State Rep. Charlie Kimbell (D-Woodstock) on Monday launched his bid for the lieutenant governor’s position, becoming the first of what is expected to be several people to vie for the office.

Kimbell, who is serving his third term in the Vermont House, is a former banker and business owner who has been active in rural economic issues and workforce development. He said he’d like to use the statewide platform of the lieutenant governor’s job to coordinate some of those efforts.

“With workforce development, there are a lot of different silos, in education, labor and other different places where people have different interests,” he said. “I see the role of lieutenant governor as convening those and looking for one path forward.”