Katie Sullivan (politician)

For the Nebraskan legislator, see Kate Sullivan (legislator).

Katie Sullivan is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 89th district in the Montana House of Representatives.^[1][2]

Katie Sullivan
Minority Leader of the Montana House of Representatives
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2025
Preceded by	Kim Abbott
Member of the Montana House of Representatives from the 89th district
Incumbent
Assumed office January 7, 2019
Preceded by	Dave Severson
Personal details
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Phil
Education	University of Montana (BA, JD) University of Colorado, Boulder (LLM)

Political career

In March 2018, former Representative Dave Severson was appointed to replace Nate McConnell in the Montana House, and decided not to file for election.^[2] Sullivan filed for election and won a four-way Democratic primary with 49.8% of the vote. She went on to win the general election with 62.4% of the vote.^[1]

In the 2020 general election, Sullivan won the general election and was reelected to the Montana House.^[1]

As of July 2020, Sullivan sits on the following committees:^[3]

• Energy, Telecommunications, and Federal Relations
• Rules
• Business and Labor
• Agriculture

Electoral history

2018 Democratic primary: Montana House of Representatives, District 89^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katie Sullivan	737	49.8%
	Democratic	Patrick Weasel Head	404	27.3%
	Democratic	Dirk Williams	298	20.1%
	Democratic	Jon Van Dyke	42	2.8%

2018 general election: Montana House of Representatives, District 89^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Katie Sullivan	3,121	62.4%
	Republican	David Moore	1,879	37.6%

Personal life

Sullivan has a degree in human biology from the University of Montana, a JD from the University of Montana School of Law, and an LLM from the University of Colorado.^[4]