Carolyn H. Krause (born October 20, 1938, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee is the List of cities in Wisconsin, most populous city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. Located on the western shore of Lake Michigan, it is the List of United States cities by population, 31st-most populous city in the United States ...
) was a
Republican member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representativ ...
, and represented the 66th district from 1993 to her retirement in 2009.
Krause graduated from
University of Wisconsin–Madison
The University of Wisconsin–Madison (University of Wisconsin, Wisconsin, UW, UW–Madison, or simply Madison) is a public land-grant research university in Madison, Wisconsin, United States. It was founded in 1848 when Wisconsin achieved st ...
and received her law degree from
Chicago-Kent College of Law
The Chicago-Kent College of Law is the law school of the Illinois Institute of Technology, a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. It is the second oldest law school in the state of Illinois (after Northwestern Law).
Chicago-Kent wa ...
. She was previously mayor of
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Mount Prospect is a village in Cook County, Illinois, United States. It is part of Elk Grove and Wheeling townships, about northwest of downtown Chicago and approximately north of O'Hare International Airport. As of the 2020 census, the vill ...
from 1977 to 1989 and defeated David Harris in the 1992 Republican Primary. After she announced her retirement in 2008, Republican nominee and Elk Grove Village Trustee Christine Prochno and Democratic nominee
Mark L. Walker faced off against each other. Walker won the election.
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External links
Representative Carolyn H. Krause (R) 66th District''official Illinois General Assembly site''
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Politicians from Milwaukee
People from Mount Prospect, Illinois
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Mayors of places in Illinois
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Illinois
1938 births
Living people
21st-century American women politicians
Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni
Women mayors of places in Illinois
21st-century members of the Illinois General Assembly