Heather Carter
is an American politician and a former
Republican
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** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
member of the
Arizona State Senate
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representing District 15 from 2019 to 2021. She previously served in the
Arizona House of Representatives
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representing District 15 from 2013 to 2019. Carter also previously served consecutively from 2011 until 2013, in the District 7 seat.
She has been described by ''
The Arizona Republic
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'' and the ''
Associated Press
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'' as a moderate or centrist Republican.
Education
Carter earned her
bachelor's degree
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in
communication
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and her
master's degree
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education technology
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from
Arizona State University
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, and her
EdD
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in
educational leadership
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from
Northern Arizona University
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...
.
Elections
* 2012: Redistricted to District 15 with fellow incumbent Representative
David Smith Carter ran in the four-way August 28, 2012 Republican Primary; Carter placed first with 13,196 votes, and
John Allen placed second ahead of Representative Smith; Carter and Allen won the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, with Carter taking the first seat with 50,716 votes and Allen taking the second seat ahead of Democratic nominee Patricia Flickner.
* 2010: When District 7 incumbent Republican Representatives
Nancy Barto
Nancy K. Barto (born in Chicago, Illinois) is an American politician and a former Republican member of the Arizona State Senate from 2021 to 2023. She previously served in the Arizona House of Representatives from 2019 to 2021 and the Arizona S ...
and
Ray Barnes both ran for Arizona Senate and left both House seats open, Carter ran in the seven-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary, placing second with 6,665 votes; in the five-way November 2, 2010 General election, Carter took the first seat with 37,254 votes, and fellow Republican David Smith took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Don Chilton, Peter Royers, and
Libertarian
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candidate James Ianuzzo,
who had run for legislative seats in 2004, 2006, and 2008.
References
External links
Official pageat the
Arizona State Legislature
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Campaign site*
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Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Arizona State University alumni
Republican Party members of the Arizona House of Representatives
Northern Arizona University alumni
People from Cave Creek, Arizona
Women state legislators in Arizona
Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication alumni
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
Republican Party Arizona state senators
21st-century Arizona politicians