Lois Ann Combs Weinberg (born December 18, 1943[1]) is an American politician and an advocate for improvements in public education in Kentucky.

[2] In 2002, Weinberg was the Democratic nominee for the United States Senate, losing in a landslide to Republican incumbent Mitch McConnell, 64.7%–35.3%.

[4] Weinberg attended Randolph Macon Women's College and earned a BS in 1965, and a Master of Education from Harvard in 1996.

[8] 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.

[2] In 1979, Weinberg started a group offering tutorial services for children in Eastern region of Kentucky with dyslexia.

[2] Later Weinberg was the executive director of a non-profit organization, the Institute for Dyslexia Education in Appalachia (IDEA).