Majette's post-election faith guided by God, Rolling Stones

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<WASHINGTON - Every morning since she lost Georgia's U.S. Senate election nearly three weeks ago, Denise Majette has awakened to the same words of inspiration. They come from her compact disc-player alarm clock - more specifically, from a song by The Rolling Stones.

"You can't always get what you want. But if you try sometimes, you just might find you get what you need."

Even though Majette managed to win only 40 percent of the vote in the statewide election, she says she found the results encouraging not only for her own political future but also for other black women.

She said the election night losses for Democrats across the South had nothing to do with race and pointed out she got almost as many votes in Georgia as Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry. In fact, no black or female candidate in Georgia history has received more total votes than Majette.

"We have demonstrated an African-American woman can run strong in a Southern state," she said. "I believe we have provided both some inspiration and some insight into the process and hope that others will pick up the baton and run with it.">

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1. Interesting.