Deborah Honeycutt

[3] Honeycutt is a board certified family medicine physician who earned university and professional degrees from the University of Illinois School of Medicine and Family Practice Residency Program.

She served a five-year appointment to the American Academy of Family Physicians Commission on Education.

Most of the money she raised went to BMW Direct, a Washington direct-mail firm that works for Republican candidates.

[4] In 2008, Honeycutt was again defeated by incumbent David Scott in the 13th Congressional district, despite an edge in fundraising.

Honeycutt came in second in the primary,[7] and lost to frontrunner Mike Crane in the runoff election that followed.