Karen Rose

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Karen Rose

Sarasota County Schools school board District 5

Tenure

Present officeholder

Term ends

2028

Prior offices

Sarasota County Schools school board District 2

Successor: Liz Barker

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Elections and appointments

Last election

August 20, 2024

Appointed

August 25, 2025

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Karen Rose is a member of the Sarasota County Schools school board in Florida, representing District 5. Her current term ends in 2028.

Rose ran for re-election to the Sarasota County Schools school board to represent District 2 in Florida. She lost in the primary on August 20, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Sarasota County Schools, Florida, elections (2024)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 2

Liz Barker won election outright against incumbent Karen Rose in the primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 2 on August 20, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Liz Barker (Nonpartisan)	51.5	51,774
		Karen Rose (Nonpartisan)	48.5	48,779

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 100,553
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Endorsements

Rose received the following endorsements.

• Gov. Ron DeSantis (R)

2020

See also: Sarasota County Schools, Florida, elections (2020)

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 2

Karen Rose won election outright against David Graham in the primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 2 on August 18, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Karen Rose (Nonpartisan)	56.2	57,992
	Submit photo	David Graham (Nonpartisan)	43.8	45,228

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,220
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2018

The general election was canceled in this district after the primary election winner received more than 50 percent of the vote.

Nonpartisan primary election

Nonpartisan primary for Sarasota County Schools school board District 4

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Shirley Brown (Nonpartisan)	50.4	46,105
		Karen Rose (Nonpartisan)	49.6	45,287

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 91,392
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Campaign themes

2024

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2020

Karen Rose did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

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