David serves as Chairman of the Ohio Democratic Party. He was first elected to public office in 2001 when he served on the Cincinnati City Council. In 2006 he was elected to the Hamilton County Commission, serving there through 2010. David earned his B.A. from Yale, and his J.D. from Yale Law School. In 1999, he clerked for the Honorable Nathaniel Jones of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit. He also has taught election and voting rights law at the University of Cincinnati College of Law. Born and raised in Cincinnati, David is a fifth-generation Cincinnatian. He and his wife Alana have two sons, Jack, 3, and Charlie, 1.