Dennis Barger

Dennis Barger

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Dennis Barger was a 2016 Republican candidate for District 14 of the Arizona House of Representatives.

Campaign themes

2016

Barger's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

“	Education The most important role of government is to educate its people.We spend the plurality of our state budget on K-12 education and that becomes a majority when you add higher education expenses. Education affects everything else! Well educated people: have better paying jobs; spend more money, increasing the state’s revenues; make better decisions about family planning; make healthier lifestyle choices; generally cost the state less in health care costs; etc. Health Care Obamacare (the Affordable Care Act) has not delivered on its promises. It needs to be overhauled. While this is a Federal Law, it has implications for state-related services through the Arizona Health Care Cost Containment System (AHCCCS). Too many people are using emergency rooms as their primary care doctors because they do not have ‘skin in the game.’ The promise of keeping one’s doctors and lowering costs has not materialized and still many Americans are not insured as promised/required. Border Security As a state legislator I would use the power of my office to pressure our elected officials in Washington to uphold their promise. I would work to ensure that state revenues go to support our four border sheriffs in their efforts to arrest and prosecute those who cross into our country illegally. Arizona clearly does not have the financial ability to secure the border, nor should it be required to do so, which leaves our only courses of action to be prosecution and working with California, New Mexico, and Texas to make noise in Washington until the Federal government meets its obligation to our citizens by providing for their defense and securing their liberty. Gun Rights The Arizona Constitution, written nearly 120 years after the US Constitution plainly states that in this state, “The right of the individual citizen to bear arms in defense of himself or the state shall not be impaired.” Short of an amendment to our constitution, which I would never propose, that language stands. Would I love to see people treat each other more civilly and with more respect? Sure I would. But when there are bad people in the world who will break laws and harm others, people must have the right to protect themselves and those they love.	”
—Dennis Barger,

Elections

2016

See also: Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Arizona House of Representatives 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. Incumbents David Gowan (R) and David Stevens (R) did not seek re-election.

Drew John and Becky Nutt defeated Mike Holmes and Jason Lindstrom in the Arizona House of Representatives District 14 general election.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 14 General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Drew John	32.59%	49,914
	Republican	Becky Nutt	31.06%	47,578
	Democratic	Mike Holmes	18.38%	28,161
	Democratic	Jason Lindstrom	17.97%	27,527
Total Votes				153,180
Source: Arizona Secretary of State

Mike Holmes and Jason Lindstrom were unopposed in the Arizona House of Representatives District 14 Democratic Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 14 Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Mike Holmes
	Democratic	Jason Lindstrom

Becky Nutt and Drew John defeated Anthony Sizer and Dennis Barger in the Arizona House of Representatives District 14 Republican Primary.

Arizona House of Representatives, District 14 Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Becky Nutt	33.25%	14,162
	Republican	Drew John	30.24%	12,878
	Republican	Anthony Sizer	22.63%	9,640
	Republican	Dennis Barger	13.88%	5,910
Total Votes				42,590

Endorsements

2016

In 2016, Barger's endorsements included the following:

• Arizona Education Association
• Arizona Fraternal Order of Police
• Sierra Vista Herald
• Vail Parent Network

Recent news

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See also

• Arizona House of Representatives
• Arizona House of Representatives District 14
• Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2016
• Arizona State Legislature

External links

Suggest a link

• Official campaign website
• Dennis Barger on Facebook
• Arizona Legislature

Footnotes

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Current members of the Arizona House of Representatives

Leadership

Speaker of the House:Steve Montenegro

Majority Leader:Michael Carbone

Minority Leader:Oscar De Los Santos

Representatives

District 1

Selina Bliss (R)

Quang Nguyen (R)

District 2

Stephanie Simacek (D)

Justin Wilmeth (R)

District 3

Joseph Chaplik (R)

Alexander Kolodin (R)

District 4

Pamela Carter (R)

Matt Gress (R)

District 5

Sarah Liguori (D)

Aaron Marquez (D)

District 6

Mae Peshlakai (D)

Myron Tsosie (D)

District 7

Walter Blackman (R)

David Marshall (R)

District 8

Janeen Connolly (D)

Brian Garcia (D)

District 9

Lorena Austin (D)

Seth Blattman (D)

District 10

Ralph Heap (R)

Justin Olson (R)

District 11

Junelle Cavero (D)

Oscar De Los Santos (D)

District 12

Patricia Contreras (D)

Anastasia Travers (D)

District 13

Jeff Weninger (R)

Julie Willoughby (R)

District 14

Laurin Hendrix (R)

Khyl Powell (R)

District 15

Neal Carter (R)

Michael Way (R)

District 16

Chris Lopez (R)

Teresa Martinez (R)

District 17

Rachel Keshel (R)

Kevin Volk (D)

District 18

Nancy Gutierrez (D)

Christopher Mathis (D)

District 19

Lupe Diaz (R)

Gail Griffin (R)

District 20

Alma Hernandez (D)

Betty Villegas (D)

District 21

Consuelo Hernandez (D)

Stephanie Stahl Hamilton (D)

District 22

Lupe Contreras (D)

Elda Luna-Nájera (D)

District 23

Michele Pena (R)

Mariana Sandoval (D)

District 24

Anna Abeytia (D)

Lydia Hernandez (D)

District 25

Michael Carbone (R)

Nick Kupper (R)

District 26

Cesar Aguilar (D)

Quantá Crews (D)

District 27

Lisa Fink (R)

Tony Rivero (R)

District 28

David Livingston (R)

Beverly Pingerelli (R)

District 29

Steve Montenegro (R)

James Taylor (R)

District 30

Leo Biasiucci (R)

John Gillette (R)

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Democratic Party (27)