Katherine Sims

Katherine Sims is an American politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2021 to 2025.^[3]

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Katherine Sims


Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-4 district
In office 2021–2025
Succeeded by	Leanne Harple

Personal details
Born	Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.^[1]
Political party	Democratic
Children	2^[1]
Education	Yale University (BA)^[2]

Early life and career

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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

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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

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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

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^ ^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.

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Speaker of the House Jill Krowinski (D) Majority Leader Emily Long (D) Minority Leader Patricia McCoy (R)
▌Robin Scheu (D, Add.-1) ▌Amy Sheldon (D, Add.-1) ▌Peter Conlon (D, Add.-2) ▌Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3) ▌Matt Birong (D, Add.-3) ▌ Vacant (Add.-4) ▌Caleb Elder (D, Add.-4) ▌Jubilee McGill (D, Add.-5) ▌Joseph Andriano (D, Add.-Rut.) ▌Nelson Brownell (D, Benn.-1) ▌Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2) ▌Dane Whitman (D, Benn.-2) ▌David Durfee (D, Benn.-3) ▌Seth Bongartz (D, Benn.-4) ▌Kathleen James (D, Benn.-4) ▌Mary A. Morrissey (R, Benn.-5) ▌Jim Carroll (D, Benn.-5) ▌Mike Rice (D, Benn.-Rut.) ▌Bobby Farlice-Rubio (D, Cal.-1) ▌Chip Troiano (D, Cal.-2) ▌Dennis LaBounty (D, Cal.-3) ▌Beth Quimby (R, Cal.-3) ▌Scott Beck (R, Cal.-Ess.) ▌Scott Campbell (D, Cal.-Ess.) ▌Henry Pearl (D, Cal.-Wash.) ▌Jana Brown (D, Chit.-1) ▌Angela Arsenault (D, Chit.-2) ▌Erin Brady (D, Chit.-2) ▌Trevor Squirrell (D, Chit.-3) ▌Edye Graning (D, Chit.-3) ▌Phil Pouech (D, Chit.-4) ▌Chea Waters Evans (D, Chit.-5) ▌Kate Lalley (D, Chit.-6) ▌Jessica Brumsted (D, Chit.-7) ▌Noah Hyman (D, Chit.-8) ▌Emilie Krasnow (D, Chit.-9) ▌Kate Nugent (D, Chit.-10) ▌Brian Minier (D, Chit.-11) ▌Martin LaLonde (D, Chit.-12) ▌Tiffany Bluemle (D, Chit.-13) ▌Gabrielle Stebbins (D, Chit.-13) ▌Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-14) ▌Mary-Katherine Stone (D/P, Chit.-14) ▌Brian Cina (P/D, Chit.-15) ▌Troy Headrick (P/D, Chit.-15) ▌Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-16) ▌Kate Logan (P/D, Chit.-16) ▌Abbey Duke (D, Chit.-17) ▌Carol Ode (D, Chit.-18) ▌Robert Hooper (D, Chit.-18) ▌Sarita Austin (D, Chit.-19) ▌Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-19) ▌Seth Chase (D, Chit.-20) ▌Curt Taylor (D, Chit.-20) ▌Daisy Berbeco (D, Chit.-21) ▌Taylor Small (P/D, Chit.-21) ▌Karen Dolan (D, Chit.-22) ▌Lori Houghton (D, Chit.-22) ▌Leonora Dodge (D, Chit.-23) ▌Rey Garofano (D, Chit.-23) ▌Alyssa Black (D, Chit.-24) ▌Julia Andrews (D, Chit.-25) ▌Chris Taylor (R, Chit.-Frank.) ▌Chris Mattos (R, Chit.-Frank.) ▌Terri Lynn Williams (R, Ess.-Cal.) ▌Larry Labor (R, Ess.-Orl.) ▌Ashley Bartley (R, Frank.-1) ▌Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1) ▌Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-2) ▌Mike McCarthy (D, Frank.-3) ▌Matthew Walker (R, Frank.-4) ▌Thomas Oliver (R/D, Frank.-4) ▌Wayne Laroche (R, Frank.-5) ▌Lisa Hango (R, Frank.-5) ▌James Gregoire (R, Frank.-6) ▌Penny Demar (R, Frank.-7) ▌Casey Toof (R, Frank.-8) ▌Josie Leavitt (D, G.I.-Chit.) ▌Michael Morgan (R, G.I.-Chit.) ▌Jed Lipsky (I, Lam.-1) ▌Melanie Carpenter (D, Lam.-2) ▌Daniel Noyes (D, Lam.-2) ▌Lucy Boyden (D, Lam.-3) ▌Avram Patt (D, Lam.-Wash.) ▌Saudia LaMont (D, Lam.-Wash.) ▌Carl Demrow (D, Oran.-1) ▌Monique Priestley (D, Oran.-2) ▌Rodney Graham (R, Oran.-3) ▌Joseph Parsons (R, Oran.-Cal.) ▌Jay Hooper (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) ▌Larry Satcowitz (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.) ▌Brian Smith (R, Orl.-1) ▌Woodman Page (R, Orl.-2) ▌Dave Templeman (D, Orl.-3) ▌Katherine Sims (D, Orl.-4) ▌Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.) ▌Michael J. Marcotte (R, Orl.-Lam.) ▌Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (D, Rut.-Benn.) ▌Patricia McCoy (R, Rut.-1) ▌Tom Burditt (R, Rut.-2) ▌Arthur Peterson (R, Rut.-2) ▌Jarrod Sammis (L, Rut.-3) ▌Paul Clifford (R, Rut.-4) ▌Eric Maguire (R, Rut.-5) ▌Mary Howard (D, Rut.-6) ▌William Notte (D, Rut.-7) ▌Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-8) ▌Stephanie Jerome (D, Rut.-9) ▌Bill Canfield (R, Rut.-10) ▌Jim Harrison (R, Rut.-11) ▌Logan Nicoll (D, Rut.-Winds.) ▌Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1) ▌Kenneth Goslant (R, Wash.-1) ▌Dara Torre (D, Wash.-2) ▌Kari Dolan (D, Wash.-2) ▌Peter Anthony (D, Wash.-3) ▌Jonathan Williams (D, Wash.-3) ▌Conor Casey (D, Wash.-4) ▌Kate McCann (D, Wash.-4) ▌Ela Chapin (D, Wash.-5) ▌Marc Mihaly (D, Wash.-6) ▌Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.) ▌Theresa Wood (D, Wash.-Chit.) ▌Gina Galfetti (R, Wash.-Oran.) ▌Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-Oran.) ▌Sara Coffey (D, Windh.-1) ▌Laura Sibilia (I, Windh.-2) ▌Michelle Bos-Lun (D, Windh.-3) ▌Leslie Goldman (D, Windh.-3) ▌Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4) ▌Emily Long (D, Windh.-5) ▌Tristan Roberts (D, Windh.-6) ▌Emilie Kornheiser (D, Windh.-7) ▌Mollie Burke (D, Windh.-8) ▌Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-9) ▌Vacant (Windh.-Benn.-Winds.) ▌John Bartholomew (D, Winds.-1) ▌Elizabeth Burrows (D/P, Winds.-1) ▌John Arrison (D, Winds.-2) ▌Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3) ▌Kristi Morris (D, Winds.-3) ▌Heather Surprenant (D, Winds.-4) ▌Tesha Buss (D, Winds.-5) ▌Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-6) ▌Esme Cole (D, Winds.-6) ▌John O'Brien (D, Winds.-Oran.-1) ▌Rebecca Holcombe (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) ▌Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2) ▌Kirk White (D, Winds.-Add.) ▌Heather Chase (D, Winds.-Wind.)
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