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Karen Sinclair AM (born 20 Nov, 1952 in Wrexham) is a Labour politician and member for the constituency of Clwyd South in the National Assembly for Wales. Born and brought up in Wrexham, North Wales and has lived in Llangollen for more than twenty years.

Education and Professional Career

Educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham. Youth service for fourteen years and is a former Care Manager for clients with learning disabilities for Wrexham Social Services. She is also a former trained CAB adviser. She was also a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Bran, chair of the Youth Club Committee and is actively involved in the local community.

Political career

Karen was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years preceding the local Government reorganisation and also served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of UNISON.

Offices Held

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Political offices
Preceded by Andrew Davies	Chief Whip 2000 – 2003	Succeeded by (post renamed)
Preceded by Carwyn Jones	Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip 2003 – 2005	Succeeded by Jane Hutt

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+'''Karen Sinclair''' [[Assembly Member|AM]] (born [[20 Nov]], [[1952]] in [[Wrexham]]) is a [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour]] politician and member for the constituency of [[Clwyd South(UK Parliament constituency)|Clwyd South]] in the [[National Assembly for Wales]]. Born and brought up in Wrexham, North Wales and has lived in [[Llangollen]] for more than twenty years.
-:'' This article refers to Sen. Herbert Kohl (D-WI). For the article about Herbert Kohl, the educator and author, see [[Herbert Kohl (education)]].''
-{{Infobox Senator | name=Herb Kohl
-| nationality=american
-| image name=Herbert Kohl, official photo.jpg
-| jr/sr=Senior Senator
-| state=[[Wisconsin]]
-| party=[[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]]
-| term_start=[[January 3]], [[1989]]
-| alongside=Russ Feingold
-| preceded=[[William Proxmire]]
-| succeeded=Incumbent (2013)
-| date of birth={{birth date and age|1935|02|07}}
-| place of birth=[[Milwaukee, Wisconsin|Milwaukee]], [[Wisconsin]]
-| dead=alive
-| date of death=
-| place of death=
-| spouse=none
-| religion=[[Judaism|Jewish]]
-}}
+==Education and Professional Career==
-'''Herbert H. Kohl''' (born [[February 7]], [[1935]]) is an [[United States|American]] [[politician]] and the senior [[United States Senate|senator]] from the [[U.S. state|state]] of [[Wisconsin]]. He is a member of the [[United States Democratic Party|Democratic Party]].
+Educated at Grove Park Girls School, Wrexham.  Youth service for fourteen years and is a former Care Manager for clients with learning disabilities for Wrexham Social Services. She is also a former trained [[CAB]] adviser. She was also a school governor at Ysgol Dinas Bran, chair of the Youth Club Committee and is actively involved in the local community.
-==Personal life==
+==Political career==
+Karen was a member of the former Glyndwr District council for seven years preceding the local Government reorganisation and also served on Denbighshire County Council. She chairs the URBAN II West Wrexham regeneration project monitoring committee and is a member of [[UNISON]].
-Senator Kohl was born to [[Jewish]] parents in [[Milwaukee, Wisconsin]]. He earned his bachelor's degree from the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] in 1956, and a master's degree in business administration from [[Harvard University]] in 1958. He served in the [[United States Army Reserve]] between 1958 and 1964. He served as the chair of the [[Democratic Party of Wisconsin]] between 1975 and 1977. He has served in the [[United States Senate]] since his election in 1988. He was reelected in 1994, 2000 and 2006.
+==Offices Held==
-Before his election to the Senate, Kohl helped build his family-owned business, [[Kohl's]] grocery and department stores. He served as President from 1970 through the sale of the corporation in 1979. Kohl is currently the richest U.S. senator with an estimated net worth between $219,098,029 to $234,549,004,<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/06/13/senators.finances/ Millionaires populate U.S. Senate].</ref> while he could have a net worth of $279 million.<ref>[http://www.usatoday.com/sports/basketball/nba/2005-salary-owners.htm 2004-05 NBA salary report: Owners worth billions].</ref> This has inspired his use of the catchphrase "Nobody's Senator but Yours" in campaign commercials, implying that he is immune to [[bribery]], whereas other senators may not be <ref>http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,148097,00.html?iid=chix-sphere</ref>.
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-Kohl is recognized as an avid sportsman.  In 1985 he bought the [[Milwaukee Bucks]] [[National Basketball Association|NBA]] team to ensure the basketball team remained in Milwaukee.  Kohl also donated $25 million to the [[University of Wisconsin-Madison]] for construction of their new arena, which was named the [[Kohl Center]]. It was the largest single donation in [[University of Wisconsin System]] history.
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+  | title  = [[Members of the National Assembly for Wales|Assembly Member]] for [[Clwyd South (National Assembly for Wales constituency)|Clwyd South]]
-==United States Senate==
+  | start  = [[National Assembly for Wales election, 1999|1999]]
-Senator Kohl remains active in [[Wisconsin]] charitable activities. In [[1990]] he established the Herb Kohl Educational Foundation Achievement Award Program, which provides annual grants totaling $100,000 to 100 graduating seniors, 100 teachers and 100 schools throughout [[Wisconsin]].
+  | before = (new post)
+  | after  =
-Kohl has a fairly moderate voting record. He has voted in favor of most lawsuit reform measures as well as for rules tightening personal bankruptcy. He has long supported amending the Constitution to require a balanced budget. He was one of the few Democrats to vote for the tax cut passed in 2001. He is strongly pro-choice and opposes the death penalty. In 2005 he secured a victory for one of his main causes: requiring handguns to be sold with child safety locks. The amendment was attached to the Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act, with every Democrat voting in favor of the amendment as well as many Republicans including the Senate Majority leader, [[Bill Frist]].<ref>[http://www.govtrack.us/congress/amendment.xpd?session=109&amdt=s1626 Kohl Amendment: Protection of Lawful Commerce in Arms Act].</ref>
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-== 2006 re-election ==
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-[[Image:HERBSTAR.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Sen. Kohl with [[Casey FitzRandolph]] of Verona, Wisconsin, who won a gold medal in speedskating at the 2002 [[Winter Olympics]].]]
+  | title  = [[Chief Whip]]
+  | years  = 2000 &ndash; 2003
-Kohl won re-election in 2006.  He faced [[Robert Lorge]], who received the Republican nomination by default after popular candidates such as former [[List of Governors of Wisconsin|governor]] [[Tommy Thompson]] and 2004 Senate candidate [[Tim Michels]] opted not to run.   In early polls, Kohl led by at least a 2-1 margin over Lorge. [http://www.strategicvision.biz/political/wisconsin_poll_050306.htm]
+  | before=[[Andrew Davies (politician)|Andrew Davies]]
+  | after= (post renamed)
-{{main|Wisconsin U.S. Senate election, 2006}}
+}}
-==Committee assignments==
-*[[U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations|Appropriations Committee]]
-*[[U.S. Senate Special Committee on Aging|Special Committee on Aging]]
-*[[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|Committee on the Judiciary]]
-==Electoral history==
-*'''2006 Race for U.S. Senate'''
-**Herb Kohl (D) (inc.), 67%
-**[[Robert Lorge]] (R), 30%
-**Rae Vogeler (G), 2%
-**Ben Glatzel (I), 1%
-*'''2000 Race for U.S. Senate'''
-**Herb Kohl (D) (inc.), 62%
-**[[John Gillespie (politician)|John Gillespie]] (R), 37%
-*'''1994 Race for U.S. Senate'''
-**Herb Kohl (D) (inc.), 58%
-**[[Bob Welch (state senator)|Bob Welch]] (R), 41%
-*'''1988 Race for U.S. Senate'''
-**Herb Kohl (D), 52%
-**[[Susan Engeleiter]] (R), 48%
-*'''1988 Race for U.S. Senate — Democratic Primary'''
-**Herb Kohl (D), 47%
-**[[Tony Earl]] (D), 38%
-**[[Ed Garvey]] (D)
-**[[Doug LaFollette]] (D)
-== References ==
-<div class="references-small"><references /></div>
-== External links ==
-*[http://kohl.senate.gov/ United States Senator Herb Kohl] '''official Senate site'''
-*{{Congbio|k000305}}
-*[http://herndon1.sdrdc.com/cgi-bin/can_detail/S6WI00061 Federal Election Commission — Herb Kohl] campaign finance reports and data
-*[http://www.ontheissues.org/Senate/Herbert_Kohl.htm On the Issues — Herb Kohl] issue positions and quotes
-*[http://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.asp?CID=N00004309 OpenSecrets.org — Herb Kohl] campaign contributions
-*[http://www.vote-smart.org/bio.php?can_id=S0981103 Project Vote Smart — Senator Herb Kohl (WI)] profile
-*[http://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Herb_Kohl SourceWatch Congresspedia — Herb Kohl] profile
-*[http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/members/k000305/ Washington Post — Congress Votes Database: Herb Kohl] voting record
-*[http://www.wisdems.org/index.php?display=CandidateDetails&id=246233 Democratic Party of Wisconsin — Herb Kohl] profile
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-| state=Wisconsin
-| class=1
-| before=[[William Proxmire]]
-| years=1989–Present
-| after=Incumbent
-| alongside=[[Robert W. Kasten, Jr.]], [[Russ Feingold]]}}
 {{succession box
+  | title  = [[Welsh Assembly Government|Minister for Assembly Business and Chief Whip]]
-|title=Chairman of [[United States Senate Special Committee on Aging|Senate Aging Commmittee]]
+  | years  = 2003 &ndash; 2005
-|before=[[Gordon Smith]]<br>Oregon</br>
+  | before=[[Carwyn Jones]]
-|years=2007–Present
-|after=Incumbent
+  | after=[[Jane Hutt]]
 }}
-{{end}}
+{{end box}}
-{{WI-FedRep}}
-{{Current U.S Senators}}
+==External links==
+*[http://www.karensinclair.com/ Karen Sinclair AM Website]
+*[http://www.welshlabour.org.uk/ Welsh Labour Party Website]
+*[http://new.wales.gov.uk/?lang=en Website of the Welsh Assembly Government]
+*[http://www.walesassembly.org/ Website of the National Assembly for Wales]
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