[Congressional Record Volume 167, Number 37 (Friday, February 26, 2021)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E175]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       REMEMBERING BARBARA LUBIN

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                          HON. ANN KIRKPATRICK

                               of arizona

                    in the house of representatives

                       Friday, February 26, 2021

  Mrs. KIRKPATRICK. Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life and 
legacy of my dear friend Barbara Lubin who passed away on February 6, 
2021 at the age of 63 following a cancer diagnosis. No one knew 
Democratic politics in Arizona the way that she did, knowledge that she 
put to good use at the Arizona Democratic Party in the role of 
Operations Director. Barb had an extensive career in politics including 
her own run for the Arizona Corporation Commission and her service as 
the director of the Clean Elections Institute.
  Barb was warm, kind, always ready to share a story or a meal, and 
most of all incredibly funny. She and her mother first talked me into 
running for the legislature when we were all living in Flagstaff, and I 
feel so grateful to have been so close to her and her family when I was 
representing that area. I want to extend my deepest condolences to 
Barb's husband Stanley, their daughter Jessica, their son-in-law James 
and their two granddaughters Abigail and Elizabeth, as well as the 
larger Arizona Democratic community who loved her. Barb represented the 
best of Arizona, and her legacy will live on far beyond her.

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