Nancy K. Barto

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Nancy K. Barto
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Republican Party

Prior offices
Arizona House of Representatives District 7
Arizona State Senate District 7
Arizona State Senate District 15
Arizona House of Representatives District 15
Elections and appointments
Last election

November 8, 2022

Education

High school

Arcadia High School

Personal
Profession
Public policy advocate
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Nancy K. Barto (Republican Party) was a member of the Arizona State Senate, representing District 15. She assumed office on January 11, 2021. She left office on January 9, 2023.

Barto (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Arizona State Senate to represent District 4. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Barto previously served in the state Senate from 2011 to 2019. She served in the state House from 2007 to 2011.

Biography

Barto studied vocal performance and elementary education at Arizona State University. Her career experience includes working as a public policy advocate.[1]

Elections

2022

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 4

Incumbent Christine Marsh defeated incumbent Nancy K. Barto in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 4 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Christine Marsh
Christine Marsh (D) Candidate Connection
 
50.5
 
62,205
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto (R)
 
49.5
 
61,016

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 123,221
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 4

Incumbent Christine Marsh advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona State Senate District 4 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Christine Marsh
Christine Marsh Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
25,824

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 25,824
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 4

Incumbent Nancy K. Barto advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 4 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto
 
100.0
 
34,753

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 34,753
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Campaign finance

2020

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Arizona State Senate District 15

Nancy K. Barto defeated Matt Smith in the general election for Arizona State Senate District 15 on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto (R)
 
98.6
 
91,249
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Matt Smith (L) (Write-in)
 
1.4
 
1,342

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 92,591
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 15

Nancy K. Barto defeated incumbent Heather Carter in the Republican primary for Arizona State Senate District 15 on August 4, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto
 
52.6
 
17,488
Image of Heather Carter
Heather Carter
 
47.4
 
15,745

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 33,233
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Campaign finance

2018

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 (2 seats)

Nancy K. Barto and incumbent John Allen defeated Jennifer Samuels and Julie Gunnigle in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto (R)
 
29.1
 
51,305
✔
Image of John Allen
John Allen (R)
 
27.9
 
49,279
Image of Jennifer Samuels
Jennifer Samuels (D)
 
21.9
 
38,565
Image of Julie Gunnigle
Julie Gunnigle (D) Candidate Connection
 
21.1
 
37,308

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 176,457
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 (2 seats)

Jennifer Samuels and Julie Gunnigle defeated Tonya MacBeth in the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Jennifer Samuels
Jennifer Samuels
 
34.6
 
7,977
✔
Image of Julie Gunnigle
Julie Gunnigle Candidate Connection
 
34.3
 
7,904
Image of Tonya MacBeth
Tonya MacBeth
 
31.2
 
7,189

There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 23,070
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 (2 seats)

Nancy K. Barto and incumbent John Allen advanced from the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 15 on August 28, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
✔
Image of Nancy K. Barto
Nancy K. Barto
 
52.8
 
19,196
✔
Image of John Allen
John Allen
 
47.2
 
17,164

Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source

Total votes: 36,360
(100.00% precincts reporting)
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2016

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 30, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was June 1, 2016.

Incumbent Nancy Barto defeated Tonya MacBeth in the Arizona State Senate District 15 general election.[2][3]

Arizona State Senate, District 15 General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Barto Incumbent 63.26% 62,691
     Democratic Tonya MacBeth 36.74% 36,414
Total Votes 99,105
Source: Arizona Secretary of State


Tonya MacBeth ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 15 Democratic Primary.[4]

Arizona State Senate, District 15 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Tonya MacBeth  (unopposed)


Incumbent Nancy Barto ran unopposed in the Arizona State Senate District 15 Republican Primary.[5]

Arizona State Senate, District 15 Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Barto Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Arizona State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was May 28, 2014. Incumbent Nancy K. Barto defeated David Ryan in the Republican primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7][8][9]

Arizona State Senate, District 15 Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Barto Incumbent 62.9% 13,585
David Ryan 37.1% 8,012
Total Votes 21,597

2012

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2012

Barto won election in the 2012 election for Arizona State Senate District 15. She ran unopposed in the Republican primary on August 28, 2012. She won the general election on November 6, 2012.[10][11]

Arizona State Senate, District 15, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngNancy Barto Incumbent 73.1% 58,213
     Libertarian Dennis Grenier 26.9% 21,384
Total Votes 79,597

2010

See also: Arizona State Senate elections, 2010

Barto was eligible but did not seek re-election in 2010. She instead ran for the District 7 seat in the Arizona State Senate. She won the August 24 primary and defeated Democrat Eric Shelley in the November 2 general election.[12][13]

Arizona State Senate, District 7 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Barto (R) 41,849
Eric Shelley (D) 20,441
Arizona State Senate, District 7 Republican Primary (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy K. Barto (R) 9,795
Ray Barnes (R) 6,985
Bob Green (R) 3,015
Brad Buch (R) 1,401

2008

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2008

On November 4, 2008, Barto and Ray Barnes were elected to the 7th District Seat in the Arizona House of Representatives, defeating opponents Jeanne Lunn (D) and James Iannuzo (Lib).[14]

Arizona State House, District 7 (2008)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Ray Barnes (R) 40,471
Green check mark transparent.png Nancy Barto (R) 46,854
Jeanne Lunn (D) 31,753
James Iannuzo (Lib) 8,966

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

Nancy K. Barto did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Barto's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[15]

Building A Strong Economy

  • Excerpt: "Low tax and regulatory environments attract business investment, creating robust job growth and stable state revenues. Nancy will continue to promote such policies, supporting a prosperous economic future for Arizona."

Education Excellence

  • Excerpt: "Keep teachers and parents in control of their school standards and curricula. Common Core is not the answer."

Affordable Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "Protecting consumer choice and enabling a free market in health care must be the focus. Visualize the effects of Obamacare."

Protecting Life

  • Excerpt: "When government undermines the right to life – it is only a matter of time before other unalienable Rights are undermined and destroyed."

Protecting Marriage & Religious Liberty

  • Excerpt: "Government promotion of unions other than the traditional definition of marriage undermines the unique roles of men and women within the family."

2012

Barto's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[16]

  • Building a strong economy
Excerpt: "Low tax environments facilitate a healthy economy. Businesses are attracted to them and families keep and invest more of their hard-earned money. As a result, revenues increase and government is able to fulfill its core obligations to the public."
  • Education excellence
Excerpt: "The dynamic and competitive workplace our children face tomorrow demands bold education reforms now. The status quo is no longer acceptable because the future won’t wait."
  • Protecting life
Excerpt: "An outspoken advocate for the right to life, Nancy is committed to protecting the most vulnerable at every stage of life."
  • Protecting marriage
Excerpt: "Government promotion of unions other than the traditional definition of marriage undermines the unique roles of men and women within the family."
  • Securing our borders
Excerpt: "The Federal government has failed us by not securing our borders and addressing both the causes of illegal immigration and its effects upon our state. Nancy believes our government has a moral obligation to the citizens of Arizona to solve this problem. "

Medicaid expansion lawsuit

See also: Can Arizona conservatives beat the clock to block Medicaid expansion from taking effect Jan. 1?

Nancy K. Barto was one of the 36 Republican members of the Arizona State Legislature who signed onto a lawsuit brought by the Goldwater Institute in September 2013 against Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) over the expansion of Medicaid in Arizona under provisions of the Affordable Care Act.[17] Brewer announced her support for Medicaid expansion in Arizona in 2013, and by June of that year the legislature passed a bill expanding Medicaid in the state .[18] In September 2013, the Goldwater Institute, a conservative think tank, filed a lawsuit seeking to block the law's implementation. They argued that the law contained a tax, and its implementation under the control of the executive branch violated state laws enforcing the separation of powers.[17] In 2015, a Maricopa County Superior Court judge ruled against the 36 Republican lawmakers and the Goldwater Institute, saying that the law contained an assessment, not a tax. The Arizona Court of Appeals upheld the Superior Court's 2015 ruling on March 16, 2017.[19]

Committee assignments

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2021-2022

Barto was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Barto was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Arizona committee assignments, 2017
• Health and Human Services, Chair
• Judiciary, Vice chair

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Barto served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Barto served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Barto served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.

Campaign finance summary

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Nancy K. Barto campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2022Arizona State Senate District 4Lost general$370,763 $378,240
2020Arizona State Senate District 15Won general$212,429 N/A**
2018Arizona House of Representatives District 15Won general$44,680 N/A**
2016Arizona State Senate, District 15Won $77,361 N/A**
2014Arizona State Senate, District 15Won $55,778 N/A**
2012Arizona State Senate, District 15Won $40,835 N/A**
2010Arizona State Senate, District 7Won $53,658 N/A**
2008Arizona State House, District 7Won $34,730 N/A**
2006Arizona State House, District 7Won $48,080 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2022

In 2022, the Arizona State Legislature was in session from January 10 to June 25.

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2013

Goldwater Institute

See also: Goldwater Institute's Legislative Report Card (2012)

The Goldwater Institute releases its "Legislative Report Card" annually for all Arizona legislators. This report card tracks how legislators voted on key votes and assigns them a letter grade based on how closely their votes agree with the Institute's positions. The primary values emphasized in the ratings are whether votes expand or restrict liberty.[21]

2012

Barto received a score of 67 out of 100 in the 2012 report card for a grade of B+ according to the Goldwater Institute’s grading scale. This score was 4 more than her score on the 2011 report card. Barto’s 67 in 2012 was the 10th highest grade among all 30 Arizona State Senators.[21]

Endorsements

2014

In 2014, Barto's endorsements included the following:[22]

  • Arizona Technology Council
  • Arizona Right to Life
  • Arizona Multi-Housing Association
  • Arizona Realtors Association

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    Footnotes

    1. ↑ Arizona State Legislature, "Senate Member Nancy Barto," accessed December 25, 2020
    2. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election ," accessed September 9, 2016
    3. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 official general election results," accessed November 11, 2016
    4. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
    5. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2016 Election Information - Primary Candidate List," accessed June 3, 2016
    6. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official primary election results," accessed August 27, 2014
    7. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election," May 28, 2014
    8. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election candidate list," accessed September 11, 2014
    9. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official general election results," accessed August 3, 2015
    10. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2012 Primary candidate list," accessed December 20, 2013
    11. ↑ C-SPAN/Associated Press, "August 28, 2012 Primary Results - Arizona," accessed August 28, 2012
    12. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "2010 Primary results," accessed December 20, 2013
    13. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "General election results," accessed December 13, 2013
    14. ↑ Arizona Secretary of State, "Official 2008 General election results," accessed April 7, 2014
    15. ↑ Nancybarto.com, "My Priorities," accessed July 28, 2014
    16. ↑ nancybarto.com, "Issues," accessed April 7, 2014
    17. ↑ 17.0 17.1 Arizona Republic, "Goldwater Institute sues over Arizona Medicaid law," September 12, 2013
    18. ↑ Office of the Arizona Governor, "State of the State Address," January 14, 2013
    19. ↑ AZCentral, "Court rejects Arizona GOP lawmakers' Medicaid challenge," March 16, 2017
    20. ↑ Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named ARA
    21. ↑ 21.0 21.1 Goldwater Institute, "2012 Legislative Report Card for Arizona's 50th Legislature, First Regular Session," August 15, 2012
    22. ↑ Nancybarto.com, "Business groups give Barto high marks," accessed July 28, 2014

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