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In the 1992 election, McKinney was elected in the newly re-created 11th District, and was re-elected in 1994. When her district was redrawn and she was easily elected from the new 4th District in the 1996 election, and was re-elected twice. Republicans worked to defeat McKinney undemocratically in 2002 after she voted against the War in Iraq. They did this by voting in the Democratic primary. This was only allowed because of Georgia's open primary election, which permits anyone from any party to vote in any primary.

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  • Cynthia McKinney
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  • In the 1992 election, McKinney was elected in the newly re-created 11th District, and was re-elected in 1994. When her district was redrawn and she was easily elected from the new 4th District in the 1996 election, and was re-elected twice. Republicans worked to defeat McKinney undemocratically in 2002 after she voted against the War in Iraq. They did this by voting in the Democratic primary. This was only allowed because of Georgia's open primary election, which permits anyone from any party to vote in any primary.
  • Cynthia Ann McKinney (born March 17, 1955) is a former United States Representative and the 2008 Green Party nominee for President of the United States. McKinney served as a Democrat in the U.S. House of Representatives from 1993–2003 and 2005–2007, first representing Georgia's 11th Congressional District and then Georgia's 4th Congressional District. She is the first African-American woman to have represented Georgia in the House.
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  • Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 11th District
  • Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th District
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  • 1993-01-05(xsd:date)
  • 1997-01-07(xsd:date)
  • 2005-01-03(xsd:date)
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  • Coy Grandison
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  • Cynthia McKinney
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  • 4(xsd:integer)
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  • Green Party presidential candidate
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  • 1997-01-03(xsd:date)
  • 2003-01-03(xsd:date)
  • 2007-01-03(xsd:date)
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  • 1997(xsd:integer)
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  • Georgia
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  • high school teacher, college professor
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  • 1955-03-17(xsd:date)
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