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Barbara Fike
Barbara Fike (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Arizona House of Representatives to represent District 28. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Fike completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Barbara Fike was born in Phoenix, Arizona. She earned a bachelor's degree from Northern Arizona University in 1975 and a graduate degree from Northern Arizona University in 1978. Her career experience includes working with the Arizona Department of Economic Security and as an educator. She has been affiliated with Dove of the Desert United Methodist Church, Arizona Walk to Emmaus, Arizona Faith Network, and Las Palomas del Norte Community Hand Bell Choir.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent Beverly Pingerelli and incumbent David Livingston defeated Barbara Fike in the general election for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Beverly Pingerelli (R) | 37.8 | 79,618 |
| ✔ |  | David Livingston (R) | 37.6 | 79,333 |
 | Barbara Fike (D)  | 24.6 | 51,780 | |
| Total votes: 210,731 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Barbara Fike advanced from the Democratic primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Barbara Fike | 100.0 | 18,880 |
| Total votes: 18,880 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 (2 seats)
Incumbent David Livingston and incumbent Beverly Pingerelli defeated Susan Black in the Republican primary for Arizona House of Representatives District 28 on July 30, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | David Livingston | 37.0 | 26,914 |
| ✔ | | Beverly Pingerelli | 36.7 | 26,707 |
 | Susan Black | 26.3 | 19,170 | |
| Total votes: 72,791 | |||
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Campaign finance
Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Fike in this election.
Pledges
Fike signed the following pledges.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Barbara Fike completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Fike's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- My passion is education. As an historian, I understand that Public K-12 education is vital to the health and success of a democracy. Our founding fathers understood this as evidenced by land grants for education. The client of schools is not as much the students or parents as it is society as a whole. We all benefit from our children being educated to the fullest of their capabilities. Curriculum should be developed by professional educators, not dictated by a few parents or micromanaged by politicians. I adamantly oppose vouchers, which divert money to unregulated "parent-choice" programs, while undermining the kind of free and balanced education needed for citizens of a democracy. Freedom dies in ignorance.
- I believe in choice. I decided to run for office because I was tired of there being no choice on ballots due to so many candidates running unopposed. To paraphrase Thomas Jefferson, I believe that all persons are created equal, and endowed by their creator with rights of life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness. I do not believe that Creator gives anyone the right to judge, much less restrict, another’s choices. No one has the right to limit the choices of another when it comes to decisions about expression of identity, sexuality, spirituality, bodily autonomy, or gender identity. When choices harm no one, then they are no one's business.
- Democracy is fragile and must be safeguarded. We need to preserve the past, but also protect the future. Since the people are sovereign in a democracy, it is critical that they take the power they wield seriously. A democracy requires everyone to be on board, to participate in and trust the election process. But if we abdicate our responsibility because it’s just easier to let the autocrat win, we will lose all choice in the matter. Because autocrats do what is best for themselves and their cronies, not what’s best for either the country or its citizens. They are poised to bring about the failure of the democracy experiment started 250 years ago if we the people don’t intervene.
Water management - we live in the desert, and should act accordingly. We also need to recognize global warming is real.
Reproductive healthcare - my daughter shouldn't have fewer rights than I did at her age.
Affordable housing - people need to be able to live in the communities they work in.
LGBTQIA+ rights - no one should tell anyone else whom they can love or where they can go.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 9, 2024
