Kara Hope

{{Short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name = Kara Hope | image = | alt = | office1 = Member of the Michigan House of Representatives | term_start1 = January 1, 2019 | term_end1 = | predecessor1 = Tom Cochran | successor1 = | constituency1 = 67th district (2019–2022)<br>74th district (2023–present) | birth_date = | birth_place = | death_date = | death_place = | citizenship = | party = Democratic | spouse = | children = | alma_mater = Michigan State University (BA)<br />Cooley Law School (JD) | occupation = | website = [https://www.votekarahope.com/index.html Vote Kara Hope] }}

'''Kara Hope''' is an American politician. A member of the Democratic Party, Hope has represented the 74th district in the Michigan House of Representatives since 2023, previously representing the 67th district. She was reelected in 2024.<ref name="mich-2024-general-results">{{cite web|title=2024 Michigan Election Results|url=https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024|publisher=Michigan Secretary of State|access-date=November 24, 2024|date=November 22, 2024|url-status=live|archive-date=November 24, 2024|archive-url=https://archive.today/20241124174348/https://mvic.sos.state.mi.us/votehistory/Index?type=C&electionDate=11-5-2024}}</ref>

Before being elected to the state legislature, she served as an Ingham County Commissioner from 2013 to 2018.<ref name="hope_house" /> Prior to that she worked as a defense attorney and as an adjunct professor at her alma mater Cooley Law School.<ref name="hope_house">{{cite web |url=https://housedems.com/hope |title=Meet Kara Hope |publisher=housedems.com |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref><ref name="witwer_legislator">{{cite web |url=https://mdoe.state.mi.us/legislators/Legislator/LegislatorDetail/5525 |title=Legislator Details - Kara Hope |publisher=Library of Michigan |access-date=November 16, 2019}}</ref> She also wrote for the ''Ionia Daily News''.<ref name="hope_house" />

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== External links == * [https://housedems.com/hope Kara Hope at housedems.com]

{{s-start}} {{s-off}} {{succession box | title= Michigan Representatives<br>67th District | before= Tom Cochran| | after=Phil Green| years=2019–2022}} {{succession box | title= Michigan Representatives<br>74th District | before= Carol Glanville| | after=Incumbent| years=2023–present}} {{s-end}}

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