Health care Reinbold worked as an operations manager at Medical Park Family Care. She also worked as an office manager at
NME Hospitals (now Tenet Healthcare), a district manager for
Bristol Myers Squibb, and a salesperson for
Johnson & Johnson/Centecor Pharmaceuticals. On March 16, the Republican leadership of the state House (Speaker
Mike Chenault,
Craig Johnson, and
Charisse Millett) removed Reinbold from the majority caucus for her vote and stripped her of most of her committee assignments. Her office staff was also cut from four to one. On April 27, 2015, Reinbold voted against the operating budget again. The dissenters left the majority caucus short of the three-fourths majority needed to approve tapping Alaska's budget reserve to cover a $3.2 million deficit.
COVID-19 COVID-19 diagnosis On October 12, 2021, Reinbold posted on her Facebook page that she had tested positive for COVID-19.
Alaska Airlines ban In November 2020, Reinbold refused to resume wearing a mask after eating during a flight. An
Alaska Airlines policy, as well as a federal regulation, required passengers to wear masks except while eating or drinking. She wrote on social media, "Mask bullies in full force on Alaskans Airlines- all because a scaredy cat Karen whined loudly and was a Tattle tail when I took my dumb worthless suffocating mask off, a bit longer than she wanted, for my food and drink." The airline's policy followed the
Centers for Disease Control's recommendations. In April 2021, Alaska Airlines banned Reinbold from its flights, citing "her continued refusal to comply with employee instruction regarding the current mask policy." In April 2021, shortly after the ban, Reinbold traveled to
Juneau overland through Canada and then by
marine ferry. In April 2023, Reinbold filed a lawsuit against Alaska Airlines and its employees citing a medical condition prevented her from following the mask requirement. Her lawsuit was dismissed in February 2024.
Promotion of COVID-19 disinformation and opposition to COVID-19 health measures Reinbold has frequently posted
COVID-19 misinformation on
Facebook, where she promotes the use of
hydroxychloroquine and
ivermectin and expresses vehement opposition to face-covering and
vaccine mandates. She disagreed with Governor
Mike Dunleavy, who wrote, "It is lamentable that the good citizens of Eagle River and Chugiak are deprived of meaningful representation by the actions of the person holding the office of Senator." He continued, "I will not continue to subject the public resources of the State of Alaska to the mockery of a charade, disguised as public purpose." Reinbold has criticized Dunleavy for issuing pandemic-related disaster declarations during a period when the legislature was not in session, and has protested health restrictions imposed by local governments, airlines and the legislature, including mask requirements. On April 19, 2021, members of the Alaska Senate removed Reinbold as chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee by a 17–1 vote.
Elections 2012 redistricting combined the Eagle River Valley and Southfork portions of former District 32 (represented by Republican
Mike Hawker) and a portion of former District 17 (represented by Republican
Anna Fairclough), creating a new District 26. Anna Fairclough, the new district's only incumbent resident, chose to run instead for a newly configured Senate seat, leaving the new District 26 seat open. Reinbold won the three-way August 28 Republican primary with 1,610 votes (46.15%), and won the November 6 general election with 6,903 votes (72.53%) against
Democratic nominee Roberta Goughnour. ==Personal life==