---
type: Person
title: "Richard Nelson"
description: "VT House District Orleans-1 — VT State House of Representatives District Orleans-1"
role: "VT House District Orleans-1"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "VT"
district: "VT State House of Representatives District Orleans-1"
represents: "us/states/vt/districts/house/orleans-1"
tenure:
  start: "2025-01-08"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "55d0903e-7201-41fd-ba80-67702c2b5415"
  office: "242c0563-4c02-4e05-9dbf-9453f0a089a6"
  tenure: "da241a2c-5927-4b86-b59c-0dd6c5a78422"
  jurisdiction: "7f9cf3a6-7b3f-4746-87f1-a93fce18f94b"
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"
---

# Richard Nelson

Current VT House District Orleans-1 (VT State House of Representatives District Orleans-1).

Represents [VT State House of Representatives District Orleans-1](/us/states/vt/districts/house/orleans-1.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).