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Karen Rae Tallian (born December 2, 1950) is a Democratic member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 4th District, Portage, since her election in December 2005, and Tallian was re-elected in 2006, 2010 and 2014. While serving in the Senate, Tallian, a progressive, has supported medicinal prescription and the decriminalization of marijuana and authored bills in its favor. On May 12, 2015, Karen Tallian officially announced she is seeking the Democratic Party's nomination for governor in 2016. Tallian said she decided to run for governor to restore the "balance of power" to the state government, which has been dominated by Republicans, and she cited three issues that she believes illustrates how Republican control of state government has created policies more conservative than the electorate: 1) Republicans changed the composition and leadership of the State Board of Education to remove Superintendent of Public Instruction Glenda Ritz, who at the time was the only statewide elected Democrat; 2) Governor Mike Pence pushed to repeal the common construction wage that allowed state and local governments to set labor's wages for eight decades; and 3) the Republican majority passed the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (Indiana), which led to a backlash at the state and national levels. ==Personal Details== Karen is the daughter of Raymond D. Kotansky and Lucille (née Morlan) Kotansky. She was born in the farming community of Streator, Illinois, where her father was also born and where he traded antiques and was an auctioneer. Karen is the oldest of 4 children, including siblings Diane (née Kotansky) Patton, David Kotansky and James Kotansky.〔 Tallian earned her B.A. in philosophy and psychology at the University of Chicago in 1972, an associate degree from Chicago’s Harrington College of Design in 1978, and her J.D. from Valparaiso University in 1990.〔〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New Indiana State Senator Sworn In )〕 She was admitted to the Indiana State Bar in 1990. She has lived in Ogden Dunes, Indiana since 1973〔 and was married to Robert Patrick Tallian. She attended law school while raising her three children.〔 Tallian was divorced in 1990. Her children are now adults.〔 Her son Mike is a Portage, Indiana firefighter and medic. Her son Chris works in Chicago and attends school. Her daughter Aimee is working in Montana for the National Park Service.〔〔 She enjoys gardening with her mother Lucille. Karen Tallian has been an attorney and partner for Eberhard & Gastineau, based in Portage, Indiana, since 1998. Prior to her present position, she was an associate with Hilbrich, Cunningham & Schwerd law firm after her admission to the bar.〔 In 1993, she became an attorney for Bruce Clark and Associates. As an attorney, she has represented the Portage Township Trustees, Portage Fire Department Merit Board, Porter County Plan Commission and Board of Zoning Appeals among others.〔〔 She also was an adjunct instructor for Valparaiso University Law School.〔〔 Tallian suffered a heart attack in 2013.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Karen Tallian」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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