Vi Simpson (born March 18, 1946) is an American politician who is a former
Democratic member of the
Indiana Senate
The Indiana Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Senate is composed of 50 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. Senators serve four-year term ...
, representing the 40th District from 1984 to 2012. She was the Minority Leader of the Indiana Senate.
She was also the Democratic nominee for
lieutenant governor
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, in the
2012 Indiana Gubernatorial Election, running with the former
Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives John R. Gregg. The Gregg/Simpson ticket lost in a narrow election to
Mike Pence
Michael Richard Pence (born June 7, 1959) is an American politician who served as the 48th vice president of the United States from 2017 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. A member of the Republican Party, he previously served as the 50th ...
and
Sue Ellspermann.
Political career
Simpson was first elected to the office of
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Auditor in 1981. In 1984, Simpson was elected to the
Indiana Senate
The Indiana Senate is the upper house of the Indiana General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Indiana. The Senate is composed of 50 members representing an equal number of constituent districts. Senators serve four-year term ...
.
Committee assignments
*Rules & Legislative Procedure (Ranking Minority Member)
Health & Provider Services**Provider Services Subcommittee
Insurance & Financial Institutions**Insurance Subcommittee
Joint Rules
References
External links
Archived official Indiana State Legislature webpageMay 8, 2012 Primary ElectionVi Simpson's BiographyIndiana State Senate elections, 2012
*
1946 births
Democratic Party Indiana state senators
Living people
Politicians from Bloomington, Indiana
Politicians from Los Angeles
Women state legislators in Indiana
20th-century American women politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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