| Vi Simpson | |
| State Senate: | Indiana |
| State: | Indiana |
| District: | 40th |
| Term Start: | November 7, 1984 |
| Term End: | November 7, 2012 |
| Preceded: | Farrell N. Duckworth[1] |
| Succeeded: | Mark Stoops |
| Birth Name: | Viola Simpson |
| Birth Date: | 18 March 1946 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Party: | Democratic |
| Spouse: | Bill McCarty |
| Alma Mater: | California State University, East Bay |
Vi Simpson (born March 18, 1946) is an American politician who is a former Democratic member of the Indiana Senate, representing the 40th District from 1984 to 2012. She was the Minority Leader of the Indiana Senate.
She was also the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor, in the 2012 Indiana Gubernatorial Election, running with the former Speaker of the Indiana House of Representatives John R. Gregg. The Gregg/Simpson ticket lost in a narrow election to Mike Pence and Sue Ellspermann.[2] [3]
Simpson was first elected to the office of Monroe County Auditor in 1981. In 1984, Simpson was elected to the Indiana Senate.