Karen Sosa is a prominent Zardic politician and a member of the New Democratic Party. She was elected to serve as the 9th President of Zardugal (making her the 140th Zardic Head of State) on December 16, 3329 after defeating incumbent Conservative Republican Jacob M. Wiencek in a landslide, winning nearly five million votes more than her rival. Sosa went on to be re-elected to three more consecutive terms in 3332, 3335 and 3338 before her retirment from office on December 9, 3341.