Nancy Farmer (born September 11, 1956) was the 43rd
State Treasurer of Missouri, serving from 2001 to 2005.
Farmer was raised in
Jacksonville, Illinois and graduated from
Illinois College
Illinois College is a private liberal arts college in Jacksonville, Illinois. It is affiliated with the United Church of Christ and the Presbyterian Church (USA). It was the second college founded in Illinois, but the first to grant a degree ( ...
there in 1979.
From 1993-97, she served in the
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...
. During her tenure in the state legislature, she served as chairwoman of the powerful Ways and Means Committee.
Farmer served as Assistant Treasurer under then-State Treasurer
Bob Holden
Robert Lee Holden Jr. (born August 24, 1949) is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 53rd Governor of Missouri from 2001 to 2005. Previously, he served as the State Treasurer of Missouri from 1993 to 2001 ...
since 1997, then was elected
State Treasurer of Missouri herself in November 2000. She was the first woman to hold both posts.
She was the unsuccessful
Democratic candidate in the
2004 United States Senate election in Missouri
The 2004 United States Senate election in Missouri was held November 2, 2004. Incumbent Republican U.S. Senator Kit Bond won re-election to a fourth term.
Democratic primary Results
* Nancy Farmer, State Treasurer of Missouri, former Misso ...
, running against incumbent
Republican
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Political ideology
* An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law.
** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...
Kit Bond
Christopher Samuel "Kit" Bond (born March 6, 1939) is an American attorney, politician and former United States Senator from Missouri and a member of the Republican Party. First elected to the U.S. Senate in 1986, he defeated Democrat Harriett W ...
.
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1956 births
Illinois College alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Politicians from St. Louis
Politicians from Jacksonville, Illinois
State treasurers of Missouri
Women state legislators in Missouri
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians