Kate Lipper-Garabedian | |
State House: | Massachusetts |
Term Start: | March 25, 2020 |
Term Start1: | 2018[1] |
Term End1: | 2020[2] |
Successor1: | Maya Jamaleddine |
Spouse: | Mark |
Children: | 2 |
Kate Lipper-Garabedian is an American politician. She is a Democrat representing the 32nd Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives. She was previously a City Councillor in Melrose, Massachusetts.
Lipper-Garabedian holds a BA in English and History from the University of Virginia, and a JD from Harvard Law School. She was a seventh-grade teacher with Teach for America from 2003 to 2005 before becoming an attorney.
Lipper-Garabedian served on the Melrose, MA City Council, representing the at-large district, from 2018 to 2020.
In 2020, Lipper-Garabedian won a special election to represent the 32nd Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives,[3] after former Representative Paul A. Brodeur was elected Mayor of Melrose.[4] She won the primary against two opponents, with 68.1% of the vote, and won the general election with 81.5% of the vote. She was sworn in on March 25; due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the ceremony took place at the foot of the Grand Staircase in the State House, rather than during a formal House session (as would typically happen).[5]
She has been endorsed by the Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus.