Karen Holmen Hubbard

Industry: Broadcasting (via husband Stanley Hubbard)
Primary Company: Hubbard Broadcasting/Homemaker (according to FEC data)
Age: Unconfirmed
Location: St. Paul, Minnesota
Estimated Worth: Unconfirmed

Background

Karen Holmen Hubbard is married to Stanley Hubbard, the billionaire chairman and CEO of Hubbard Broadcasting. They have five children:  Kathryn Rominski, Stanley E. Hubbard, Virginia Morris, Robert W. Hubbard, and Julia Hubbard Coyte.¹R. Randall Padfield. “HUBBARD BROADCASTING’S STANLEY S. HUBBARD,” Business Jet Traveler, June 2008. Archived July 22, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zjciC

Stanley Hubbard once said in an interview that if, hypothetically, he were President of the United States, he would “back off on this global warming nonsense,” adding that“it’s going to be very interesting to see Al Gore and his guys made fools of in five years. Actually, global warming is a very good thing, if it happens.”²R. Randall Padfield. “HUBBARD BROADCASTING’S STANLEY S. HUBBARD,” Business Jet Traveler, June 2008. Archived July 22, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zjciC

Funding

The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation

Groups funded by the Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation include the  Freedom Foundation of Minnesota, a free market think tank and member of the State Policy Network (SPN).

990 Forms

Political Spending

Below is a summary of Karen H. Hubbard’s political spending, via campaign finance data exported from the Federal Election Commission (FEC). Note that while efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of this data, errors may have been be introduced in the original finance records.

Koch Events

June 2010

Karen and Stanley Hubbard attended the June 2010 meeting of the Koch network in Aspen, Colorado. A list of attendees and a schedule for the Aspen summit was obtained by ThinkProgress.³“MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,” ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3

Affiliations

• The Hubbard Broadcasting Foundation — Vice President and director.

Other Resources

Resources

• 1
  R. Randall Padfield. “HUBBARD BROADCASTING’S STANLEY S. HUBBARD,” Business Jet Traveler, June 2008. Archived July 22, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zjciC
• 2
  R. Randall Padfield. “HUBBARD BROADCASTING’S STANLEY S. HUBBARD,” Business Jet Traveler, June 2008. Archived July 22, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/zjciC
• 3
  “MEMO: Health Insurance, Banking, Oil Industries Met With Koch, Chamber, Glenn Beck To Plot 2010 Election,” ThinkProgress, October 20, 2010. Archived July 10, 2019. Archive.fo URL: https://archive.fo/KUNp3