Barbara Toles
American politician
Barbara L. Toles (born July 31, 1956) is an American community organizer and Democratic politician from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She served eight years in the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing Wisconsin's 17th Assembly district from 2004 to 2012.
Biography
Barbara Toles was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, in July 1956. She graduated from Milwaukee's West Division High School in 1973, and went on to earn her bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, in 1979. After graduating she went to work as a teacher in Milwaukee and became a member of the American Federation of Teachers union Local 212. While working as a teacher, she continued her own education at Marquette University, and earned her M.Ed. degree in 1997.
In 2003, state representative Spencer Coggs won a recall election to replace scandal-plagued state senator Gary George. Coggs thus had to vacate his Assembly seat, necessitating a new special election in the 17th Assembly district. Toles ran as a Democrat for the vacant seat in the January 2004 special election.
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