Suzi Wizowaty
| Suzi Wizowaty | |
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| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden-6-5 district |
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| In office January 2009 – January 2015 |
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| Preceded by | Bill Keogh (D) |
| Succeeded by | Mary Sullivan (D) |
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| Born | January 6, 1954 Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Joan Robinson |
| Residence | Burlington, Vermont, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Princeton University, Goddard College |
| Profession | Writer |
| Website | suziwizowaty.com |
Suzi Wizowaty is an author and politician from Burlington, Vermont. A Democrat, she was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the Chittenden-6-5 district in Burlington from 2009 to 2015. First elected in 2008, she did not run for re-election in 2014.
Born in Cincinnati, Ohio, Wizowaty grew up in Europe, Texas and Connecticut, graduating from Princeton University (BA cum laude, 1977) and Goddard College in Plainfield, Vermont (MA, 1985). She lived in San Francisco, Chicago, and New Jersey before moving to Burlington in 1985.[1]
Wizowaty has worked as a bookseller, librarian, newspaper reporter and editor, also having experience in the non-profit sector with the Vermont Humanities Council and Vermont Works for Women. A published author, she has written two novels: The Round Barn (Hardscrabble, 2002) and A Tour of Evil (Philomel, 2005).
In 2008, Wizowaty ran for the Vermont House of Representatives in the two-member Chittenden-3-5 district. She faced two incumbents in the Democratic primary but was the top vote-getter, beating Rep. Johannah Leddy Donovan into second place and Rep. Bill Keogh into third.[2] In the general election held on November 4, the Democratic nominees – Wizowaty and Donovan – ran unopposed. She was re-elected to the House on November 2, 2010. Following redistricting, she was elected to represent the Chittenden 6-5 district in 2012. She did not seek re-election in 2014 and was succeeded by Mary Sullivan.
Wizowaty is openly gay.
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- Princeton University alumni, 1970–79
- Goddard College alumni
- Members of the Vermont House of Representatives
- LGBT state legislators in Vermont
- Women state legislators in Vermont
- LGBT writers from the United States
- American women novelists
- 21st-century American novelists
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