Martha Feltus Explained

Martha Feltus
State House:Vermont
District:Caledonia-4
Alongside:Patrick Seymour
Term Start:January 2013
Predecessor:Howard Crawford
Office1:Member of the Lyndon Select Board
Term Start1:1997
Term End1:2018
Birth Place:Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.
Spouse:Stephen Feltus
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Beloit College (BA)

Martha "Marty" Feltus is an American politician from Vermont. She serves in the Vermont House of Representatives alongside Patrick Seymour. From 1980 to 1997 she served on the Lyndonville, Vermont planning commission, zoning board of appeals, and as a village trustee. From 1997 to 2018 she was on the village's select board. Feltus was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2012. She previously worked for Weidmann Electrical Technology.

Biography

Feltus was born in Kansas City, Missouri, and was educated in Tulsa, Oklahoma, at Will Rogers High School. She received a Bachelor of Arts in Spanish from Beloit College in Wisconsin. She moved to Lyndon, Vermont in 1977 and worked at Weidmann Electrical Technology for twenty-seven years in sales and customer management.[1] From 1980 to 1997 she served on the Lyndonville, Vermont planning commission and zoning board of appeals. Feltus was a trustee of Lyndonville for five years, from 1992 to 1997. In 1997 she joined the village's select board.[2]

In 2012 Feltus was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives, representing the district of Caledonia-4 as a Republican with Patrick Seymour.[3] [4] She has served on the House Appropriations Committee, the House Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel, and the Working Group on Water Quality Funding. Feltus announced in 2018 that she did not intend to seek reelection to the Lyndon select board, which she had served on for over twenty years.

Feltus has two children with her husband, Stephen.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Representative Martha Feltus. 2021-01-18. legislature.vermont.gov.
  2. Web site: Nixon. Amy Ash. State Rep. Marty Feltus Not Seeking Re-Election to Lyndon Select Board. 2019-11-01. The Caledonian Record. en.
  3. Web site: VT Elections Database ยป Search Elections. 2019-11-01. VT Elections Database. en-US.
  4. Web site: Ketschke. Ross. 2018-11-08. 21-year-old elected to Vermont House of Representatives. 2019-11-01. WPTZ. en.