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Vi Simpson

{{Short description|American politician}}

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

{{Infobox officeholder

|name = Vi Simpson

|image =

|state_senate= Indiana

|state = Indiana

|district = 40th

|term_start = November 7, 1984

|term_end = November 7, 2012

|preceded = Farrell N. Duckworth{{Cite web|url=http://www.capitolandwashington.com/offices/all-offices/240/|title=List of All Offices and Office Holders|date=5 March 2015}}

|succeeded = Mark Stoops

|birth_name = Viola Simpson

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|3|18}}

|birth_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.

|death_date =

|death_place =

|party = Democratic

|spouse = Bill McCarty

|alma_mater = California State University,
East Bay
{{nowrap|Indiana University, Indianapolis}}

}}

Vi Simpson (born March 18, 1946) is an American politician who is a former Democratic member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 40th District from 1984 to 2012. She was the Minority Leader of the Indiana Senate.

She was also the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, in the 2012 Indiana Gubernatorial Election, running with the former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives John R. Gregg. The Gregg/Simpson ticket lost in a narrow election to Mike Pence and Sue Ellspermann.{{Cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Vi_Simpson|title=Vi Simpson- Member of Indiana Senate}}{{Cite web|url=https://sycamorelandtrust.org/simpson/|title=Vi Simpson}}

Political career

Simpson was first elected to the office of Monroe County Auditor in 1981. In 1984, Simpson was elected to the Indiana Senate.

=Committee assignments=

  • Rules & Legislative Procedure (Ranking Minority Member)
  • [https://ballotpedia.org/Health_and_Provider_Services_Committee,_Indiana_State_Senate Health & Provider Services]
  • Provider Services Subcommittee
  • [https://ballotpedia.org/Insurance_and_Financial_Institutions_Committee,_Indiana_State_Senate Insurance & Financial Institutions]
  • Insurance Subcommittee
  • [https://ballotpedia.org/Joint_Rules_Committee,_Indiana_State_Senate Joint Rules]

References

External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217183846/http://www.in.gov/legislative/senate_democrats/homepages/s40/ Archived official Indiana State Legislature webpage]
  • [http://www.in.gov/sos/elections/files/2012_Primary_Candidate_Abbreviated_List_Mar_16.pdf May 8, 2012 Primary Election]
  • [https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/4533/vi-simpson#.WcaxLLJJbIU Vi Simpson's Biography]
  • [https://ballotpedia.org/Indiana_State_Senate_elections,_2012 Indiana State Senate elections, 2012]
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{{s-bef|before=Dennie Oxley}}

{{s-ttl|title=Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Indiana|years=2012}}

{{s-aft|after=Christina Hale}}

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Category:1946 births

Category:Democratic Party Indiana state senators

Category:Living people

Category:Politicians from Bloomington, Indiana

Category:Politicians from Los Angeles

Category:Women state legislators in Indiana

Category:20th-century American women politicians

Category:21st-century American women politicians

Category:20th-century members of the Indiana General Assembly

Category:21st-century members of the Indiana General Assembly

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