Gail Buckner is a Democratic

Democratic Party (United States)

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 member of the Georgia State Senate, representing its 44th District since 2008. She was formerly a Georgia State Assembly representative of district 76, encompassing parts of Clayton County

Clayton County, Georgia

Clayton County is a county located in the U.S. state of Georgia. As of 2000, the population was 236,517. The 2008 Census estimate placed the population at 273,718. The county seat is Jonesboro...

 http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/house/bios/Buckner,%20Gail/bucknergailbio.htm from 1990 to 2006. Buckner represented district 76. Buckner was a candidate for Secretary of State of Georgia http://www.gailbuckner.com in 2006, but lost to Republican Karen Handel

Karen Handel

Karen C. Handel is an American politician in the state of Georgia who served as Secretary of State of Georgia from 2007 until her resignation in January 2010 when she ran for Governor of Georgia in the 2010 election as a Republican. She announced in December 2009 that she would resign as...

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Education: Georgia State University-Communications major

President of the Public Relations Student Society of America (PRSSA)

Also an education major at Clayton College and State University

Graduated from the National Foundation for Women Legislators

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' Leadership College.