id: ocd-person/e48879ef-ed74-4f93-8e5b-c0f3752d4fd7
name: Karen Spilka
given_name: Karen
family_name: Spilka
birth_date: 1953-01-11
gender: Female
email: karen.spilka@masenate.gov
image: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/170/KES0.jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 2023-01-04
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ma/government
  district: Middlesex and Norfolk
- start_date: 2005-01-05
  end_date: 2023-01-03
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ma/government
  district: Middlesex and Norfolk
- end_date: 2023-01-04
  type: upper
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ma/government
  district: Second Middlesex and Norfolk
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: Room 332, State House 24 Beacon St., Boston, MA 02133
  voice: 617-722-1500
links:
- url: https://karenspilka.com/
- url: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/KES0
other_names:
- name: K. Spilka
- name: K.E. Spilka
- name: Karen E. Spilka
- name: Spilka, K.
other_identifiers:
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MAL000035
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MAL000270
- scheme: legacy_openstates
  identifier: MAL000289
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Karen_Spilka
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_Spilka
- url: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/35683/karen-spilka
- url: https://karenspilka.com
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/192/LegislativeMembers/KES0
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/
- url: https://malegislature.gov/api/GeneralCourts/193/LegislativeMembers/KES0
- url: https://malegislature.gov/Legislators/Profile/KES0
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karen-spilka-3239a45
extras:
  leadership position: President of the Senate
  member code: KES0