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'''David Lawrene Faulkner''' (born 1968) is a [[lawyer]] from Mountain Brook, a [[suburb]] of Birmingham, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 46 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within populous Jefferson County in the northern portion of the state.  

'''David Lawrene Faulkner''' (born 1968) is a [[lawyer]] from Mountain Brook, a [[suburb]] of Birmingham, [[Alabama]], who has since 2014 represented District 46 in the Alabama House of Representatives. A [[Republican Party|Republican]], his district is entirely within populous Jefferson County in the northern portion of the state.  

Faulkner graduated from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1990 and its law school in 1994, both located in Tuscaloosa. He is a partner in the law firm of Christian & Small, with whom he has been affiliated since 2000. A former member of Law School Republicans, Faulkner attended the Republican National Conventions in 1988, 1992, and 1996. He is a vestryman, Sunday School teacher, and eucharist minister at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149930/david-faulkner#.Wez58WhSxhE|title=David Faulkner's Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>  

Faulkner graduated from the [[University of Alabama]] in 1990 and its law school in 1994, both located in Tuscaloosa. He is a partner in the law firm of Christian & Small, with whom he has been affiliated since 2000. A former member of Law School Republicans, Faulkner attended the Republican National Conventions in 1988, 1992, and 1996. He is a vestryman, Sunday School teacher, and eucharist minister at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Mountain Brook. He and his wife, Nancy, have three children.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/149930/david-faulkner#.Wez58WhSxhE|title=David Faulkner's Biography|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>  

In 2014, when the incumbent Republican Representative Paul DeMarco declined to seek reelection, Faulkner entered the [[primary]] for the Republican nomination in House District 46. He faced intra-party rivals Steve French, Pamela Blackmore-Jenkins, and Justin Barkley. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Faulkner and French - were slated for a runoff election. However, French, who polled 26.3 percent of the vote in the primary, compared to Faulkner's 45.4 percent, withdrew his candidacy. Faulkner was hence left unopposed both in the runoff and in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Faulkner|title=David Faulkner|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>  

In 2014, when the incumbent Republican Representative Paul DeMarco declined to seek reelection, Faulkner entered the [[primary]] for the Republican nomination in House District 46. He faced intra-party rivals Steve French, Pamela Blackmore-Jenkins, and Justin Barkley. Because no candidate received more than 50 percent of the vote, the top two vote-getters - Faulkner and French - were slated for a runoff election. However, French, who polled 26.3 percent of the vote in the primary, compared to Faulkner's 45.4 percent, withdrew his candidacy. Faulkner was hence left unopposed both in the runoff and in the November 4 [[general election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/David_Faulkner|title=David Faulkner|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 21, 2017}}</ref>