Katherine Sims

American politician and member of the Vermont State House of Representatives
Katherine Sims
Sims in 2022
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-4 district
Incumbent
Assumed office
2021
Personal details
BornBoston, Massachusetts, U.S.[1]
Political partyDemocratic
Children2[1]
EducationYale University (BA)[2]

Katherine Sims is an American politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2021.[3]

Early life and career

Katherine Sims was born in Massachusetts and graduated from Yale University with a bachelor's in history. She is married to Jeff Fellinger and has two kids.

In 2007, she founded the nonprofit Green Mountain Farm-to-School, which advocated for local farms and childhood nutrition.[4] In 2017 she was hired as Director of the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative.[5]

Vermont House of Representatives

In 2020, Katherine Sims ran for one of the two House seats for the ORL-CAL legislative district after Samuel Young announced his leave.

In 2022, with the redistricting, ORL-CAL went from a seven town, multimember district, to the Orleans-4 district with four towns, and two incumbents running for one seat. Sims won with 61% of the votes.[6]

Vermont Senate

On April 29, 2024, Sims announced her candidacy for Vermont Senate, following the news of retirement from Robert A. Starr. [7]

References

  1. ^ a b "Katherine Sims Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  2. ^ "Katherine Sims". Washington Post. Retrieved 31 August 2022.
  3. ^ "Representative Katherine Sims, 2021-2022". Vermont Legislature. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
  4. ^ "Representative Katherine Sims". legislature.vermont.gov. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  5. ^ "About". Katherine Sims for House. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  6. ^ "Katherine Sims". Ballotpedia. Retrieved 2023-11-12.
  7. ^ "Katherine Sims announces state senate run at Westfield event". Newport Dispatch. Retrieved 2024-04-29.
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