David Ramadan
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Biography
David-Imad Ramadan (born May 31, 1970) is a Lebanese-born American politician and businessman. David is a former Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates elected in 2011 and 2013 (serving from 2012-2016). Ramadan represented the 87th district which includes Loudoun and Prince William counties.
Ramadan is a graduate of George Mason University and he completed graduate studies at Oxford University, the American Graduate School of Business (Geneva, Switzerland), Johns Hopkins University, and Georgetown University. He completed his high school studies at International College, Beirut.
Ramadan has experience in consulting, management, and marketing. In his business career, he managed companies in diverse areas such as franchising, retail, manufacturing, immigration consulting, law, management & marketing consulting, and import/export in India, the Middle East & the USA. He has also taken the 9th largest US franchise, Curves International, into the Middle East and India. Ramadan was highlighted in a 2011 Washington Business Journal article discussing his bullish outlook on expanding Curves in Egypt and other Middle Eastern nations.
He is also a frequent commentator on TV and radio news networks such as ABC's Good Morning America, LBC, MSNBC, France 24, Al-Hurra, BBC, CNN, and NPR.
Ramadan serves on the Board of Visitors of George Mason University; he was appointed by Gov. Bob McDonnell on July 1, 2010. The Washington Post on July 1, 2010 described the appointment by VA's Governor to a VA university's board as "the most prestigious appointments they have to offer – as a thank you to longtime supporters and friends".He formerly served as an Adjunct Professor where he taught: Middle East Realities: Past & Present.
Ramadan is a political activist with active roles in the Republican Party of Virginia (RPV), the Loudoun County Republican Committee, and the Arab-American Republican community. He has served on presidential political campaigns as well as on gubernatorial and senatorial campaigns and was appointed by RPV Chair in 2008 to ethnic outreach leadership.
Electoral history
Date | Election | Candidate | Party | Votes | % |
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Virginia House of Delegates, 87th district | |||||
Aug 23, 2011 | Republican primary | David I. Ramadan | 1,368 | 55.76 | |
Jo-Ann Chase | 1,085 | 44.23 | |||
Nov 8, 2011 | General | David I. Ramadan | Republican | 5,435 | 49.92 |
Mike D. Kondratick | Democratic | 5,384 | 49.45 | ||
Write Ins | 67 | 0.61 | |||
Paula Miller was redistricted out; seat changed from Democratic to Republican | |||||
Nov 5, 2013 | General | David I. Ramadan | Republican | 10,274 | 50.26 |
John J. Bell | Democratic | 10,087 | 49.35 | ||
Write Ins | 52 | 0.24 | |||