Anne Watson

Anne E. Watson (born 1981) is an American educator and politician who has served as a Democratic / Progressive member of the Vermont Senate since January 2023. She served as Mayor of Montpelier, Vermont, from March 2018 to March 2023. Watson is a physics teacher at Montpelier High School. She served on the Montpelier city council for several years before running unopposed for mayor in late 2017. In 2010, Watson launched an eventually successful campaign with the Vermont Youth Ultimate League to recognize Ultimate Frisbee as an official varsity-level sport in Vermont's high schools. In April 2018, Watson was named in a blog article on the REI website as one of "five of the coolest mountain-city mayors" in the United States. In November 2018, Watson was named to Vermont Business Magazine’s rising star “40 under 40 list.”