Alice Clausing is a former member of the

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Biography

Clausing was born on June 7, 1944, in

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. She graduated from Port Washington High School in 1962. She is a graduate of the

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and the

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. She was an

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and landlord of rental properties. She married Howard F. Clausing of Port Washington in 1966 and their two children were born in Port Washington.

Career

Clausing was first elected to the Senate in 1992. She would serve as a member from 1993 until 2001, after she was defeated for re-election in 2000 by

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. In 2004, Clausing was an unsuccessful candidate in the

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primary for her former Senate seat.

References

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