Doreen Carter | |
Office: | Member of the Georgia House of Representatives |
Term Start: | November 12, 2015[1] |
Predecessor: | Tonya Anderson |
Constituency: | 92nd District (2015–2023) 93rd District (2023–Present) |
Office2: | Member of the Lithonia City Council[2] |
Term Start2: | 2007 |
Term End2: | 2011 |
Birth Date: | 19 March 1963 |
Birth Place: | DeKalb County, Georgia |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Lithonia, Georgia |
Occupation: | Nonprofit Executive, Financial Educator, and Coach |
Committees: | Agriculture & Consumer AffairsCode RevisionEducationIndustry and LaborSmall Business DevelopmentSpecial Rules |
Doreen Roberson Carter (born March 19, 1963) is a politician from Georgia. A member of the Democratic Party, she is a member of the Georgia House of Representatives representing the state's 93rd district.
Carter sat on the City Council in Lithonia, Georgia from 2007 to 2011.
In 2012, Carter ran for election to represent District 92 in the Georgia House of Representatives, but lost a five-way Democratic primary. In 2014, she ran for Secretary of State, but lost the general election to Brian Kemp.[3]
In 2015, former 92nd district representative Tonya Anderson resigned to run for a seat in the State Senate.[4] Carter ran for the seat again, and won. She was reelected unopposed in 2016 and 2018, and is running again in 2020.
As of July 2020, Carter sits on the following committees:
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