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Lois Combs Weinberg
Lois Ann Combs Weinberg (born December 18, 1943[1]) is an American politician and an advocate for improvements in public education in Kentucky.[2] A native of Eastern Kentucky, Weinberg has served on the University of Kentucky Board of Trustees, the Kentucky Council on Postsecondary Education, and the Kentucky Prichard Committee for Academic Excellence.[2] In 2002, Weinberg was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, losing in a landslide to Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell, 64.7%–35.3%.[3] Early life and educationLois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of Bertram T. "Bert" Combs and Mabel Hall Combs, was born on December 18, 1943, in Lexington, Kentucky.[1] Weinberg lived in Frankfort between 1959 and 1963.[4] Weinberg attended Randolph Macon Women's College and earned a BS in 1965, and a Master of Education from Harvard in 1996.[1] Weinberg married Bill Weinberg and they have three children.[5] After their marriage, the Weinbergs moved to Washington, D.C., for a short time and then moved to Alice Lloyd College.[6] In Washington, she worked at the Office of Economic Opportunity as an evaluator.[7] In 1967, she worked in Lynchburg, West Virginia, on a Community Action Program (CAP).[7] Combs family political influenceHer father, an attorney, was first elected to the political office to the position of city attorney in Prestonsburg, Kentucky, in 1950.[8] Later that year, Governor Lawrence Wetherby appointed her father to fill a vacancy in the office of Commonwealth's Attorney for Kentucky's 31st Judicial District. In April 1951,[8] Governor Wetherby appointed Combs to fill a vacancy on the Kentucky Court of Appeals. Later that year, he won a full eight-year term on the court.[8] In 1959, he was elected the 50th Governor of Kentucky.[5][8] He was appointed to the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals by President Lyndon B. Johnson, serving from 1967 to 1970.[8] Education in KentuckyMotivated by her own son's learning problems, Weinberg became an advocate for children with learning disabilities.[2] In 1979, Weinberg started a group offering tutorial services for children in Eastern region of Kentucky with dyslexia.[9][10] This eventually lead to a comprehensive program at the Hindman Settlement School.[11][6] Weinberg was also part of a commission to study the state's future approach to education.[12] She joined the board of the Hindman Settlement School in 1984.[2] Later Weinberg was the executive director of a non-profit organization, the Institute for Dyslexia Education in Appalachia (IDEA).[2] She has served on the University of Kentucky board and the Council on Postsecondary Education.[5] In 1986, she was appointed to the State Board of Education by Governor Martha Layne Collins, however, Weinberg turned the appointment down.[13][14] Weinberg is currently on the Board of IDEA: Center for Excellence, a non-profit organization focused on excellence in dyslexic services.[15] She also works as a consultant for IDEA Academy at Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky.[16] U.S. Senate election, 2002In 2002, Weinberg won the Kentucky Democratic Party primary for U.S. Senate against Tom Barlow. She lost to incumbent Mitch McConnell in the November general election, 64.7%–35.3%.[3] A statewide advocacy group, The Women's Network, grew out of her former campaign.[17] References
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