Lois Combs Weinberg

Lois Ann Combs Weinberg (born December 18, 1943 ) is an American politician and an advocate for improvements in public education in Kentucky. 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.

Early life and education Lois Combs Weinberg, the daughter of Bertram T. "Bert" Combs and Mabel Hall Combs, was born on December 18, 1943, in Lexington, Kentucky.

Weinberg attended Randolph Macon Women's College and earned a BS in 1965, and a Master of Education from Harvard in 1996. After their marriage, the Weinbergs moved to Washington, D.C., for a short time and then moved to Alice Lloyd College. In Washington, she worked at the Office of Economic Opportunity as an evaluator. In 1967, she worked in Lynchburg, West Virginia, on a Community Action Program (CAP). 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, This eventually lead to a comprehensive program at the Hindman Settlement School. She joined the board of the Hindman Settlement School in 1984.

Weinberg is currently on the Board of IDEA: Center for Excellence, a non-profit organization focused on excellence in dyslexic services. She also works as a consultant for IDEA Academy at Carnegie Center for Literacy and Learning in Lexington, Kentucky.

U.S. Senate election, 2002 In 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%.