Barbara Phifer | |
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Member of the MissouriHouseofRepresentatives from the 90th district | |
Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Deb Lavender |
Personal details | |
Political party | Democratic |
Children | 5 |
Residence(s) | Kirkwood,Missouri,U.S. |
Website | Campaign site |
Barbara Phifer is a former United Methodist pastor who started her term as a Democratic member of the Missouri House of Representatives,representing the state's 90th House district,in January 2021. [1]
Phifer is a graduate of Cornell College and St. Paul School of Theology, [2] and served as a United Methodist pastor for over 40 years. [3] Her preaching career included a five-year stint in Montevideo,Uruguay under a dictatorship,an experience which she said gave her "an understanding of the dangers of authoritarianism,which is what I see in the [Republican] party right now". [2] Along with her criticism of Donald Trump,Phifer ran on a platform of expanding Medicaid,improving public education,and supporting gun control and social justice issues such as women's and LGBTQ rights. [2] [4]
Phifer had not thought about entering politics until after retiring from preaching,but decided to run for the seat vacated by Deb Lavender who was running for state Senate. [2] In 2020,Phifer defeated her Republican opponent in the general election for Missouri's 90th state House district. [5] [6]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Barbara Phifer | 13,858 | 56.72% | -43.28 | |
Republican | Anne Landers | 10,575 | 43.28% | +43.28 | |
Total votes | 24,433 | 100.00% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Barbara Phifer | 11,355 | 62.56% | +5.84 | |
Republican | Gary Albert Bokermann, Jr. | 6,795 | 37.44% | -5.84 | |
Total votes | 18,150 | 100.00% |
Phifer lives in Kirkwood, Missouri with her husband, and has five children and seven grandchildren. [2] [3] [9]
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