Barbara Phifer

Born in Washington, D.C., Phifer is a graduate of Cornell College, where she earned a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy and history in 1977.

[4] 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] In 2020, Phifer defeated her Republican opponent in the general election for Missouri's 90th state House district.

[2][4][10][3] Phifer had no opponents in the Democratic primary elections for the Missouri House of Representatives, winning the party nomination by default each time.

2024 Missouri Secretary of State election Democratic Primary Results by County
Phifer
  • 30–40%
  • 40–50%
Williams
  • 30–40%
  • 40–50%
Jacobsen
  • 30–40%
  • 40–50%
  • 50–60%
Tie
  • 30–40%