Legislator Details


Kara Hope
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Number of sessions served 3
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Gender: Female
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Vital Records Information:

Birth
Date: 4/9/1974
City: Ypsilanti, MI
County: Washtenaw County, MI
Country: US
 
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married Evan Hope; children: raised a niece, Emma, and a nephew, Jared

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Occupation: journalist, lawyer, professor
Race: Caucasian or White

Education:
Michigan State University, B.A. in English, Phi Beta Kappa graduate, 1997; Western Michigan University Cooley Law School, J.D. (concentration in litigation), 2003

Biographical Sketch:
She was employed by Sentinel-Standard [Ionia], 1998-2000; Michigan Court of Appeals Prehearing Division, 2003-05; defense litigation firm, 2005-06; Cooley Law School, 2006-12; solo law practice, 2015 to 2018 (with pro bono work before 2015). She was managing editor for the Cooley Law Review; interned with the Innocence Project. She worked as a pre-hearing attorney in the Michigan Court of Appeals, a defense attorney and a Cooley law professor. She specialized in family law. She served as an Ingham County commissioner 2012-18. Founding president of Holt Community Arts Council . She served on Capital Area Michigan Works administrative board; Tri-County Office on Aging consortium board; Ingham County Animal Control Advisory Board; Ingham County Women's Commission, Michigan Townships Association Ingham County Chapter. Holt Community Arts Council, founding president and current board member; Mid-Michigan Environmental Action Council, past board member; Capital Area College Access Network, executive board member

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Sessions Served:

One Hundred-Second Legislature, 2023-2024
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Criminal Justice , Elections , Ethics and Oversight, Judiciary
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City of Residence: Holt
County of Residence Ingham
District: 74
District Description: part of Ingham County

Date Elected: 11/8/2022
Date Sworn In: 1/11/2023
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Maritial Status: Married
Notes: Chair of the Committee on Criminal Justice; Majority Vice Chair of the Committee on Ethics and Oversight
One Hundred-First Legislature, 2021-22
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Agriculture , Judiciary , Workforce, Trades and Talent
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City of Residence: Holt
County of Residence Ingham
District: 67
District Description: cities of Lansing [part], Leslie, Mason and Williamston; townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi Charter, Ingham, Leroy, Leslie, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield and White Oak in Ingham County

Date Elected: 11/6/2020
Date Sworn In: 1/4/2021
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Maritial Status: Married
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One Hundreth Legislature, 2019-2020
Chamber: House
Party: Democratic
Committees Served On: Elections and Ethics, Local Government & Municipal Finance, Commerce and Tourism
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City of Residence: Holt
County of Residence Ingham
District: 67
District Description: cities of Lansing [part], Leslie, Mason and Williamston; townships of Alaiedon, Aurelius, Bunker Hill, Delhi Charter, Ingham, Leroy, Leslie, Onondaga, Stockbridge, Vevay, Wheatfield and White Oak in Ingham County

Date Elected: 11/6/2018
Date Sworn In: 1/9/2019
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