Cynthia McKinney

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American politician Green Party presidential candidate human member of the United States House of Representatives politician

Cynthia McKinney is an American politician and former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia who became the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2008.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Cynthia McKinney canonical	6
Cynthia McKinney 2008 presidential campaign	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T754706 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cynthia McKinney
Context triple: [2008 United States presidential election, featuredThirdPartyCandidate, Cynthia McKinney]

A. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador who has held prominent leadership roles in major humanitarian and civic organizations.
B. Anne Gust Brown
Anne Gust Brown is an American business executive and lawyer best known as the wife of former California Governor Jerry Brown and for her influential role in his political and policy circles.
C. Lynn Petra Alexander
Lynn Petra Alexander is the birth name of Lynn Margulis, the influential American biologist best known for her work on the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution.
D. Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and is known for being one of the youngest mayors in the city’s history.
E. Lurleen Wallace
Lurleen Wallace was an American politician who became the first female governor of Alabama, serving from 1967 until her death.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Cynthia McKinney
Target entity description: Cynthia McKinney is an American politician and former Democratic congresswoman from Georgia who became the Green Party’s presidential nominee in 2008.

A. Bonnie McElveen-Hunter
Bonnie McElveen-Hunter is an American businesswoman, philanthropist, and former U.S. ambassador who has held prominent leadership roles in major humanitarian and civic organizations.
B. Anne Gust Brown
Anne Gust Brown is an American business executive and lawyer best known as the wife of former California Governor Jerry Brown and for her influential role in his political and policy circles.
C. Lynn Petra Alexander
Lynn Petra Alexander is the birth name of Lynn Margulis, the influential American biologist best known for her work on the endosymbiotic theory of eukaryotic cell evolution.
D. Levar Stoney
Levar Stoney is an American politician who serves as the mayor of Richmond, Virginia, and is known for being one of the youngest mayors in the city’s history.
E. Lurleen Wallace
Lurleen Wallace was an American politician who became the first female governor of Alabama, serving from 1967 until her death.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (45)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American politician ⓘ Green Party presidential candidate ⓘ human ⓘ member of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ politician ⓘ
candidateInElection	2008 United States presidential election ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	USA ⓘ linked to: US United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1955-03-17 ⓘ
educatedAt	Clark Atlanta University ⓘ Tufts University ⓘ linked to: Tufts College University of Southern California ⓘ
ethnicGroup	African American ⓘ linked to: Black Americans
familyName	McKinney ⓘ
fieldOfWork	civil rights ⓘ human rights ⓘ peace activism ⓘ
givenName	Cynthia ⓘ
hasFather	Billy McKinney ⓘ
knownFor	Green Party presidential nominee in 2008 ⓘ being one of the first African-American women to represent Georgia in Congress ⓘ
memberOfPoliticalParty	Democratic Party (United States) ⓘ linked to: Democratic Party Green Party of the United States ⓘ
nominatedBy	Green Party of the United States ⓘ
nominatedFor	President of the United States ⓘ
notableFor	advocacy for civil liberties ⓘ advocacy for election integrity ⓘ criticism of U.S. foreign policy ⓘ opposition to the Iraq War ⓘ
notableWork	Run! Cynthia! Run! (autobiographical work / slogan association) ⓘ
occupation	activist ⓘ politician ⓘ university professor ⓘ
partOf	Congressional Black Caucus ⓘ United States House Committee on Armed Services ⓘ linked to: House Committee on Armed Services
placeOfBirth	Atlanta, Georgia, United States ⓘ linked to: Atlanta
positionHeld	Member of the Georgia House of Representatives ⓘ member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 11th congressional district ⓘ member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Georgia's 4th congressional district ⓘ
religion	Baptist ⓘ
represented	Georgia's 11th congressional district ⓘ Georgia's 4th congressional district ⓘ
residence	Georgia, United States ⓘ linked to: Georgia
sexOrGender	female ⓘ
votedAgainst	Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002 ⓘ