Katherine Sims
{{short description|American politician and member of the Vermont State House of Representatives}}
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|office1 = Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-4 district
|term_start1 = 2021
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|birth_place = Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.{{cite web|url=https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/141417/katherine-sims|access-date=2021-06-29|title=Katherine Sims Biography|website=Vote Smart}}
|party = Democratic
|education = Yale University (BA){{cite web |title=Katherine Sims |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/postlive/katherine-sims/2012/07/26/gJQAd5cADY_story.html |website=Washington Post |access-date=31 August 2022}}
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Katherine Sims is an American politician who has served in the Vermont House of Representatives since 2021.{{cite web |title=Representative Katherine Sims, 2021-2022 |url=https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2022/34712 |access-date=2021-06-29|work=Vermont Legislature}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Representative Katherine Sims |url=https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2024/34712 |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=legislature.vermont.gov}} In 2017 she was hired as Director of the Northeast Kingdom Collaborative.{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://www.katherinesimsforhouse.com/about |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Katherine Sims for House |language=en-US}}
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.{{Cite web |title=Katherine Sims |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Katherine_Sims |access-date=2023-11-12 |website=Ballotpedia |language=en}}
Vermont Senate
On April 29, 2024, Sims announced her candidacy for Vermont Senate, following the news of retirement from Robert A. Starr. {{Cite web |title=Katherine Sims announces state senate run at Westfield event |url=https://www.newportdispatch.com/2024/04/29/katherine-sims-announces-state-senate-run-at-westfield-event/ |access-date=2024-04-29 |website=Newport Dispatch |language=en}}
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Category:21st-century American women politicians
Category:Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Vermont General Assembly
Category:Women state legislators in Vermont
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Category:People from Craftsbury, Vermont
Category:Politicians from Boston
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