Vi Simpson (born March 18, 1946) is an American politician who is a former

Democratic Democrat, Democrats, or Democratic may refer to: Politics *A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people. *A member of a Democratic Party: **Democratic Party (United States) (D) **Democratic ...

member of the

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, representing the 40th District from 1984 to 2012. She was the Minority Leader of the Indiana Senate. She was also the Democratic nominee for

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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 (United States), Republican Party, ...

and

Sue Ellspermann Sue Ellspermann (' Boeglin; born April 29, 1960) is an American academic administrator and politician who served as the 50th lieutenant governor of Indiana, from 2013 to 2016. A member of the Republican Party, from 2010 to 2012 Ellspermann serve ...

Political career

Simpson was first elected to the office of Monroe County Auditor in 1981. In 1984, Simpson was elected to the

Committee assignments

*Rules & Legislative Procedure (Ranking Minority Member)