Karen Peterson is an American politician who formerly represented the 9th district of the Delaware Senate. First elected in 2002, she is a member of the Democratic Party. Peterson served in the Senate until 2017.
Karen E. Peterson (* 18. März 1950 in Stanton, Delaware) ist eine US-amerikanische Politikerin der Demokratischen Partei. Von 2002 bis 2016 war sie Senatorin im Senat von Delaware. (de)
Karen Peterson is an American politician who formerly represented the 9th district of the Delaware Senate. First elected in 2002, she is a member of the Democratic Party. Peterson served in the Senate until 2017. (en)
Karen E. Peterson (* 18. März 1950 in Stanton, Delaware) ist eine US-amerikanische Politikerin der Demokratischen Partei. Von 2002 bis 2016 war sie Senatorin im Senat von Delaware. (de)
Karen Peterson is an American politician who formerly represented the 9th district of the Delaware Senate. First elected in 2002, she is a member of the Democratic Party. Peterson served in the Senate until 2017. On May 7, 2013, Peterson came out as lesbian during Senate debate on same-sex marriage in Delaware, becoming the state's first openly LGBT legislator. At that time, she had been with her partner Vikki Bandy for 24 years, and the two had entered a civil union when Delaware legalized them the year before. The two were married on July 1, 2013, becoming the first same-sex couple to convert their existing civil union into marriage in Delaware. (en)