Martha Mitchell Zoller (born August 23, 1959) is a columnist, media personality, author, and former Republican candidate for the

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Personal

Born on August 23, 1959, to Frank and Juanita Mitchell (née Roof), Martha Zoller's father was a veteran of

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in Europe and a

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escapee. Her mother worked with the Rich's company in downtown

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. The youngest of four children, Zoller attended Columbia High School in south

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before going on to graduate from the

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Grady School in 1979 with a degree in

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. After college, Martha started her career as a corporate buyer for the Rich's company in Atlanta, Georgia.

Broadcasting

Zoller began broadcasting in 1994 as co-host of the ''Mid-Day'' program on WDUN AM 550 in Gainesville after being a regular caller to the station. Her first call was prompted by

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's lament that "she could have stayed at home and baked cookies." Her show had an un-abashed conservative focus, as was made clear following the 2006 live broadcast of her show from the

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lawn when she said of the White House administration "You know, what I say is, use me!". According to her website Zoller makes regular appearances on

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Atlanta's ''The Georgia Gang'' and frequent guest appearances on cable channels such as

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, and

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, on programs including '' TalkBack Live'', ''

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'', and ''

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'', and Zoller-penned opinion pieces have been published in the

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. Zoller was named one of ''

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''’s 'Heavy Hundred' talk shows in America in 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009, and claims on her website to have been named to the 2005 ''Georgia Trend Magazine'' "Most Important Media People" list and the 2005 and 2006 ''James Magazine'' "Most Influential Georgians" lists. In 2008, ''The Martha Zoller Show'', originating from North Georgia's News-Talk station FM 103.7

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which served the Gainesville metropolitan area, Maysville, and

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, was syndicated statewide on the

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until she ended her show to run for Congress.

Blogs

On April 6, Martha released a new political website: ZPolitics.com

Military

In 2005, Zoller visited

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with the "Voices of Soldiers" Tour and participated in the Joint Civilian Orientation Conference (JCOC), a

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program for "America's leaders interested in expanding their knowledge of the military and national defense". Martha returned to Iraq in January 2007.

Congressional campaign

Martha ran for US Congress as a conservative Republican for the new congressional seat allocated to Georgia following the 2010 United States Census. She had been endorsed by: *former presidential candidate

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*Georgia Right to Life * She-PAC *

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* FreedomWorks PAC *former United States Senator

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*former United States Speaker of the House

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Works

* ''Indivisible: Uniting Values for a Divided America'' (Stroud & Hall Publishers), 2005

References

External links

Martha Zoller's official website
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Zoller, Martha 1959 births Living people American columnists American talk radio hosts American women radio presenters American television hosts American women television presenters American political writers University of Georgia alumni Writers from Columbus, Georgia American women columnists Georgia (U.S. state) Republicans