James Parker Sheffield is legislative aide to state Rep. Renitta Shannon.
James Parker Sheffield became obsessed with politics and Atlantaâs role in it at the ripe old age of 8. Some 33 years later, he rolls up his sleeves under the Gold Dome for state Rep. Renitta Shannon.
Sheffield, now 41, caught the political bug when Atlanta hosted the 1988 Democratic National Convention.
âMy dad worked at the host hotel as a bellhop,â Sheffield told Project Q Atlanta. âHe brought home memorabilia, and the event was all over the local news. I was immediately obsessed and became the 8-year-old Democrat version of Alex P. Keaton.â