Cynthia McKinney
| Cynthia McKinney | |
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| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th district |
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In office January 3, 2005 – January 3, 2007 |
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| Preceded by | Denise Majette |
| Succeeded by | Hank Johnson |
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In office January 3, 1997 – January 3, 2003 |
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| Preceded by | John Linder |
| Succeeded by | Denise Majette |
| Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 11th district |
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In office January 3, 1993 – January 3, 1997 |
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| Preceded by | Constituency established |
| Succeeded by | John Linder |
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Cynthia Ann McKinney March 17, 1955 Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. |
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Democratic (Before 2007) Green (2007–present) |
| Spouse(s) | Coy Grandison (divorced) |
| Alma mater |
University of Southern California Tufts University Antioch University |
| Religion | Roman Catholicism |
Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is an American politician and activist based in Georgia. As a member of the Democratic Party, she served six terms in the United States House of Representatives. She was the first black woman elected to represent Georgia in the House. She left the Democratic Party and in 2008, ran as the Presidential candidate of the Green Party of the United States.
In the 1992 election, McKinney was elected in Georgia's newly re-created 11th District, and was re-elected in 1994. When her district was redrawn and renumbered due to the Supreme Court of the United States ruling in Miller v. Johnson, McKinney was elected from the new 4th District in the 1996 election. She was re-elected twice more without substantive opposition.
McKinney was defeated by Denise Majette in the 2002 Democratic primary. Her defeat was attributed to some Republican crossover voting in Georgia's open primary election, which permits anyone from any party to vote in any party primary and "usually rewards moderate candidates and penalizes those outside the mainstream."
After her 2002 loss, McKinney traveled and gave speeches, and served as a Commissioner in 9/11 Citizens Watch. On October 26, 2004, she was among 100 Americans and 40 family members of those who were killed on 9/11 who signed the 9/11 Truth Movement statement, calling for new investigations into unexplained aspects of the 9/11 events.
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