Alberta Darling

Infobox State Senator


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name =Alberta Darling
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state =Wisconsin
state_senate =Wisconsin
district =8th
term_start =1992
term_end =present
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succeeded =Incumbent
party =Republican
date of birth =birth date and age|1944|04|28
place of birth =Hammond, Indiana
residence =River Hills, Wisconsin
profession =marketing
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Alberta Darling (born April 28, 1944) is an American politician. She currently serves as a member of the Wisconsin State Senate, representing the state's eighth senate district. She is a member of the Republican Party of Wisconsin.

Darling was born in Hammond, Indiana. She graduated from Richwood High School and received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1966. She did graduate work at the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee from 1972 to 1974. Darling is married to Dr. William Darling and has two children and two grandchild.

Before she was elected to political office, Darling was a teacher and marketing director.

Darling first joined the Wisconsin State Legislature by winning a special election in 1990 (defeating now-U.S. Ambassador to the Czech Republic Rick Graber in the primary). She served the remainder of the term and a full two-year term in the State Assembly before being elected in 1992 to the state senate. Darling has been re-elected to the State Senate three times since, most recently in 2004. Since 2000, she has served on the Joint Finance Committee.

External links and references

* [http://www.legis.state.wi.us/senate/sen08/ Wisconsin State Legislature - Senator Alberta Darling] official WI Senate website
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=3441 Project Vote Smart - Senator Alberta Darling (WI)] profile
*"Follow the Money" - Alberta Darling
** [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200648&c=415801 2006] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200448&c=403033 2004] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200248&c=32110 2002] [http://www.followthemoney.org/database/StateGlance/candidate.phtml?si=200048&c=386841 2000] campaign contributions