Barbara Marco

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Last election

November 8, 2022

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Barbara Marco (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Missouri House of Representatives to represent District 115. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

Marco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.

Elections

2022

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 115

Incumbent Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway defeated Barbara Marco in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 115 on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway
Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway (R)
 
72.1
 
9,587
Image of Barbara Marco
Barbara Marco (D) Candidate Connection
 
27.9
 
3,701

Total votes: 13,288
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 115

Barbara Marco advanced from the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 115 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Barbara Marco
Barbara Marco Candidate Connection
 
100.0
 
1,433

Total votes: 1,433
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 115

Incumbent Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway advanced from the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 115 on August 2, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway
Cyndi Buchheit-Courtway
 
100.0
 
4,230

Total votes: 4,230
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2018

See also: Missouri House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

Mike McGirl defeated Barbara Marco in the general election for Missouri House of Representatives District 118 on November 6, 2018.

General election

General election for Missouri House of Representatives District 118

Candidate
%
Votes
Mike McGirl (R)
 
65.6
 
8,215
Image of Barbara Marco
Barbara Marco (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.4
 
4,309

Total votes: 12,524
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Democratic primary election

Barbara Marco defeated Brian Ridenour in the Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 118 on August 7, 2018.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 118

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Barbara Marco
Barbara Marco Candidate Connection
 
58.8
 
1,725
Brian Ridenour
 
41.2
 
1,208

Total votes: 2,933
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Republican primary election

Mike McGirl defeated Chuck Hoskins and Kyle Bone in the Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 118 on August 7, 2018.

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Missouri House of Representatives District 118

Candidate
%
Votes
Mike McGirl
 
61.8
 
2,981
Chuck Hoskins
 
25.9
 
1,250
Image of Kyle Bone
Kyle Bone
 
12.2
 
590

Total votes: 4,821
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Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Barbara Marco completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Marco's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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As a divorced mothers of two, I pulled myself up by my bootstraps, put myself thru community college (twice), had an IT career, a horticultural career, and started several small businesses. I am now happily married to a 13-year veteran, have 2 sons, and 5 grandchildren. I am running because Missouri lawmakers stripped away a woman's constitutional right to abortion - even in cases of rape or incest. And they didn't even ask voters first. The only way we can make our voices heard and regain our FREEDOM to choose is by voting out the current legislators. I am running because my current State Rep supports forced birth - even for a 10-year old rape victim. That's just cruel. If something horrible happened to your family, I'm betting that you would want a choice. I have a Down syndrome grandson. The government should NOT be making these types of choices for families. 1 in 4 women are sexually assaulted. Missouri has almost 20,000 names on the Missouri State Highway Patrol Sex Offender Registry. I will advocate to protect Missouri women.
  • Pro Choice. Women should have complete control over their own bodies. A zip code, the government, or your neighbor's religious zeal should not dictate women's health care.
  • Pro Public Education. Missouri Republican legislators have habitually underfunded public education to the point that Missouri is last in starting teacher pay in the nation. And to further reduce the education budget, they enacted vouchers for private and religious education. Teachers and students deserve better. Missouri is not a poor state.
  • Pro Democracy. I believe in America. I believe in the institutions that have built our nation and have kept it strong, including law enforcement. The MAGA arm of the Republican party is trying to sunset (eliminate) Social Security, Medicare, Medicaid, and the Veterans Administration. I will advocate for our veterans and the elderly. If we do not take care of the people who fought for our freedom and built our nation, then we don't deserve to enjoy it's freedoms.
Affordable higher education lifted me and my family from poverty and physical abuse. Missouri Republicans have been in power for 20 years and the results are horrendous. Missouri public starting teacher pay is LAST in the nation. Our teachers and students deserve better.

Missouri was the very first state to completely ban abortion after the Supreme Court decision to leave it up to each state. Missouri legislators didn't even ask the voters. A women's FREEDOM to her own body was stripped away. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas has stated that prescription birth control is also at risk. Senator Lindsey Graham has sponsored a nationwide ban on abortion. And State Rep Mary Elizabeth Coleman is trying to crack-down on women who obtain legal out-of-state abortions. Women are under attack.

Missouri has a $5 billion reserve in the budget due to a one-time federal stimulus. Our Governor vetoed a $500 check to tax payers, held a special session, and reduced the individual income tax rate. The reserve will go to the wealthiest and the poor will get nothing. The reserve will be depleted in 5 years and then the education budget will again be subject to underfunding. Republicans care most about the wealthy.

Democracy itself is at risk The Big Lie (with NO PROOF) has destroyed trust in our election process for many. States are electing officials that promise to overturn elections if they don't like the results. Democracy cannot withstand this type of governance.

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2018

Ballotpedia survey responses

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Candidate Connection

Barbara Marco participated in Ballotpedia's candidate survey on August 24, 2018. The survey questions appear in bold, and Barbara Marco's responses follow below.[1]

What would be your top three priorities, if elected?

Defeating Right To Work
Health care
Education[2][3]

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about? Why?

I am passionate about education. When I graduated from High School my parents didn't think it was important to send a girl to college. So, I did the next best thing and married. Three years and two babies later, I started college. I was lucky because it was affordable and accessible. An education lifted me from domestic abuse and kept me from falling into poverty. I was able to raise my children as a single parent. Education is the key to a secure future and growing Missouri's economy.Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; invalid names, e.g. too many[3]


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Footnotes

  1. Note: The candidate's answers have been reproduced here verbatim without edits or corrections by Ballotpedia.
  2. Ballotpedia's candidate survey, "Barbara Marco's responses," August 24, 2018
  3. 3.0 3.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.


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