Karen Hopper
| Karen S. Hopper | |
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| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 81st district |
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In office January 2009 – January 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Johnny Key |
| Succeeded by | Justin Harris |
| Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 100th district |
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In office January 2013 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Mary Lou Slinkard |
| Succeeded by | Nelda Speaks |
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| Born | 1960 |
| Political party | Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Fred Waddell |
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Lakeview Mountain Home Baxter County |
| Alma mater | Murray State University |
| Occupation | University administrator |
| Religion | United Methodist |
Lakeview
Baxter County
Arkansas, USA
Karen S. Hopper (born 1960) is a university administrator from Mountain Home, Arkansas, who is a Republican former member of the Arkansas House of Representatives. From January 2013 to January 2015, she represented District 100 in Baxter County in northern Arkansas next to the Missouri border. From 2009 to 2013, she was the representative for District 81, now held by another Republican, Justin Harris of Washington County .
Hopper holds a bachelor's degree in Journalism and Advertising from Murray State University in Murray in western Kentucky. She is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research, Special Projects, and Distance Learning at the Mountain Home campus of Arkansas State University. She is a director of the Mountain Home Chamber of Commerce and a member of both her local Rotary International and the National Rifle Association.
Hopper and her husband, John Fred Waddell (born 1944), reside in Lakeview in Baxter County.
Hopper was the senior district representative for former U.S. Representatives Tim Hutchinson and Asa Hutchinson, when each held Arkansas' 3rd congressional district seat. In 2008, she was elected to the District 81 House seat vacated by fellow Republican Johnny Key, who was instead elected to the Arkansas State Senate. Hopper received 8,596 votes (61.3 percent), compared to 3,032 (21.6 percent) for the Democrat Danny K. Rowe and 2,402 (17.1 percent) for the Independent Bonnie B. Brown. She was reelected without opposition in the general elections of 2010 and 2012, when she was switched to District 100, the last numerically of the Arkansas legislative seats.
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