Deborah Honeycutt

Dr. Deborah Travis "D.Ann" Honeycutt is the Republican candidate in the 2008 congressional elections for the 13th Congressional District (map) of Georgia. She is the Republican nominee to challenge incumbent Rep. David Scott (D-Ga.). She ran unopposed in primary elections which took place July 15, 2008.

Bio
Deborah Travis Honeycutt's first run for office was in 2006 when she ran for Georgia's 13th congressional district.

Dr. Honeycutt is a family medicine physician who earned her 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 present Medical Director of Clayton State University Services. Other medical positions she has held include being a medical educator as a faculty member of Atlanta Medical Center’s Family Practice Residency Training Program and an appointment to the Emory University Family Practice Residency Training Program. Dr. Honeycutt has cared for residents of Georgia at Georgia Baptist Family Doctor in Palmetto, GA and later as a solo private practice family physician at Five Points Family Practice in Fairburn, Georgia.

In 2004 Dr. Honeycutt was President of the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and in 2005 served as Chairman of the Board of Directors. On the national level she has served on many committees as well as a five-year appointment to the American Academy of Family Physicians’ Commission on Education. She was twice the Minority Constituency Delegate and was recently the Georgia State Delegate to the American Academy of Family Physicians.

In 2005 she became Medical Director of Good Shepherd Clinic, the free clinic in Morrow, Georgia. She served as medical director there until her decision to run for U.S. Congress in Georgia District 13. Dr. Honeycutt continues to serve free clinic patients as a volunteer physician. Dr. Honeycutt is active in lobbying at the state and federal level for improvement of health care in Georgia. Her local community involvement includes guest presentations and lectures on topics of diseases that disproportionately affect African-Americans, including diabetes, obesity and domestic violence. She serves as co-chair of the Georgia Department of Community Health Minority Health Advisory Council. Dr. Honeycutt also is a member of the Board of Directors of the Georgia Free Clinic Network, the Georgia Academy of Family Physicians and formerly served on the boards of the CareNet Pregnancy Resource Center of Atlanta and the Georgia Partnership for Caring.

2006 elections
Honeycutt was the Republican nominee for Georgia's 13th Congressional District in the 2006 congressional elections against incumbent Democrat David Scott (D-Ga.), who was reelected.

2008 elections
Honeycutt is again challenging the incumbent of the 13th district. The primary took place on July 15, 2008. She ran unopposed.

Her fundraising strategy includes direct mail to "values oriented" voters in Georgia and the nation. Her position to all potential contributors is that she will win the 13th District election this November. Honeycutt appeals to her voters because of her integrity, honesty and her willingness to stand up for Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness for all. Her campaign cites recent polling that indicates the incumbent is vulnerable in his effort to retain Georgia’s 13th Congressional District seat.

Her campaign notes that the incumbent has hard re-elect numbers in the mid twenties. His first ballot support is well below fifty-percent.

Endorsements
Honeycutt has been endorsed by:
 * Democrats for Good Government
 * Former Republican congressman Jack Kemp
 * The "G-7": the seven Republican congressman currently representing the State of Georgia.
 * Herman Cain, an American conservative newspaper columnist, businessman, politician, and radio talk-show host from Georgia. He is best known as the former chairman and CEO of Godfather's Pizza.
 * Michael Steele, former Lt. Governor of Maryland and current Chairman of GOPAC.
 * The Susan B. Anthony List
 * Conservative pundit Ann Coulter

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Committees
Honeycutt will be assigned committees if and when she is elected to Congress.

Related SourceWatch articles

 * 2008 U.S. congressional elections
 * 2008 U.S. congressional election dates
 * Portal:Georgia and the U.S. Congress

External resources

 * 2008 Race Tracker page on Georgia's 13th Congressional District
 * Honeycutt's FEC filings
 * Official Honeycutt for Congress website