Carol A. Buettner was a member of the Wisconsin State Assembly

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 and Wisconsin State Senate

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Biography

Buettner was born on January 16, 1948 in Madison, Wisconsin

Madison, Wisconsin

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. She graduated from Madison West High School

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 before attending the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh

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 and the University of Michigan

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. Buettner later joined the faculty of Fox Valley Technical College

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Political career

Buettner was a member of the Assembly from 1982 to 1986. In 1987, she was elected to the Senate in a special election and would remain a member until 1991. She was a Republican

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