Karen Patricia Simpson (born August 28, 1967) is an American politician who is a member of the

Maryland House of Delegates The Maryland House of Delegates is the lower house of the legislature of the State of Maryland. It consists of 141 delegates elected from 47 districts. The House of Delegates Chamber is in the Maryland State House on State Circle in Annapolis, ...

for

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in Frederick County, Maryland.

Background

Simpson graduated from Paint Branch High School in 1985. She later attended Radford University, where she earned a

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degree in psychology in 1989, and

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, where she earned a

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degree in community counseling in 1996. Simpson first ran for the Maryland House of Delegates in District 31B in 2018. She was defeated in the general election by Republicans Brian Chisholm and state delegate

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In the legislature

Simpson was sworn into the Maryland House of Delegates on January 11, 2023. She is a member of the House Judiciary Committee.

Political positions

In May 2022, Simpson signed a Chesapeake Climate Action Network resolution to move Maryland to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035 and to remove trash incineration from the state's "clean energy" classification. In a September 2022 interview with '' The Frederick News-Post'', Simpson said she would support strengthening protections for domestic violence victims, including removing the statute of limitations on reporting workplace sexual harassment and creating a state registry for people convicted of domestic violence-related offenses.

Electoral history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Simpson, Karen 1967 births 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians Democratic Party members of the Maryland House of Delegates Living people Politicians from Baltimore Radford University alumni Towson University alumni Women state legislators in Maryland