Karen Morgan

{{Short description|American politician (born 1952)}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Sen. Karen Morgan

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|state_senate = Utah

|district = 8th

|term_start = 2009

|term_end = 2013

|predecessor = Carlene M. Walker

|successor = Brian E. Shiozawa

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|state_house2 = Utah

|district2 = 46th

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|successor2 = Marie Poulson

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|5|2}}

|birth_place = Ogden, Utah

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|party = Democratic Party

|spouse = S. Baird

|education = University of Utah

| residence=Salt Lake City, Utah

| profession=Educator

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Karen W. Morgan (born May 2, 1952) is a Democratic politician from Utah. She was a member of the Utah State Senate representing the 8th District (portions of Salt Lake County) ({{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20040724213351/http://se16.utahsenate.org/perl/spage/distmap08.pl map]}}) from 2009 through 2013 and served as Minority Whip. Earlier (1998-2008) she was a member of the Utah House of Representatives from District 46.

In 2011 she founded the "Best Schools Coalition," which strives to make Utah's public education system the best in the nation. She is currently a Research Associate with the University of Utah Reading Clinic.{{cite web|url=https://faculty.utah.edu/u0886169-Karen_W_Morgan/research/index.hml|title=Karen W. Morgan|work=Faculty Activity Report|publisher=University of Utah|accessdate=14 August 2014}}