Catherine "Kitty" Beattie Toll (born August 8, 1959) is an American educator and politician. A former member of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

, Toll was a candidate for

lieutenant governor of Vermont The lieutenant governor of Vermont is elected for a two-year term and chosen separately from the governor. The Vermont Lieutenant Governor's main responsibilities include acting as governor when the governor is out of state or incapacitated, presi ...

in the 2022 election, and lost the Democratic nomination to David Zuckerman.

Early life and education

Toll was born in

Danville, Vermont Danville is a town in Caledonia County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,335 at the 2020 census. The primary settlement in town is recorded as the Danville census-designated place (CDP) and had a population of 385 at the 2020 census. ...

, to

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and Harold Beattie. Her sister is

Jane Kitchel Martha Jane Beattie Kitchel (born August 23, 1945) is an American politician serving as a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Caledonia senate district since January 2005. Early life Kitchel was born in St. John ...

. Her mother and sister served in the

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. She received a Bachelor of Science degree from

Lyndon State College Lyndon State College was a public liberal arts college at Lyndon, Vermont. In 2018, it merged with Johnson State College to create Northern Vermont University; the former campus of Lyndon State College is now the university's Lyndon campus. ...

in 1981 and a Master of Education from

University of Vermont The University of Vermont (UVM), officially the University of Vermont and State Agricultural College, is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Burlington, Vermont. It was founded in 1791 and is amon ...

Career

Prior to entering politics, Toll taught in the Vermont public school system. She served as a member of the

for the Caledonia-Washington district from 2009 to 2021. During her tenure in the House, Toll served as chair of the House Appropriations. She is a

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Personal life

Toll is married to Abel Toll and lives in Danville, Vermont. She has two children.

References

1959 births Living people People from Danville, Vermont Lyndon State College alumni University of Vermont alumni Educators from Vermont American women educators Women state legislators in Vermont Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives 21st-century American politicians 21st-century American women politicians {{Vermont-politician-stub