2025-2026 Session
Change SessionRepresentative Kathleen James
- District
- Bennington-4
- Party
- Democrat
- Seat Number
- 148
- kjames@leg.state.vt.us
- Phone
- (802) 828-2228
- Mailing Address
- P.O. Box 1044, Manchester Center, VT 05255
- Committees
- Biography
- KATHLEEN JAMES was first elected in 2018 and served on the House Committee on Education during her first two terms. She was named a Vermont delegate to the New England Board of Higher Education and in 2020 was appointed to the Select Committee on the Future of Public Higher Education in Vermont. In 2021, she served on a legislative task force that recommended equitable updates to Vermont’s education finance system. During the 2023–2024 biennium, she served as Assistant Majority Leader (Whip) and ranking member of the House Committee on General and Housing. During the current biennium, she’s chair of the House Committee on Energy and Digital Infrastructure. Kath has been selected for several bipartisan leadership programs, including the CSG Eastern Leadership Academy (2021), NCSL Emerging Leaders Academy (2021), SLLF Emerging Leaders Program (2022), and the CSG Toll Fellowship (2022). She was named a Vermont Conservation Voters “Rising Star” in 2019. Born in Chicago and raised in Nebraska, Kathleen earned a bachelor’s degree in political science (1986) and a master’s degree in journalism (1990) from Northwestern University. She worked as a Capitol Hill reporter for Roll Call, a reporter-researcher for TIME, and a senior editor for Snow Country before settling in Manchester, Vermont in 1996. Since then, she’s worked as a writer and editor for several nonprofits, including the International Skiing History Association (2010–2021), the BOMA Project (2010–2017), and the Kenya Drylands Education Fund (202–present). In 2024, she joined the Vermont Community Loan Fund as the part-time project manager for the Career and Technical Education Revolving Loan Fund. Her wife, Alexandra Heintz, is a retired health care administrator and certified life coach. Her adult children—both graduates of Manchester Elementary Middle School and Burr and Burton Academy—live and work in New York City and Chicago.
Member of the House of Representatives: 2019–present.
Bills and Resolutions Sponsored by Representative James
Regular Session 2025-2026
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Roll Call Votes by Representative James
Regular Session 2025-2026
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