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Deborah Travis "D.Ann" Honeycutt (born August 8, 1947)[1] is an American politician and medical doctor. She is the Medical Director of Clayton State University Health Clinic. She was the Republican candidate for Georgia's 13th congressional district in 2006, 2008. She was one of a small number of African Americans at the 2008 Republican National Convention.[2] In 2004, Honeycutt was President of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and in 2005 she served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Georgian Academy.[3]
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Background
Honeycutt is a board certified family medicine physician who earned university and professional degrees from the University of Illinois School of Medicine and Family Practice Residency Program. She is the past Medical Director of Spelman College Health Services and she is the present Medical Director of Clayton State University Health Clinic in Morrow, Georgia.
Honeycutt has also served as Medical Director at the Good Shepherd Clinic, the free clinic in Morrow. She practiced medicine at the offices of Georgia Baptist Family Doctor in Palmetto, Georgia and had a solo private practice at Five Points Family Practice in Fairburn, Georgia.
She served a five-year appointment to the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Education. He currently is the Georgia State Delegate to the American Academy.
Her husband is Dr. Andrew Honeycutt, a Harvard University Doctor of Business Administration and Distinguished Professor of Business at Shorter College.
Congressional races
In 2006, Honeycutt was the Republican nominee and lost by 38 percent in Georgia's 13th Congressional District congressional elections. Honeycutt raised $1,337,777, of which $1,326,777 came from individuals and $11,000 from political action committees. Most of the money she raised went to BMW Direct, a Washington direct-mail firm that works for Republican candidates.[4]
In 2008, Honeycutt was once again soundly defeated by incumbent David Scott in the 13th Congressional district, despite a huge edge in fundraising. Honeycutt raised over $4.7 million dollars to her opponent's $1.1 million,[5] yet lost 69% to 31%.[6] She had run unopposed in the Republican primary.
In 2010, unlike 2006 and 2008, there were several candidates competing for the Republican nomination for the 13th Congressional District. Honeycutt came in second in the primary, and lost overwhelming to frontrunner Mike Crane in the runoff election that followed. Crane in turn lost to incumbent David Scott.
References
- ^ Deborah Travis Honeycutt, Fox News candidate biography from the 2008 race.
- ^ African Americans lacking in Republican delegation, The Guardian, September 4, 2008.
- ^ "Biography". Official Campaign Website. 2008. http://www.deborahhoneycuttforcongress.com/pages/bio.asp. Retrieved 2008-07-25.
- ^ Phillips, Frank (29 June 2008). "Firm gets big cut of campaign donations". Boston Globe. http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2008/06/29/firm_gets_big_cut_of_campaign_donations/?page=3. Retrieved 2008-07-01.
- ^ "Honeycutt Gives Georgia Dem a Run for His Money". Talking Points Memo. 30 October 2008. http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/honeycutt_gives_georgia_dem_a_run_for_his_money.php. Retrieved 2008-11-05.
- ^ "Georgia Election Results, Official Results of the Tuesday, November 04, 2008 General Election". Georgia Secretary of State. 04 November 2008. http://sos.georgia.gov/elections/election_results/2008_1104/029.htm. Retrieved 2008-11-19.
External links
Categories:- 1947 births
- Living people
- Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans
- African American politicians
- African American women in politics
- Women in Georgia (U.S. state) politics
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