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Ralph Reed, Jr. was born in 1961 in Porstmouth, Virginia and was raised in Florida and Georgia. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from the University of Georgia, and earned his Ph.D. in American History from Emory University in Atlanta, GA. He has had an extensive background in politics beginning in 1976 when he worked on behalf of gubenatorial candidates in Georgia, North Carolina and California, as well as the re-election campaigns of Senator Jesse Helms in 1984 and 1990. During this time, Ralph consulted on 25 congressional campaigns across the country. From 1982 - 1984, he served as Executive Director of the College Republican National Committee where he supervised a grassroots network of 100,000 members on 1,000 campuses with a $600,000 budget. In 1984, he founded Students for America of which he became Executive Director and built a grassroots conservative student network of 10,000 members on 200 campuses in 41 states. Ralph was the Executive Director of the Christian Coalition, a non-profit national organization dedicated to mobilizing and training Christians for effective political action, from the inception of the Coalition in 1989 until the summer of 1997. He helped to build a support base of 450,000 members and supporters in 872 local chapters across the country. The Christian Coalition grew under his leadership to over 1.7 million members and supporters organized in 1,700 local chapters in all 50 states. Ralph is currently heading up Century Strategies, a political consulting firm dedicated to using grassroots organization and keen political acumen to advise candidates nationwide for gubernatorial, congressional and presidential positions. He is widely acknowledged to be one of the most effective political leaders in America today. Newsweek has called him one of the leading figures behind the 1994 elections, leading to Republican control of Congress for the first time in forty years. In addition, he is a highly sought-after speaker and best-selling author. He has appeared on ABC's Nightline, This Week With David Brinkley, Larry King Live, Face the Nation, The Today Show, and Meet the Press. His columns have appeared in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, National Review, and Policy Review. His recent book, Politically Incorrect: The Emerging Faith Factor in American Politics argues that religious faith is essential to democracy. Time recently named Ralph one of the fifty future leaders for America under the age of forty. It is almost impossible to discuss American politics today without discussing Ralph Reed and the political and religious movements he helps to lead.
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