- Karen Clark
Infobox_State_Representative
name= Rep. Karen Clark
state_house=Minnesota
district= 61A
term_start= 1980
term_end= present
preceded=
succeeded=
date of birth=birth date and age|1945|07|23
place of birth=Fort Sill, Oklahoma
residence=Minneapolis, Minnesota
spouse=Jacquelyn
profession= College instructor
religion=Roman Catholic
party= DFL|Karen J. Clark is a politician from
Minneapolis, Minnesota and a member of theMinnesota House of Representatives . A DFLer, Clark represents District 61A, which includes parts of Minneapolis.First elected in November 1980, Clark is currently serving her fourteenth term in the legislature where she chairs the House Subcommittee on Housing Policy and Finance and Public Health.
Raised on a farm in southwestern Minnesota, Clark attended public schools in
Edgerton, Minnesota . She earned herB.S. in nursing at theCollege of Saint Teresa inWinona, Minnesota . She would later go toHarvard University for aMaster of Public Administration , which she earned in 1996.Clark worked as a nurse until her election to the state house in 1980 and has been an instructor at the
University of Minnesota since 1985.She is a lesbian [cite web
url=http://news.minnesota.publicradio.org/features/2004/03/09_scheckt_samesex/
title=Debate over gay marriage ban begins at Capitol
last=Scheck
first=Tom
date=2004-03-09
publisher=Minnesota Public Radio
accessdate=2008-05-12] and is one of three openly gay members of theMinnesota Legislature , alongside SenatorsD. Scott Dibble (D–Minneapolis) andPaul Koering (R–Fort Ripley). [cite web
url=http://www.glli.org/out_officials
title=GLLI: Out Officials
accessdate=2008-05-12]References
External links
* [http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/members/members.asp?district=61A Official legislative website]
* [http://www.votekaren.org/ Campaign homepage]
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