Karen Berg (politician)

Dr. Karen Berg is a physician and member of the Kentucky State Senate in the 26th District. She is the only Jewish member of the Kentucky State Senate. She was elected to the Kentucky Senate (26th district) in a special election held on June 23, 2020, defeating Bill Ferko. She succeed Senator Ernie Harris, who had resigned on April 15.
Family and Education.
Berg is a graduate of Central High School in Louisville, the University of Kentucky where she got her BA, and the University of Louisville where she earned a MD in 1987.
She is the daughter of Dr. Harold Berg, a physician and artist.
Career.
Berg is a diagnostic radiologist.
Berg ran for Kentucky State Senate in 2018, losing the seat to incumbent Ernie Harris. She won the seat in a special election conducted in June 2020 after Harris announced his retirement. This was the first time in 25 years that the state seat in Kentucky is occupied by a Democrat. She is the only Jewish member serving on the Kentucky State Senate.
She supports Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear’s efforts to reinstate Kentucky’s health insurance exchange, a program that was abandoned by Matt Bevin.
She is also an assistant clinical professor in the department of radiology at the University of Louisville.