Karen S. Montgomery

Karen S. Montgomery
Montgomery in 2023
Member of the Maryland Senate
from the 14th district
In office
January 12, 2011 – January 1, 2016
Preceded byRona E. Kramer
Succeeded byCraig Zucker
Personal details
Born (1935-08-23) August 23, 1935 (age 89)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseHarry
Residence(s)Brookeville, Maryland
OccupationArt Professor

Karen Slater Montgomery (born August 23, 1935) is an American politician and artist from the state of Maryland. A Democrat, she served as the state senator for the Maryland State Senate from Maryland's 14th District, which includes parts of Silver Spring, Burtonsville, Olney, Barnesville, Brookeville, Laytonsville, and Damascus in Montgomery County in the Washington, D.C. suburbs. She was elected in 2010 and reelected in 2014. From 2002 to 2010 she served as a member of the Maryland House of Delegates. She resigned from her senate position on January 1, 2016, because of vision problems that limited her ability to drive at night.