Barbara Carlson
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Who is Barbara Carlson?
Barbara Carlson is an American politician and broadcast journalist in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Her father, Harry Duffy, made a successful business of running the local lumber yard in Anoka, Minnesota. She was married to Minnesota Representative Arne Carlson from 1965 until they divorced in 1977. Arne Carlson was later elected Governor of Minnesota in 1991. They are the parents of two children; Tucker and Anne. Barbara married Martin "Pete" Anderson in 1983.
Carlson, a self-described conservative, served on the Minneapolis City Council as an Independent-Republican, and later as an Independent. She ran a campaign as a candidate for mayor of Minneapolis against Sharon Sayles Belton in 1997. Barbara was a radio talk show host on KSTP.
Carlson has currently written two books: her 1997 autobiography "This Broad's Life"
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