David L. Williams

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David L. Williams (born May 28, 1953) is President of the Kentucky Senate. He grew up in Cumberland County, Kentucky, attended and graduated from the University of Kentucky, and later earned his Juris Doctor from the Brandeis School of Law at the University of Louisville.

He was elected to the Kentucky House of Representatives in 1985, and served through 1986, and then was elected to the Kentucky Senate in 1987 where he continues to serve, representing the 16th District of Kentucky that is based out of Burkesville. He was an unsuccessful Republican nominee in 1992 against U.S. Senator Wendell Ford. Upon the Kentucky Senate gaining a Republican majority for the first time in the history of the Commonwealth, he was elected the President of the Kentucky Senate.

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• http://www.lrc.ky.gov/sendistricts/s016/s016.htm
• http://www.lanereport.com/lanereport/departments/oneonone/oneonone1299.html

Preceded by Larry Saunders

President of the Kentucky Senate 2000 - Present

Succeeded by Incumbent