ellett, 6 February 2018.
- Creator:
- Ellett, Ashton G. (Ashton Gene),1985-
Reed, Ralph,1961- - Date of Original:
- 2018-02-06
- Subject:
- Georgia Politics and government
Republican Party (Ga.)
Georgia
Politics and government - People:
- Reed, Ralph, 1961-
- Location:
- United States, Georgia, 32.75042, -83.50018
- Medium:
- interviews
oral histories (literary works) - Type:
- Moving Image
- Description:
- Reed discusses his childhood and describes how he became involved in politics. Reed discusses meeting Pat Robertson in 1989 and being coaxed into writing a memo explaining how to organize evangelical voters. Reed explains that the memo earned him the job as executive director of the Christian coalition. Reed summarizes the tensions in Georgia during the 1990s between the social conservative wing of the Republican Party and the “establishment” Republican wing, epitomized in the 1992 Senate race. Reed then talks about being elected state party chairman for the Georgia Republican Party, detailing his involvement the 2002 gubernatorial and Senate campaigns. Reed concludes by describing the difficulties Republicans face as the governing party of Georgia and the effects Donald Trump may have on the Republican Party.
Interviewed by Ashton Ellett.
Related collections in this repository: Reflections on Georgia Politics, ROGP-129 Ralph Reed.
Reed was born to a military family in 1961. His family moved to Toccoa, Georgia during his teenage years and after graduating, Reed attended the University of Georgia. In 1980, he interned with the lieutenant governor Zell Miller’s office and was elected chairman of the University’s College Republicans. He graduated in 1985 and attended Emory University for his doctoral degree in history. During that time, he organized and managed Students for America. While finishing up his dissertation in 1989, Reed met Pat Robertson, who offered Reed a job as executive director of the Christian Coalition. Reed accepted and remained in the position until 1997. He campaigned for both of George W. Bush’s presidential campaigns and served as the chairman of the Georgia Republican Party from 2001 to 2003. - Metadata URL:
- http://purl.libs.uga.edu/russell/RBRL425TPGA-038/ohms
- Language:
- eng
- Additional Rights Information:
- Resources may be used under the guidelines described by the U.S. Copyright Office in Section 107, Title 17, United States Code (Fair use). Parties interested in production or commercial use of the resources should contact the Russell Library for a fee schedule.
- Bibliographic Citation (Cite As):
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Project, TPGA-038, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, University of Georgia Libraries, Athens, Georgia, 30602-1641.
- Extent:
- 1 videorecording (ca. 140 min.) : sd., col.
- Original Collection:
- Two-Party Georgia Oral History Collection
- Holding Institution:
- Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies
- Rights:
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