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Jo Holt
| Jo Holt | ||
| Candidate for | ||
| Arizona State Senate District 11 | ||
| Party | Democratic | |
| Personal | ||
| Profession | Retired research biochemist | |
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Jo Holt was a 2012 Democratic candidate for District 11 of the Arizona State Senate.
Holt is a retired research biochemist who worked at the University of Arizona in the 1980s. She and her family moved to St. Louis shortly after her son was born. There she continued her career at Washington University. As a research biochemist, she spent decades running research laboratories.[1]
Issues
Campaign themes
2012
Holt's campaign website listed the following issues:[2]
- The Economy and Jobs
- Excerpt: "Balancing the State budget in a time of recession requires both cuts to spending and increases in State revenue. Revenue can be found in AZ tax subsidies paid to businesses with no requirement to show increased hiring. Revenue can be found in billions lost to AZ tax loopholes. "
- Education and Jobs
- Excerpt: "Funding must be restored to education. Our precious tax dollars should not go to subsidies and credits for private schools. Corporations will not move into our State until they know they will have an educated, ready work force to employ, and good schools for their employees' children. "
- Healthcare and Jobs
- Excerpt: "Access to healthcare is a human right. Funding must be restored for Medicaid and KidsCare. Access to healthcare pays for itself by allowing people to get preventative check-ups and early care. One of the most pressing concerns the AZ legislature should be working on is the creation of the AZ insurance exchange, and important part of the Affordable Care Act."
- Individual Liberties
- Excerpt: "The assault on individual liberties must stop! Our State legislators increasingly limit personal freedoms such as restricting women's reproductive liberty, inhibiting the civil rights of our Latino citizens, and erecting barriers to individuals' right to vote."
Elections
2012
- See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012
Holt ran in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 11. She ran unopposed in the August 28, 2012, Democratic primary. She was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[3][4]
| Arizona State Senate, District 11, General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Al Melvin Incumbent |
43.6% | 37,428 | |
| Democratic | Jo Holt | 56.4% | 48,367 | |
| Total Votes | 85,795 | |||
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