Karen Thurman

Karen Thurman

Karen L. Thurman (born January 12, 1951 in Rapid City , South Dakota ) is an American politician . Between 1993 and 2003 she represented the state of Florida in the US House of Representatives .

Career

Karen Thurman was born in South Dakota but lived most of her life in Florida. There she attended the Santa Fe Community College in Starke until 1970 . She then studied education at the University of Florida in Gainesville . She later married Judge John Thurman, with whom she has two children. The family settled in Dunnellon . Karen Thurman was a member of the local council from 1974 to 1982. From 1979 to 1981 she also served there as mayor. Politically, she joined the Democratic Party .

In the 1992 congressional election , she was elected to the United States House of Representatives in Washington, DC , in the fifth constituency of Florida , where she succeeded Republican Bill McCollum on January 3, 1993 . After four re-elections, she was able to complete five legislative terms in Congress by January 3, 2003 . There she was initially a member of the Agriculture Committee and the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight . She later became a member of the Tax Committee.

After a reorganization of the constituencies, she was defeated in the 2000 congressional elections in the newly organized fifth district of the Republican Ginny Brown-Waite . Between 2005 and 2010, Karen Thurman was the successor to Scott Maddox as the Democratic Party leader in Florida.

Web links

• Karen Thurman in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (English)
• Karen Thurman in nndb (English)