Karin Housley

Karin Housley
Member of the Minnesota Senate
from the 33rd district
Assumed office
January 8, 2013
Preceded byConstituency established
Personal details
Born
Karin Locke

(1964-01-20) January 20, 1964
South St. Paul, Minnesota, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
Spouse
(m. 1985)
Children4
EducationAugsburg University
State University of New York, Buffalo (BA)

Karin Housley (/ˈkɑːrɪn ˈhzli/ KAR-in HOWZ-lee; née Locke; born January 20, 1964) is an American politician serving since 2013 as a member of the Minnesota Senate, representing District 33. A Republican, she represents Forest Lake, Stillwater, and the surrounding St. Croix Valley. Housley was the party's nominee in Minnesota's 2018 United States Senate special election, which she lost to Tina Smith.