Barbara Leonard (politician)

Barbara M. Leonard (née Martin; June 12, 1924 – January 24, 2013) was an American Republican politician.

[1] She was a candidate for the United States Senate in 1984 as a Republican, but lost to incumbent Claiborne Pell.

[2] She served as the Secretary of State of Rhode Island from 1993 to 1995 as a Republican.

Leonard served on several state boards and commissions, including the Rhode Island Economic Development Corporation, the state's Port Authority and the state Advisory Committee on Refugee Resettlement.

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