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Birthday: 01/12/1951

THURMAN, Karen L., a Representative from Florida; born in Rapid City, Pennington County, S.Dak., January 12, 1951; A.A., Santa Fe Community College, Starke, Fla., 1970; B.A., University of Florida, Gainesville, Fla., 1973; member of the Dunnellon, Fla., city council, 1974-1982; mayor of Dunnellon, Fla., 1979-1981; member of the Florida state senate, 1983-1993; elected as a Democrat to the One Hundred Third and to the four succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1993-January 3, 2003); unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002.