{{short description|American politician (born 1947)}} {{Infobox officeholder |name = Kathi Foster |image = |office = |term_start = |term_end = |preceded = |succeeded = |state_senate1 = |district1 = |term_start1 = |term_end1 = |predecessor1 = |successor1 = |state_senate2 = |district2 = |term_start2 = |term_end2 = |predecessor2 = |successor2 = |state_senate3 = |district3 = |term_start3 = |term_end3 = |predecessor3 = |successor3 = |state_house4 = Arizona |district4 = 14th |term_start4 = January 1995 |term_end4 = January 2003 |predecessor4 = Ruth Solomon |successor4 = |state_house5 = |district5 = |term_start5 = |term_end5 = |predecessor5 = |successor5 = |birth_date = {{birth date and age|1947|1|21}}<ref name=vote>{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3060/kathi-foster#.XNY95fZFwjY |title=Kathi Foster's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130524121138/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3060/kathi-foster |url-status=live |archivedate=May 24, 2013}}</ref> |birth_place = Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |death_date = |death_place = |party = Democrat |spouse = David |children = |alma_mater = |profession = Politician |website = }}
'''Kathi Foster''' (born January 21, 1947) is a former member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She served in the House from January 1995 through January 2003, serving district 14.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/102/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 2001 Volume 1, Forty-Fifth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 235 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|vii}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii–ix}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii–ix}}<ref>{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/52/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1995 Volume 1, Forty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 178 | accessdate=December 2, 2018}}</ref>{{rp|viii–ix}} Not eligible to run for the House in 2002, due to Arizona term limit laws, she ran for the State Senate in the newly redistricted District 13, but lost in the Democratic primary to Richard Miranda.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2002 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2002 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=May 10, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507043520/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2002 |url-status=live |archivedate=May 7, 2019}}</ref> She ran again for the Senate in 2004, this time in District 12, but lost in the general election to incumbent Robert Blendu.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2004 |title=Arizona State Senate elections, 2004 |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=April 16, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190501221737/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_State_Senate_elections,_2004 |url-status=live |archivedate=May 1, 2019}}</ref>
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