A dedicated community leader and public advocate, State Senator Sue Errington has spent much of her life working to bring people together to get things done.
First elected to the State Senate in November of 2006, Errington has a long record of public service. She has served on the Delaware County Council, the Mayor's Affirmative Action Task Force, the Mayor's Advisory Committee on Health Education, the City-County Commission Against Domestic Violence, the Delaware County Community Corrections Board and the Muncie Housing Authority.
She has also volunteered with local, state and national organizations advancing women's rights and good government including the National Organization for Women (NOW), the Muncie-Delaware County Coalition of Women's Organizations, the League of Women Voters, and American Association of University Women. In 2007 Errington was awarded the Athena Award from the Women in Business Unlimited.
In the State Senate, Errington is a leading proponent of adequately funding Indiana’s schools, making college more affordable, and making health care more accessible and affordable for all Hoosiers.
Errington currently serves as the ranking Democrat on the Senate’s Utility & Regulatory Affairs Committee, a member of the Senate Health & Provider Services; Education & Career Development;and Energy & Environmental standing committees. Errington also serves on the Indiana Prenatal Substance Abuse Commission, and on the Select Joint Commission on Medicaid Oversight; Health Finance Commission; and Regulatory Flexibility Committee interim committees.
Errington is currently one of four State Directors from Indiana to act as a delegate for Women in Government, a national bipartisan organization of women state legislators. She has also been appointed to serve on the Health Committee of the National Conference of State Legislatures, a bipartisan organization that serves the legislators and staffs of the nation's 50 states, its commonwealths and territories.
A graduate of Indiana University, Errington earned her masters degree from the University of Michigan. Prior to her retirement, she taught Spanish for many years and served as the Public Policy Director for Planned Parenthood of Indiana.
Errington lives in Muncie with her husband Paul, a retired Ball State physics professor. Together, they have raised two daughters, Sara and Amy.
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