Kim Abbott

{{short description|American politician}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=April 2025}}

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Kim Abbott

|office = Minority Leader of the Montana House of Representatives

|term_start = January 4, 2021

|term_end = January 6, 2025

|predecessor = Casey Schreiner

|successor = Katie Sullivan

|state_house1 = Montana

|district1 = 83rd

|term_start1 = January 2, 2017

|term_end1 =

|predecessor1 = Chuck Hunter

|successor1 =

|birth_date = {{birth year and age|1979}}

|birth_place = Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|partner = Tara Veazy

|education = University of North Carolina, Wilmington (BA)

}}

Kim Abbott is an American politician. She has served as a Democratic member of the Montana House of Representatives for District 83 since 2017.{{cite web |title=Copper Book: Lawmakers of Montana, Legislative Session of 2021 |url=https://leg.mt.gov/session/copper-book/ |website=Montana State Legislature |publisher=Montana Legislative Services Division |access-date=March 19, 2021 |page=31 |archive-date=March 5, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305033729/https://leg.mt.gov/session/copper-book/ |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=KIM ABBOTT (D)|url=https://www.leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6872|website=The Montana Legislature|access-date=February 24, 2021|archive-date=February 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210224170309/https://www.leg.mt.gov/legislator-information/roster/individual/6872|url-status=live}} Following the 2020 Montana House of Representatives election, she was selected as the House Minority Leader for the term beginning 2021.{{cite web |url=https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2020-11-27/montana-democrats-reflect-on-big-losses-in-2020 |title=Montana Democrats Reflect On Big Losses In 2020 |date=November 27, 2020 |work=Montana Public Radio |first=Shaylee |last=Ragar |access-date=2021-11-22 |archive-date=2021-11-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122010738/https://www.mtpr.org/montana-news/2020-11-27/montana-democrats-reflect-on-big-losses-in-2020 |url-status=live }}

From 2013 to 2021, Abbott served as co-director of the Montana Human Rights Network.{{cite web |url=https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-human-rights-network-seeks-new-director/article_9139017e-c163-51d3-ab3d-580d1f9b983d.html |title=Montana Human Rights Network seeks new director |date=March 22, 2021 |work=Helena Independent Record |first=Phil |last=Drake |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122010740/https://helenair.com/news/local/montana-human-rights-network-seeks-new-director/article_9139017e-c163-51d3-ab3d-580d1f9b983d.html |url-status=live }}{{cite web |url=https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-human-rights-network-names-new-director/article_13f23e9a-688b-5041-9dbd-6ab9ac1b142f.html |title=Montana Human Rights Network names new director |date=October 4, 2021 |work=Helena Independent Record |first=Seaborn |last=Larson |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122010738/https://helenair.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/montana-human-rights-network-names-new-director/article_13f23e9a-688b-5041-9dbd-6ab9ac1b142f.html |url-status=live }} She is openly lesbian.{{cite web |url=https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-politics/gop-lawmakers-comment-on-gays-questioned-she-says-its-out-of-context |title=GOP lawmaker's comment on gays questioned; she says it's out of context |date=November 19, 2021 |work=KTVH |first=Mike |last=Dennison |access-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-date=November 22, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211122010738/https://www.ktvh.com/news/montana-politics/gop-lawmakers-comment-on-gays-questioned-she-says-its-out-of-context |url-status=live }}