About Representative Earl Ehrhart

Earl Ehrhart is the longest serving Republican in the Georgia House of Representatives, and represents District 36, which includes portions of Northwest Cobb County. Born in Miami, Florida, Earl has lived in Cobb since 1964. He graduated from the University of Georgia with a BA in Political Science in 1980. While there, he was a member of Pi Sigma Alpha the national political science honor society, as well as a member of Phi Kappa Psi Fraternity.

Representative Earl Ehrhart resides in Powder Springs with his two young sons, Quentin and John. Earl was first elected to the House of Representatives in 1988 and previously served eight years as the Minority Whip in the House.

Currently, he serves as Chairman of the House Rules Committee and as a member of:

• Appropriations
• Banks and Banking
• States Institutions and Property

In 2005, Representative Ehrhart was elected as the National Chairman of American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC), the nation's largest nonpartisan, individual membership organization of state legislators with over 2,400 legislator members from all fifty states and 97 members in the Congress. Earl is also a member of the National Republican Legislator Association.

In 1990, the National Federation of Independent Business named Earl the "Guardian of Small Business", due to his years of work for small businesses in Georgia. Recently, Earl received the "Champion of the Free Enterprise System Award" from the Associated Builders and Contractors of Georgia. He also received awards from the Medical Association of Georgia, Kennesaw State University, The Twenty Second Air Force Reserve, and the Georgia Federation of Young Republicans.

He and his family are members of McEachern United Methodist Church. Earl is a member of the Parent Teacher Association (PTA), the Cobb County Youth Soccer Association, the Oregon Park Baseball Association and he is a contributor to both the Cobb County Performing Arts and the Powder Springs Youth Association. He has served on the Powder Springs Downtown Development Association which led to the formation of Powder Springs Square. Earl is also a member of the West Cobb Rotary Club, The Cobb County Chamber of Commerce, The Honorary Commanders Association, is an Honorary Safety Fire Commissioner, and the District Chairman for the Boy Scouts of America representing the Covered Bridge District. Earl currently serves as Senior Vice President of the Facility Group, Inc. an architectural and engineering firm located in Smyrna, Georgia.

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