Hair on Fire News Talk Radio/Guest Brenda Barton AZ State Rep

Guest: Brenda Barton AZ House of Reprentatives District 6

Home City: Payson 

Born in Arizona’s Gila Valley, Representative Barton is a fifth generation native of rural Arizona. In 1871, her great-great grandfather established the first crossing on the Colorado River, and by 1880, the family settled in Lee Valley in the White Mountains. Brenda spent her early years at the family’s historic homestead in Artesia, just a few miles south of the Gila River in what once was Mexico.   Brenda’s Roots and Boots are firmly planted in the rich red soil of Arizona. She was first elected to the Arizona House of Representatives in 2010 and now serves Legislative District 6 an area stretching from the Grand Canyon through Sedona east to the White Mountains.  Representative Barton has quickly moved up in leadership and now serves as Chairman of the House Committee for Agriculture and Water.Representative Barton…

• Serves on the North American Council of the State Agriculture and Rural Leaders Legislative Summit
• Is the Arizona Chairman of the National State Legislator’s Article V State’s Convention
• Represents Arizona as a task force member of the Council of State Governments-Western States
• Is a Graduate of the Western Legislative Academy
• A Graduate of the Dodie -Londen Excellence in Public Service Leadership Program
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