Barbara McGuire (politician)

Barbara McGuire
Barbara McGuire
Member of the Arizona Senate; from the 8th district
	In office; 2013 – January 9, 2017
Preceded by	Michele Reagan
Succeeded by	Frank Pratt
Member of the Arizona House of Representatives; from the 23rd district
	In office; 2007–2011
Succeeded by	John Fillmore
Personal details
Political party	Democratic

Barbara McGuire is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, she represented the eighth district in the Arizona State Senate from 2013 to 2017, and the 23rd district in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2007 through 2011.

McGuire announced she was forming an exploratory committee to run for the United States House of Representatives seat in Arizona's 1st congressional district in the 2016 elections.^[1]^[2] However, she declined to run, with the seat being won by Tom O'Halleran.^[3] McGuire announced her candidacy for Arizona's 1st district against O'Halleran in the 2020 elections, citing the fact that she perceived him as too conservative.^[3]

References

^ Barbara McGuire. "Barbara McGuire Announces Exploratory Committee for Arizona Congressional District 1". SanTanValley.com. Archived from the original on July 2, 2015. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ Joe Ferguson. "State Sen. McGuire considers congressional run". Arizona Daily Star. Retrieved June 30, 2015.
^ ^a ^b Duda, Jeremy (August 19, 2019). "Former lawmaker McGuire challenging O'Halleran in Dem primary". AZ Mirror. Retrieved August 28, 2019.