Heather Carter is an American politician and a Republican member of the Arizona House of Representatives representing District 15 since January 14, 2013. Carter previously served consecutively from January 10, 2011 until January 14, 2013 in the District 7 seat.
2012 Redistricted to District 15 with fellow incumbent Representative David Smith, and with incumbent Democratic Representatives Katie Hobbs running for Arizona Senate and Lela Alston redistricted to District 24, Carter ran in the four-way August 28, 2012 Republican Primary; Carter placed first with 13,196 votes, and John Allen placed second ahead of Representative Smith; Carter and Allen won the four-way November 6, 2012 General election, with Carter taking the first seat with 50,716 votes and Allen taking the second seat ahead of Democratic nominee Patricia Flickner.
2010 When District 7 incumbent Republican Representatives Nancy K. Barto and Ray Barnes both ran for Arizona Senate and left both House seats open, Carter ran in the seven-way August 24, 2010 Republican Primary, placing second with 6,665 votes; in the five-way November 2, 2010 General election, Carter took the first seat with 37,254 votes, and fellow Republican David Smith took the second seat ahead of Democratic nominees Don Chilton, Peter Royers, and Libertarian candidate James Ianuzzo, who had run for legislative seats in 2004, 2006, and 2008.
