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Karen Liot Hill (born December 1978-1979) is a Lebanon City Council member and a candidate for the Executive Council of New Hampshire from the 2nd district.

Biography
Councilor Liot Hill was born in France and raised in Long Island, NY. She earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dartmouth College, majoring in government and minoring in education. She works as a paralegal, piano teacher and an on-air personality at WWOD The River, an adult album alternative broadcasting radio station. Liot Hill and her former partner, Andy Hill, owned and operated the Lebanon Diner which closed in 2020 due to challenges associated with the COVID-19 pandemic. Liot Hill has twice been arrested for driving while intoxicated. In 2010 she pleaded guilty and was convicted of grossly negligent operation. In 2018 she was charged with driving while intoxicated, a Class B misdemeanor.

Political career
Councilor Liot Hill has said that she was a Republican in her youth, and become involved in the Democratic Party during former Vermont Gov. Howard Dean’s 2004 run for president. In 2004, became a registered Democrat and successfully ran the capmaigns for four Democratic state representative candidates in Lebanon. In 2005, she was elected to serve on the Lebanon City Council, a position she still holds. She also served as mayor of Lebanon from 2008 to 2009 and has been the treasurer for Grafton County since 2016.

In 2019, Liot Hill stated that she had gone without health insurance for almost 10 years because she finds it unaffordable and explained that health care is "an issue that hits home for families and businesses". Liot Hill is a supportive ally of the LGBTQ+ community and an advocate for abortion rights.