district religion occupation birth_place party prior_term state_house preceded birth_date term_start residence image article_title name partner
62a catholic college instructor fort sill , oklahoma minnesota democratic -- farmer -- labor party 59a 1983 -- 1993 -rrb- , 61a -lrb- 1993 -- 2013 -lrb- -rrb- 1981 -- 1983 -rrb- , 60a -lrb- minnesota linda berglin 23 july 1945 january 6 , 1981 minneapolis , minnesota karen clark.jpg karen clark
 karen clark jacquelyn zita
karen clark

karen j. clark -lrb- born july 23 , 1945 -rrb- is a minnesota politician and member of the minnesota house of representatives .
a member of the minnesota democratic -- farmer -- labor party -lrb- dfl -rrb- , she represents district 62a , which includes portions of the city of minneapolis in the twin cities metropolitan area including portions of the whittier , phillips , ventura village , seward , and lyn-lake neighborhoods .
she is the longest serving openly lesbian member to serve in a state legislature in the united states .
