Karla Eslinger is a former member of the
Missouri Senate
The Missouri Senate is the upper chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 34 members, representing districts with an average population of 174,000. Its members serve four-year terms, with half the seats being up for election every two yea ...
representing the
33rd Missouri Senatorial District from 2021 to 2024. She succeeded fellow Republican
Mike Cunningham. Eslinger previously served in the
Missouri House of Representatives
The Missouri House of Representatives is the lower chamber of the Missouri General Assembly. It has 163 members, representing districts with an average size of 37,000 residents. House members are elected for two-year terms during general elections ...
for one term.
In June 2024, Esligner resigned from the Missouri Senate in order to lead the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Personal life
Eslinger lives in
Wasola, Missouri
Wasola is an unincorporated community in northern Ozark County, Missouri, United States. It is located sixteen miles north of Gainesville on Route 5, at its northern intersection with Route 95. The Ozark–Douglas
Douglas may refer to:
Peopl ...
. She graduated Gainesville High School, and she got a master's degree in education administration at the
Missouri State University
Missouri State University (MSU or MO State), formerly Southwest Missouri State University, is a public university in Springfield, Missouri. Founded in 1905 as the Fourth District Normal School, it is the state's second largest university by enr ...
.
Electoral history
State House of Representatives
State Senate
References
21st-century American legislators
21st-century American women politicians
Living people
Republican Party members of the Missouri House of Representatives
Republican Party Missouri state senators
Missouri State University alumni
Place of birth missing (living people)
Women state legislators in Missouri
Year of birth missing (living people)
21st-century Missouri politicians
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