Re-elect
KAREN CLARK
for State Representative, District 61A
2633 18th Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN 55407
612.237.7156 • votekaren@aol.com • www.votekaren.org
Representative Karen Clark has provided strong,
effective leadership for our South Minneapolis
neighborhoods in the Minnesota House of
Representatives. Economic and social justice issues like
affordable housing, living wage jobs, crime prevention
and human rights protection have been her priorities.
Working with and empowering our neighborhoods
has been her consistent style and agenda.
Rep. Karen Clark’s Strong Record:
Fighting for Economic and Social Justice for Our Neighborhoods
With Somali American Autism Association organizers planning
legislation for better treatment and prevention of disproportionate
autism in Minnesota’s Somali children
Safer Neighborhoods:
Funded Restorative Justice, Battered Women’s Shelters,
Youth Jobs, After School Programs, Culturally Specific
Chemical Dependency Treatment. Passed Tougher Drug
House/Nuisance House Laws, Prostitution and Gang
Violence Prevention, Crime Victims Rights.
Affordable Housing & Transportation:
Expanded Home-Ownership Opportunities, Foreclosure
and Homelessness Prevention, Tenants Rights &
Responsibilities. Community Land Trusts , Complete
Streets for Biking. Working to Lower Bus Fares & Increase
Accessibility. Proposed Alternative Drivers License IDs.
Seniors, Disabled & Civil Rights Protections:
Preserved Senior/Disabled Public Housing, Funded Home-
Health Care, Culturally Specific Assisted Living. Mandated
Translator/Interpreter Services. Added Sexual Orientation
to MN Human Rights Law; Protected Disability Rights,
Immigrant Rights & Reproductive Freedom. Made Sexual
Harrassment a Crime. Opposed Racial Profiling.
Environmental Justice & Energy:
Passed Childhood Lead Poisoning Treatment/Prevention,
Workers/Community/Consumers Right-to-Know Toxic Ex-
posures, Cumulative Health Impact Environmental Justice
Laws. Working to Stop GMO & Pesticide Contamination.
Preserve Home-heating Assistance, Expand Solar& Wind-
power, Continue Nuclear Power Plant Moratorium.
Prepared and paid for by Karen Clark Election Committee;Vernon Wetternach, Treasurer, 2428 Clinton Ave S., Mpls, MN. 55404
Rep. Clark’s
bill to help
build East
Phillips Park
facilities
passed with
support
of a strong
neighbor-
hood coali-
tion.
Education, Our Children and Youth:
Worked to Stop Cuts to K-12 Education and to Lower
College Tuition. Funded Culturally Specific Childcare,
ECFE, After-School Tutoring, “Learn to Earn”, YouthBuild,
Indian and Minority Child Welfare Programs. Supported
Comprehensive Sex Education/Teen Pregnancy Preven-
tion. Funded Native American Language Preservation
Farm-to-School Nutrition Programs. Worked to Pass
“Dream Act”, Strengthened Child Protection Laws, Au-
tism Prevention & Treatment Research.
Health Care:
Supported Single Payer Health Care & Affordable Prescrip-
tion Drugs. Included Ocupational and Residential History
in Cancer Registry. Funded Health Disparities Prevention,
Childhood Asthma Prevention & Treatment. Culturally Spe-
cific HIV Prevention & Treatment, Scholarships for Nurses
of Color. Consistently Opposed Cuts to General Assistance
Medical Care, MN Care, Medical Assistance, Mental Health
and Community Clinics. Passed Patients’ Bill of Rights. Man-
dated Ovarian Cancer Screening, Supported Non-Smoking
Laws. Mandated WIC Program Include Organic Food.
Karen, an RN
herself, on the
picket line with
nurses’ one-day
strike for better
patient care
Jobs, Fairer Taxes & Economic Justice:
Required Living Wage Jobs for Corporate Subsidies. Cre-
ated MN Dislocated Workers Retraining Fund. Worked to
Raise Minimum Wages, Prevent Tip Credit Penalties. Pro-
vided for Minority/American Indian/ Women’s Job Train-
ing, Entrepreneur Opportunities and Contractor Hiring.
Promoted Small Business Assistance. Doubled Penalties
for MN Migrant Worker Labor Violations. Created Youth-
Build Jobs & Training. Strengthened “Whistle Blower”
Law. Worked for Tax Fairness—to EliminateTax Breaks
for Wealthy, Reduce Property Taxes, Preserve Renters’
Credit. Worked Against Excessive Bank Fees. Supported
2010 State Bonding Bill to Create 20,000 New Jobs.
 REP. KAREN CLARK HAS BEEN WORKING HARD
FOR DISTRICT 61A IN THE LEGISLATURE!

Meet Karen Clark

Raised on MN Farm. South Mpls. resident since 1967. Graduated
ENDORSEMENTS
Edgerton Public High School. BSN from College of St. Teresa. MPA
from Harvard University. Worked as Public Health Nurse, OB- MN Democratic Farmer
GYN Nurse Practitioner. AFSCME Union member. Instructor at U Labor Party. MN AFL-
of M and St. Catherine University. Elected and re-elected to MN
House of Representatives since 1980 on platform of economic and CIO. MN Nurses
social justice. Domestic Partner: Jacquelyn Association. Education
Respected Leadership in Minnesota Legislature: Chairs MN. Mpls Federation of
Housing and Public Health Finance Committee in MN House Teachers. AFSCME. MN
of Representatives. Serves on Environment Finance, Capital
Investment and Higher Education-Economic Development Planned Parenthood.
Finance Committees. Appointed to National Conference of State Clean Water Action
Legislatures, National Conference Environmental Legislators. MN
Indian Affairs Advisory Cmte. Alliance. Stonewall DFL
Caucus. Mpls. Retired
Current Appointments and Community Service: Women’s
Human Rights Advisory Committee of MN Advocates for Human Police Assoc. Mpls. Fire
Rights. Minneapolis American Indian Center Board. Environmental Dept. Relief Association.
Justice Advocates of MN Board. Indigenous People’s Task Force
Board. Indigenous Peoples Green Jobs Coalition Board. Volunteer Sierra Club. MAPE.
Exec. Director of Women’s Environmental Institute. UNITE HERE Local 17.

At the Capitol with Speaker Kelliher and the team YouthBuild students testify on Rep. Clark’s bill to
working to pass bonding for MN’s first African American fund the program that teaches high schoolers
History Museum, located in Stevens Square. (Governor building trades and helps them graduate
Pawlenty vetoed it.)

Rep. Clark spoke at the Healthy
Legacy press conference on her bill
that banned toxic BPA in plastic baby
bottles and sippy cups—the first passed
in the US
Rep. Clark brought neighborhood activists Karen’s strong advocacy for seniors
to the Capitol to pass the law which now begins with her 94 year old father,
requires a Certificate of Need before Xcel Joseph, here with sister, Cindy.
can put high-voltage power lines down the
Midtown Greenway. (Governor Pawlenty
vetoed the research funding.)