Katherine Sims
Katherine Sims | |
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| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-4 district | |
| In office 2021–2025 | |
| Succeeded by | Leanne Harple |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | Democratic |
| Children | 2[1] |
| Education | Yale University (BA)[2] |
Katherine Sims is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2021 to 2025.[3]
Early life and career
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]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
[edit | edit source]On April 29, 2024, Sims announced her candidacy for Vermont Senate, following the news of retirement from Robert A. Starr. [7] She was defeated in the general election by Republican Samuel Douglass.[8]
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