Karen Klinzing (born September 28, 1970) is an American educator and politician. Klinzing lived in

Woodbury, Minnesota Woodbury ( ) is a city in Washington County, Minnesota, United States, east of Saint Paul along Interstate 94. It is part of the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area. The population was 75,102 at the 2020 census, making it Minnesota's ...

. She received her bachelor's degree from the

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 her master's degree from

Hamline University Hamline University ( ) is a private university in Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States. Founded in 1854, Hamline is the oldest university in Minnesota, the first coeducational university in the state, and is one of five Associated Colleges of th ...

. Klinzing taught history, civics, and economics at Bloomington High School in

Bloomington, Minnesota Bloomington is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is located on the north bank of the Minnesota River above its confluence with the Mississippi River, south of downtown Minneapolis and just south of the Interstate 494/Inter ...

. Klinzing served in the

Minnesota House of Representatives The Minnesota House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the U.S. state of Minnesota's Minnesota Legislature, legislature. It operates in conjunction with the Minnesota Senate, the state's upper chamber, to write and pass legislation, whic ...

from 2003 to 2006 as a Republican.Votesmart.org.-Karen Klinzing
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1970 births Living people People from Woodbury, Minnesota Hamline University alumni University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Educators from Minnesota American women educators Women state legislators in Minnesota Republican Party members of the Minnesota House of Representatives 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Minnesota Legislature {{Minnesota-MNRepresentative-Republican-stub