Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th district
In office January 3, 2003 – January 3, 2005
Preceded by
Cynthia McKinney
Succeeded by
Cynthia McKinney
Personal details
Born
Denise Lorraine Majette
(1955-05-18) May 18, 1955 (age 69) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party
Democratic
Education
Yale University (BA) Duke University (JD)
Denise Lorraine Majette (born May 18, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat, she represented Georgia's 4th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2003 to 2005.
Denise Lorraine Majette (born May 18, 1955) is an American politician from the state of Georgia. A Democrat, she represented Georgia's 4th congressional...
Majette is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: DeniseMajette (born 1955), American politician Tiffany Majette, known as Orion Sun, American...
re-elected twice more without substantive opposition, but was defeated by DeniseMajette in the 2002 Democratic primary. After her 2002 loss, McKinney became...
Republicans held both of Georgia’s Senate seats. Democratic nominee DeniseMajette became both the first African American and the first woman to be nominated...
Union, including a rating of 96% in 2004. Democratic Congresswoman DeniseMajette sought to fill Miller's Senate seat, but lost the 2004 election to Republican...
easily defeated the Democratic candidate, 4th District Congresswoman DeniseMajette, by 18 points. Isakson's election marked the first time in Georgia's...
Incumbent Democrat Zell Miller retired. Democratic U.S. Representative DeniseMajette became both the first African American and the first woman to be nominated...
1999–2011 Succeeded by Mark Butler Party political offices Preceded by DeniseMajette Democratic nominee for U.S. Senator from Georgia (Class 3) 2010 Succeeded by...
Circuit Court Judge Carolyn Kuhl, 1977 – Los Angeles Superior Court judge DeniseMajette, 1979 – former Georgia state judge and former U.S. House of Representative...
went on to win the general election against Democratic Congresswoman DeniseMajette. In 2006, Collins moved back to Butts County and made an attempt to...
(2005–present) Stan Lundine (A.B. 1961), Congressman from New York (1976–1987) DeniseMajette (J.D. 1979), former Georgia state judge, former U.S. representative...
Senator 1961 Georgia 3 Jim Marshall (D) Yes Mayor of Macon 1948 Georgia 4 DeniseMajette (D) No Judge 1955 Georgia 11 Phil Gingrey (R) New seat State Senator...
108th (2003–2005) Jack Kingston (R) Sanford Bishop (D) Jim Marshall (D) DeniseMajette (D) John Lewis (D) Johnny Isakson (R) John Linder (R) Mac Collins (R)...
Jack Kingston (R) ▌2. Sanford Bishop (D) ▌3. Jim Marshall (D) ▌4. DeniseMajette (D) ▌5. John Lewis (D) ▌6. Johnny Isakson (R) ▌7. John Linder (R) ▌8...
United States House of Representatives, a seat that had been vacated by DeniseMajette who had decided to run for the United States Senate seat. Woolard was...
DeKalb Mall. The route originated from the efforts of Reps. John Lewis, DeniseMajette and Cynthia McKinney, who obtained funding from the Dept. of Transportation...
Succeeded by Lucy McBath U.S. order of precedence (ceremonial) Preceded by DeniseMajette as Former US Representative Order of precedence of the United States...
Florida 20: Peter Deutsch retired to run for U.S. Senator. Georgia 4: DeniseMajette retired to run for U.S. Senator. Illinois 3: Bill Lipinski retired....
general election. Georgia 4: Cynthia McKinney lost renomination to DeniseMajette, who then won the general election. Michigan 15: Lynn N. Rivers lost...
McKinney, and claims that her 2002 loss in a Democratic primary to DeniseMajette (who, like McKinney, is African-American) was part of an effort to disenfranchise...
Archived from the original on November 2, 2018. Retrieved August 31, 2022. Lu, Denise; Collins, Keith (November 16, 2018). "'Year of the Woman' Indeed: Record...
defeated in the Democratic primary by DeKalb County State Court Judge DeniseMajette. In this solidly liberal district based in Atlanta and the African-American-heavy...