Dorothy Jean Sims (April 6, 1949 – October 9, 2023) was an American politician from

Kentucky Kentucky (, ), officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a landlocked U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. It borders Illinois, Indiana, and Ohio to the north, West Virginia to the ...

who was a member of the

Kentucky House of Representatives The Kentucky House of Representatives is the lower house of the Kentucky General Assembly. It is composed of 100 Representatives elected from single-member districts throughout the Commonwealth. Not more than two counties can be joined to form a ...

from 1997 to 2005 and again from 2007 to 2011. Sims was first elected in November 1996, defeating Republican Anthony Mello. Mello simultaneously won a special election to fill the seat for the remaining two months until January 1997. Sims was defeated for reelection in

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by Republican Terry Shelton. Sims challenged Shelton again in 2006, regaining her seat. She was defeated for reelection in 2010 by Republican Michael Meredith. Sims died on October 9, 2023.

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