| Shirley Borhauer | |
| Office1: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 98th district |
| Term Start1: | January 13, 2003 |
| Term End1: | January 8, 2007 |
| Predecessor1: | Barbara King |
| Successor1: | Donna Hutchinson |
| Office2: | Member of the Arkansas House of Representatives from the 4th district |
| Term Start2: | January 8, 2001 |
| Term End2: | January 13, 2003 |
| Predecessor2: | Geoff Buchanan |
| Successor2: | Russell Bennett |
| Birth Name: | Shirley Ursala Czosek |
| Birth Date: | 2 October 1926 |
| Birth Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Death Place: | Chicago, Illinois |
| Party: | Republican |
Shirley Ursala Borhauer (; October 2, 1926 – December 10, 2013) was an American politician. She served in the Arkansas House of Representatives from 2001 to 2007.[1] [2]
Borhauer was born Shirley Ursala Czosek on October 2, 1926, in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents were Edmund Stanislaw Czosek, a machinery operator for the Felt and Tarrant Manufacturing Company, and Clara Victoria Mindikowski Czosek, a Democratic election official. She was the youngest child, with one older sister, Phillis Mildred Czosek Black. She attended local public schools and graduated from Blue Island High School in 1944.[3]
Borhauer contested a race to replace Thomas Fitzpatrick as alderman for the 19th ward in Chicago in the 1975 election.[4] She ran for a seat in the Arkansas House of Representatives in the 2000 general election and was elected for a seat representing district 4 at the age of 74.[5] She sponsored a successful constitutional amendment that would allow bingos and raffles to be used for charitable purposes.[6]