---
type: Person
title: "Ela Chapin"
description: "VT House District Washington-5 — VT State House of Representatives District Washington-5"
role: "VT House District Washington-5"
party: "D"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VT"
district: "VT State House of Representatives District Washington-5"
represents: "us/states/vt/districts/house/washington-5"
tenure:
  start: "2023-01-04"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "1f7d9664-2d31-477f-87a2-c72406053a74"
  office: "aee5b662-bc7a-4354-9c52-243a4496a5cc"
  tenure: "f73ea733-aa65-4101-a075-8d02ee878f01"
  jurisdiction: "418f62a6-2126-4a31-91c6-bade39560171"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "Geometry not found in SLD layer"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, vt]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ela Chapin

Current VT House District Washington-5 (VT State House of Representatives District Washington-5).

Represents [VT State House of Representatives District Washington-5](/us/states/vt/districts/house/washington-5.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: Geometry not found in SLD layer

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).