Barbara Blewster

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Barbara Blewster

|image =

|state_house = Arizona

|district = 1st

|term_start = January 1999

|term_end = January 2001

|predecessor = Donald R. Aldridge
Sue Lynch

|successor = Henry Camarot

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|7|31}}{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/16354/barbara-blewster#.XNv2pfZFwjY |title=Barbara Blewster's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=May 15, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190703053802/https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/16354/barbara-blewster#.XNv2pfZFwjY |archivedate=July 3, 2019 |url-status=live }}

|birth_place = Phoenix, Arizona

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Republican

|spouse = William

|children =

|residence = Prescott, Arizona

|alma_mater = Arizona State University

}}

Barbara Blewster (born July 31, 1960) is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She served in the House from January 1999 through January 2001, representing district 1.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|viii-ix}} She ran for a second term in 2000, but lost in the general election{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2000 |title=Arizona House of Representatives elections, 2000 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=May 14, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501153033/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2000 |archivedate=May 1, 2019 |url-status=live }} after making what were reported as "various comments about blacks, Indians, and Jews."{{cite web | last1=Fischer | first1=Howard | title=Jane Hull left her mark on Arizona during 26-year career | url=https://www.eacourier.com/copper_era/jane-hull-left-her-mark-on-arizona-during-26-year-career/article_efda559a-80ec-11ea-a1d1-e329f54330c6.html | date=April 17, 2020 | work=The Copper Era | access-date=August 21, 2021}} Blewster's husband William is on the national council of the far-right John Birch Society. {{cite news |url=https://jbs.org/national-council/william-blewster/ |title=William Blewster National Council Member |work=National Council |date=2 August 2019 |quote=From their home in Mesa, Arizona, Bill and his wife, Barbara, a former Arizona state representative, continue as JBS activists |publisher=John Birch Society |accessdate=2024-10-27 |last1=Kinderman |first1=Robin }}

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