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Kathy Jean Barnette | |
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| Born | September 6, 1971 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Children | 2 |
Kathy Barnette is an American author and politician.[1] She is currently running for the Republican nomination in the 2022 Senate election in Pennsylvania.[2] In 2020, she ran for United States Congress in the Pennsylvania 4th Congressional District.[3]
Early life
Barnette's mother was raped at the age of 11 by a 21-year-old man. She got pregnant as a result and chose to carry it to full term. Kathy was born on September 6th, 1971 in Alabama. Her biological father is unknown.[4]
Barnette served 10 years as a Military reservist in the United States Army.[5][better source needed]
Professional career
Barnette is a political commentator, and has written for and appeared on Fox News multiple times.[6][7][8] She also worked in the financial industry for many years.[5][9]
Political career
Barnette first entered politics by running for Pennsylvania's 4th congressional district in the 2020 election. She lost the election and refused to concede.[10][11]
Barnette announced she would run to fill retiring Senator Pat Toomey's seat in April 2021.[12][2] She surged in the polls in late March 2022 and started receiving major attention from news outlets in May.[1][9][11] Barnette began to receive a lot of scrutiny over past tweets she had made, including some claiming that former President Barack Obama was a Muslim, and others that opponents called homophobic and Islamophobic.[13][14][15] On May 15th, 2022, images surfaced showing that Barnette had participated in the 2021 United States Capitol insurrection, for which she received a lot of criticism.[16][17]
Political positions
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Electoral history
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Madeleine Dean (incumbent) | 264,637 | 59.5 | |
| Republican | Kathy Barnette | 179,926 | 40.5 | |
| Total votes | 444,563 | 100.0 | ||
| Democratic hold | ||||
Personal life
Barnette is married with two children.[5]
Published works
Nothing to Lose, Everything to Gain: Being Black and Conservative in America. 2020
References
- ^ a b https://www.nytimes.com/2022/05/13/us/elections/kathy-barnette-pennsylvania-senate.html
- ^ a b WFMZ-TV. "Kathy Barnette enters race for US Senate in Pennsylvania". WFMZ.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b "2020 Presidential Election - Representative in Congress". Pennsylvania Department of State. Retrieved 2021-01-25.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ Creitz, Charles (2022-05-09). "Senate hopeful Kathy Barnette, born from rape, 'grateful' for serious national abortion discussion". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b c "Bio". Kathy Barnette. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Veteran to NFL millionaires: Get off your knees already, retrieved 2022-05-16
- ^ Barnette, Kathy (2018-04-28). "Kathy Barnette: Kanye gets it. Just because I'm black don't assume I'm a Democrat". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Barnette, Kathy (2018-01-19). "My take on Trump's first year as an African-American mom and veteran". Fox News. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b Mayorquin, Orlando. "Who is Kathy Barnette? The GOP candidate surging late in Pennsylvania Senate race". USA TODAY. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Barnette Doesn't Concede To Dean: 'The Enemy Will Be Thwarted'". Abington, PA Patch. 2020-11-04. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ a b Doherty, Erin (2022-05-12). "What to know about the GOP Senate candidate who Trump has warned against". Axios. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Kathy Barnette for US Senate - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Walsh, Sean Collins. "Kathy Barnette says tweets under scrutiny in Pa. Senate race were 'not even full thoughts'". https://www.inquirer.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
{{cite web}}: External link in|website= - ^ Paybarah, Azi (2022-05-15). "Kathy Barnette Says She 'Can't Provide a Lot of Context' for Her Anti-Islamic Tweets". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Kathy Barnette on past Islamophobic tweets: 'I would never have said that'". MSNBC.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ "Photos show GOP Senate candidate Kathy Barnette marching with Proud Boys on Jan. 6". news.yahoo.com. Retrieved 2022-05-16.
- ^ Ax, Joseph (2022-05-16). "Republican U.S. Senate hopeful Barnette marched alongside Proud Boys on Jan. 6, report says". Reuters. Retrieved 2022-05-16.