Career
Martschink served in the South Carolina House of Representatives 1971-1975. She was a junior at the University of South Carolina when elected in November 1970 to represent Lexington County, becoming the nation"s youngest lawmaker. In 1986, after serving five years on a local school board, she was elected to the South Carolina Senate from Charleston County in a special election and in 1988 was elected to a full term.
Martschink was also the only person to have been elected to the state legislature from two different parts of the state.
Martschink was appointed to the South Carolina Workers" Compensation Commission in 1992 by Governor Carroll Campbell, was reappointed by Governor David Beasley and served as commissioner until 2004, including one term as vice chair of the commission. Martschink authored one book, ″Don"t Pick Up The Ham With Your Fingers: A Little Book to Do Momma"s Naggin" Foreign Her" and contributing writer to "See Mom Run."
Married to Karl J. Duppstadt since 2010, she has three adult children: Tiffany Martschink, Tree Martschink and Mandy Martschink Brantley.
