Carolyn H. Krause (born October 20, 1938, in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
) was a
Republican member of the
Illinois House of Representatives
The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the current constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 re ...
, and represented the 66th district from 1993 to her retirement in 2009.
Krause graduated from
University of Wisconsin–Madison and received her law degree from
Chicago-Kent College of Law. She was previously mayor of
Mount Prospect, Illinois
Mount Prospect is a village in Elk Grove and Wheeling Townships in Cook County, Illinois, about northwest of downtown Chicago, and approximately 4 miles north of O'Hare International Airport. As of the 2020 census, the village had a total popu ...
from 1977 to 1989 and defeated David Harris in the 1992 Republican Primary. After she announced her retirement in 2008, Republican nominee and Elk Grove Village Trustee Christine Prochno and Democratic nominee
Mark L. Walker faced off against each other. Walker won the election.
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External links
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Politicians from Milwaukee
People from Mount Prospect, Illinois
University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni
Mayors of places in Illinois
Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Illinois
1938 births
Living people
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
Chicago-Kent College of Law alumni
Women mayors of places in Illinois
21st-century Illinois politicians