1. Denise Lorraine Majette was born on May 18,1955 and is an American politician from the state of Georgia.
10 Facts About Denise Majette
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Denise Majette began her legal career in North Carolina as a Legal Aid staff attorney and a clinical adjunct law professor at Wake Forest University.
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Denise Majette resigned from the judgeship in 2002 to run for the US House of Representatives in, which is based in DeKalb County.
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Denise Majette defeated 10-year incumbent Cynthia McKinney in the Democratic primary.
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Denise Majette finished first in the Democratic primary but was forced into a runoff against millionaire businessman Cliff Oxford, which she won.
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Denise Majette received important endorsements from Senators Mary Landrieu of Louisiana and Debbie Stabenow of Michigan, along with many others in Washington who campaigned and raised money for Majette.
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Denise Majette was badly under financed and had to spend valuable time and money in the runoff.
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Denise Majette got little help from the top of the ticket; John Kerry had effectively ceded Georgia to George W Bush early in the presidential campaign.
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In March 2006, Denise Majette announced her candidacy for state School Superintendent of Georgia.
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On March 28,2014, the Georgia Supreme Court disbarred Denise Majette, finding that she overbilled clients and misled the Court about how much she was owed in fees.