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
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] She was defeated in the general election by Republican Samuel Douglass.[8]
References
- ^ a b "Katherine Sims Biography". Vote Smart. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Katherine Sims". Washington Post. Retrieved August 31, 2022.
- ^ "Representative Katherine Sims, 2021-2022". Vermont Legislature. Retrieved June 29, 2021.
- ^ "Representative Katherine Sims". legislature.vermont.gov. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "About". Katherine Sims for House. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "Katherine Sims". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 12, 2023.
- ^ "Katherine Sims announces state senate run at Westfield event". Newport Dispatch. Retrieved April 29, 2024.
- ^ Gray, Dana (November 6, 2024). "Republican Sam Douglass Wins Orleans Senate District". The Caledonian-Record. St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Retrieved August 3, 2025.