Representative, Georgia State House of Representatives, 1997-2023

Candidate, Georgia State Commissioner of Agriculture, 2022

Candidate, Georgia State House of Representatives, District 154, 2018, 2020

Former Member, Special Rules Committee, Georgia State House of Representatives

Member, High Education Committee, 2001-2002

Member, Industry Committee, 2001-2002

Whip, Georgia Legislative Black Caucus, 1996-1997

Chief Executive Officer/Owner, Dukes, Edwards and Dukes, Incorporated, present

Trustee, Board Member, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church, present

Member, Home Builders Association of Albany and Southwest Georgia, present

Financial Secretary and Member of Trustee Board, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church at Mitchell County, present

Member, Mount Zion Missionary Baptist Church at Mitchell County, present

Member, National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Albany-Dougherty Chapter, present

Member, National Association of the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP), Silver Life, present

Member, Omega Psi Phi Fraternity, Incorporated, Upsilon Gamma Gamma Graduate Chapter, present

Member, South Georgia Minority Contractors’ Association, present

Member, Albany Area Chamber of Commerce, present

Vice Chair, Georgia Democratic Party, State Democratic Convention, 1998

Awards:

He has received numerous awards and honors for outstanding contributions in business and community service including
the Georgia Summit of African-American Business Organizations' Wolf Award and Certificate of Appreciation from the Albany State University Entrepreneurship Project. He received the Omega Psi Phi Citizen of the year Award in 1993, 1997, and 1999. He also received the Georgia State Omega Psi Phi Fraternity Citizen Award for 2000 and the Georgia Rural Health Association Legislator of the Year Award in 2000. Representative Dukes was recognized by the Georgia Municipal Association as a Champion for Georgia's Cities in 2004.

Father's Name:

Sylvester Dukes

Mother's Name:

Willie Beatrice Dukes