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Karen Sue Pence (* 18. November 1958 in Indianapolis, Indiana als Karen Sue Batten) ist eine US-amerikanische Lehrerin, Malerin und Ehefrau des ehemaligen Vizepräsidenten Mike Pence. Seit dessen Vereidigung am 20. Januar 2017 war sie bis zum 20. Januar 2021 Second Lady der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika.
Familie und Ausbildung
Karen Pence wuchs in Broad Ripple, Indianapolis, auf, wo sie ihren Schulabschluss an der Bishop Chatard High School machte.[1] Sie ist die Tochter von Lillian und John Batten. Sie studierte an der Butler University, um Kunstlehrerin zu werden.
Karriere
Karen Pence hat an den Schulen John Strange Elementary, Acton Elementary, Fall Creek Elementary und The Orchard School (alle in Indianapolis) unterrichtet.
Privatleben
Pence lernte ihren späteren Ehemann Mike in der St. Thomas Aquinas Church in Indianapolis kennen, wo er eine Messe besuchte, bei welcher sie Gitarre spielte und christliche Lieder sang.[2][3]
Ihr Ehemann und sie sind Eltern der gemeinsamen Kinder Michael, Sarah und Henry.
Weblinks
- Biografie auf der Seite des Weißen Hauses (englisch)
Einzelnachweise
- ↑ Karen (Batton) Pence, ’75, Indiana’s First Lady. Website der Bishop Chatard High School. 19. September 2016, abgerufen am 10. November 2016.
- ↑ Shari Rudavsky: Karen Pence is right at home. After a dozen moves with her husband, Karen Pence eager to settle in as first lady. indystar.com. 12. Dezember 2013, abgerufen am 10. November 2016.
- ↑ Michelle Borstein: What it means that Mike Pence called himself an ‘evangelical Catholic’. The Washington Post. 18. Juli 2016, abgerufen am 10. November 2016.
| Personendaten | |
|---|---|
| NAME | Pence, Karen |
| ALTERNATIVNAMEN | Pence, Karen Sue (vollständiger Name); Batten, Karen Sue (Geburtsname) |
| KURZBESCHREIBUNG | US-amerikanische Lehrerin, Gattin des US-Vizepräsidenten Mike Pence |
| GEBURTSDATUM | 18. November 1958 |
| GEBURTSORT | Indianapolis, Indiana |
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Autor/Urheber: Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 2.0
Second Lady Karen Pence and Vice President of the United States Mike Pence speaking at the 2017 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in National Harbor, Maryland.
Autor/Urheber: Michael Vadon, Lizenz: CC BY-SA 4.0
Michael Richard "Mike" Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician and lawyer and the 48th Vice President of the United States. He previously served as the 50th Governor of Indiana from 2013 to 2017.
Born and raised in Columbus, Indiana, Pence graduated from Hanover College and earned a law degree from the Indiana University Robert H. McKinney School of Law before entering private practice. After losing two bids for a U.S. congressional seat in 1988 and 1990, he became a conservative radio and television talk show host from 1994 to 1999. Pence was elected to the United States Congress in 2000 and represented Indiana's 2nd congressional district and Indiana's 6th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives from 2001 to 2013. He served as the chairman of the House Republican Conference from 2009 to 2011. Pence positioned himself as a principled ideologue and supporter of the Tea Party movement, noting he was "a Christian, a conservative, and a Republican, in that order."
Upon becoming Governor of Indiana in January 2013, Pence initiated the largest tax cut in Indiana's history, pushed for more funding for education initiatives, and continued to increase the state's budget surplus. Pence signed bills intended to restrict abortions, including one that prohibited abortions if the reason for the procedure was the fetus's race, gender, or disability. Pence stirred several high-profile controversies, including with his signature of the Religious Freedom Restoration Act, for which he encountered fierce resistance from moderate members of his party, the business community, and LGBT advocates. He later signed an additional bill acting as an amendment intended to protect LGBT people.
On November 8, 2016, Pence was elected as Vice President, after he dropped out of his gubernatorial re-election campaign in July to become the vice presidential running mate for Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, who went on to win the presidential election.
The Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC; /ˈsiːpæk/ see-pak) is an annual political conference attended by conservative activists and elected officials from across the United States. CPAC is hosted by the American Conservative Union (ACU). More than 100 other organizations contribute in various ways. In 2011, ACU took CPAC on the road with its first Regional CPAC in Orlando, Florida. Since then ACU has hosted regional CPACs in Chicago, Denver, St. Louis, and San Diego. Political front runners take the stage at this convention.
Speakers have included Ronald Reagan,[2][3][4] George W. Bush,[5] Dick Cheney,[6] Pat Buchanan,[7] Karl Rove, Newt Gingrich,[5] Sarah Palin, Ron Paul,[8] Mitt Romney,[5] Tony Snow,[5] Glenn Beck,[9] Rush Limbaugh,[10] Ann Coulter,[6] Allen West,[11] Michele Bachmann,[12] Laura Ingraham, Sean Hannity, Donald Trump,[13] Gary Johnson, Mike Pence, Jeanine Pirro, Betsy DeVos, and other conservative public figures.
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