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2020 Vermont secretary of state election
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Secretary of State before election; Jim Condos; Democratic	Elected Secretary of State ; Jim Condos; Democratic

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Lieutenant Governor before election; Dave Zuckerman; Progressive/Democratic	Elected Lieutenant Governor ; Molly Gray; Democratic

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 3, 2020. All of Vermont's executive officers will be up for election as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2020.

United States House of Representatives edit

The incumbent representative is Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor edit

The incumbent governor is Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election.^[1]

Lieutenant governor edit

Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) declined to run for a third term, and instead ran for governor.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Molly Gray, Vermont Assistant Attorney General^[2]^[3]

Eliminated in primary edit

Tim Ashe, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate (also ran in Progressive primary)^[2]^[4]^[5]
Brenda Siegel, candidate for governor in 2018, opioid epidemic and Brattleboro hurricane relief activist, southern Vermont nonprofit founder and executive director (also ran in Progressive primary)^[2]^[6]
Debbie Ingram, Chittenden County State Senator^[2]^[7]^[8]

Declined edit

Shap Smith, former Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2016, attorney
David Zuckerman, incumbent lieutenant governor (ran for Governor)

Results edit

Democratic primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Molly Gray	47,636	46.0
	Democratic	Tim Ashe	35,954	34.7
	Democratic	Brenda Siegel	9,945	9.6
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram	9,466	9.1
	Write-in	Write-ins	568	0.5
Total votes			103,645	100.0

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Nominee edit

Scott Milne, Republican nominee for governor in 2014, Republican nominee for US Senate in 2016, businessman^[2]^[9]

Eliminated in primary edit

Dana Colson Jr.^[2]^[10]^[11]
Dwayne Tucker, Contractor and Civil Engineer^[12]
Meg Hansen, former executive director of Vermonters for Healthcare Freedom^[2]^[13]
Jim Hogue, Vermont secession activist^[2]^[14]

Declined edit

Don H. Turner Jr., nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, former minority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives

Results edit

Republican primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Scott Milne	26,817	51.5
	Republican	Meg Hansen	16,875	32.4
	Republican	Dwayne Tucker	3,066	5.9
	Republican	Dana Colson	2,736	5.2
	Republican	Jim Hogue	1,944	3.7
	Write-in	Write-ins	680	1.3
Total votes			52,118	100.0

Progressive primary edit

Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman is not running for a third term.

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Tim Ashe, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate^[15]
Brenda Siegel, candidate for governor in 2018, opioid epidemic and Brattleboro hurricane relief activist, southern Vermont nonprofit founder and executive director^[15]
Cris Ericson, perennial candidate

Declined edit

David Zuckerman, incumbent lieutenant governor (running for governor)

Results edit

Progressive primary results
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Cris Ericson	438	57.5
	Write-in	Write-ins	324	42.5
Total votes			762	100.0

General election edit

Debate edit

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial debate
No.	Date	Host	Moderator	Link	Democratic	Republican	Progressive	Independent	Stop the F35s
Key: P Participant A Absent N Not invited I Invited W Withdrawn
					Molly Gray	Scott Milne	Cris Ericson	Wayne Billado III	Ralph Corbo
1	Sep. 23, 2022	Town Meeting TV	Stephanie Lahar	YouTube	P	P	N	N	P

Polling edit

Poll source	Date(s) administered	Sample size^[a]	Margin of error	Molly Gray (D)	Scott Milne (R)	Other	Undecided
co/efficient/Scott Milne for Lt. Governor^[A]	October 19–29, 2020	584 (LV)	± 4.05%	43%	37%	7%	13%
Braun Research/VPR	September 3–15, 2020	582 (LV)	± 4%	35%	31%	34%^[b]	–

Results edit

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Molly Gray	182,820	51.3
	Republican	Scott Milne	157,065	44.1
	Progressive	Cris Ericson	7,862	2.2
	Independent	Wayne Billado III	5,101	1.4
	Stop the F35s	Ralph Corbo	2,289	0.6
	Write-in	Write-ins	1,097	0.3
Total votes			356,234	100.0

Secretary of state edit

The incumbent secretary of state is Democrat Jim Condos.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

H. Brooke Paige, perennial candidate.

Treasurer edit

2020 Vermont treasurer election

← 2018

November 3, 2020

2022 →


Nominee	Beth Pearce	Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	197,255	114,177
Percentage	53.17	30.78

Treasurer before election

Beth Pearce
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Beth Pearce
Democratic

The incumbent treasurer is Democrat Beth Pearce.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Beth Pearce, incumbent treasurer

Republican primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Carolyn Whitney Branagan, former state representative to Franklin-1 (2003–2017) and former state senator to Franklin (2017–2019)

Attorney general edit

2020 Vermont Attorney General election

← 2018

November 3, 2020

2022 →


Nominee	T. J. Donovan	H. Brooke Paige
Party	Democratic	Republican
Popular vote	234,081	94,892
Percentage	63.10	25.58

County results
Donovan: 40–50% 50–60% 60–70% 70–80%

Attorney General before election

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

The incumbent attorney general is Democrat T. J. Donovan.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

T.J. Donovan, incumbent attorney general

Republican primary edit

The Republican nominee is H. Brooke Paige.

Candidates edit

Declared edit

H. Brooke Paige, perennial candidate
Emily Peyton, candidate for governor in 2018

Progressive primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Cris Ericson, perennial candidate, running for other statewide offices as well

Auditor edit

2020 Vermont Auditor election

← 2018

November 3, 2020

2022 →


Nominee	Doug Hoffer	Cris Ericson
Party	Democratic	Progressive
Alliance	Progressive Republican	Marijuana
Popular vote	266,445	48,731
Percentage	71.82	13.14

Auditor before election

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

Elected Auditor

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

The incumbent auditor is Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.

Democratic primary edit

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Progressive primary)
Linda Joy Sullivan, state representative

Republican primary edit

No candidates filed for the Republican primary. Doug Hoffer won the nomination via write-in.

Progressive primary edit

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer also ran in the Progressive primary. Perennial candidate Cris Ericson ran for the Progressive nomination for auditor, as well as several other statewide offices.

Candidates edit

Declared edit

Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Democratic primary)
Cris Ericson, perennial candidate

General election edit

Candidates edit

Doug Hoffer (D/P*/R), incumbent auditor
Cris Ericson (P*), perennial candidate

(*Hoffer won the Democratic and Republican nominations. Ericson, who is not a member of the Progressive Party, won the primary election, however the Progressive state committee endorsed Hoffer for reelection. Hoffer had previously been nominated by both the Democratic and Progressive Parties in elections from 2010 to 2018.)

State legislature edit

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power remained the same in each chamber with Democrats having large majorities in both, however Republicans made very small gains in both chambers. While those gains were small, they allowed Republicans to break the Democrat/Progressive supermajority in the state house. This could potentially lead to any veto from Governor Phil Scott being upheld under these new circumstances.

State senate edit

	# of seats before election	# of seats after election	Net change
Democratic	22	21	1
Republican	6	7	1
Progressive	2	2
Independent	0	0

House of Representatives edit

	# of seats before election	# of seats after election	Net change
Democratic	95	92	3
Republican	43	46	3
Progressive	7	7
Independent	5	5

County offices edit

Some county level offices will be up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:^[16]

Addison County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Dennis Wygmans	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Patricia Ross	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Jacqueline Mclean	Democratic
Probate Judge	Eleanor Smith	Democratic
Sheriff	Peter Dorey Newton	Democratic
High Bailiff	Charles S. Clark Jr.	Rep/Dem

Bennington County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Erica Albin Marthage	Democratic
Assistant Judge	James H. Colvin	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Wesley L. Mook	Democratic
Probate Judge	D. Justine Scanlon	Democratic
Sheriff	Chad D. Schmidt	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	Frederick C. Gilbar	Democratic

Caledonia County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Lisa A. Warren	Dem/Rep
Assistant Judge	John S. Hall	Rep/Dem
Assistant Judge	Roy C. Vance	Dem/Rep
Probate Judge	William W. Cobb	Democratic
Sheriff	Dean Shatney	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	Stephen Bunnell	Rep/Dem

Chittenden County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Sarah F. George	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Suzanne Brown	Dem/Rep
Assistant Judge	Connie Cain Ramsey	Democratic
Probate Judge	Gregory J. Glennon	Democratic
Sheriff	Kevin M. McLaughlin	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	Daniel L. Gamelin	Dem/Prog/Rep

Essex County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Vincent Illuzzi	Prog/Rep/Dem/Lib
Assistant Judge	Calvin Colby	Republican
Assistant Judge	Allen D. Hodgdon	Republican
Probate Judge	Allen D. Hodgdon	Republican
Sheriff	Trevor Colby	Rep/Prog
High Bailiff	Vacant	N/A

Franklin County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	James A. Hughes	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Kelly Gosselin	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Robert Johnson	Dem/Rep
Probate Judge	Vaughn Comeau	Republican
Sheriff	Roger Langevin	Democratic
High Bailiff	Roberta Allard	Democratic

Grand Isle County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Douglas Disabito	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Sherri Potvin	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Joanne R. Batchelder	Rep/Dem
Probate Judge	George Ned Spear	Democratic
Sheriff	Ray C. Allen	Dem/Prog/Rep
High Bailiff	Kevin G. Winch	Independent

Lamoille County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Todd A. Shove	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Joel W. Page	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Madeline M. Motta	Democratic
Probate Judge	James Dean R. Mahoney	Independent
Sheriff	Roger M. Marcoux Jr.	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	Claude D. Ammons Jr.	Democratic

Orange County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	William J. Porter	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Joyce McKeeman	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Victoria Weiss	Democratic
Probate Judge	Kathryn C. A. Kennedy	Democratic
Sheriff	Bill Bohnyak	Democratic
High Bailiff	George Contois	Democratic

Orleans County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Jennifer Barrett	Dem/Rep
Assistant Judge	Benjamin Batchelder	Dem/Rep
Assistant Judge	Curtis A. Hardy	Democratic
Probate Judge	Robert B. Chimileski	Independent
Sheriff	Kirk J. Martin	Republican
High Bailiff	Philip Brooks	Republican

Rutland County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Rose Kennedy	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Jean H. Colourtti	Dem/Rep
Assistant Judge	David W. Lewis	Dem/Rep
Probate Judge	Karl C. Anderson	Republican
Sheriff	Stephen P. Benard Sr.	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	David Fox	Democratic

Washington County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Rory T. Thibault	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Miriam Conlon	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Otto Kinzel Trautz	Dem/Rep
Probate Judge	Jeffrey P. Kilgore	Democratic
Sheriff	W. Samuel Hill	Dem/Rep
High Bailiff	Marc Poulin	Democratic

Windham County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	Tracy Kelly Shriver	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Patricia W. Duff	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Lamont Barnett	Democratic
Probate Judge	Jodi P. French	Democratic
Sheriff	Keith D. Clark	Democratic
High Bailiff	Mark Anderson	Democratic

Windsor County edit

Office	Name
States Attorney	David Cahill	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Jack W. Anderson	Democratic
Assistant Judge	Eleen Terie	Democratic
Probate Judge	Frederick M. Glover	Democratic
Sheriff	Michael Chamberlain	Democratic
High Bailiff	Michael E. Manley	Democratic

Notes edit

^ Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear
^ "Other/not sure/no opinion" with 24%; Ericson (Progressive) and "No one/not voting on this item" with 4%; Billado (I) with 2%; Cordo (Banish the F35s) with 0%

Partisan clients

^ Poll sponsored by Milne's campaign in the 2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

References edit

^ Heintz, Paul. "Scott's Victory Lap: Gov Wins Third Term, Gray Elected LG, Speaker Johnson Falls Short". Seven Days.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "General Election Candidates". sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Flanders, Colin. "Molly Gray Announces Bid to Become Lieutenant Governor of Vermont". Seven Days. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Landen, Xander; Norton, Kit (January 8, 2020). "Senate leader Tim Ashe to run for open lieutenant governor post". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ "Tim Ashe officially announces run for lieutenant governor seat". WPTZ. January 14, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ WCAX. "Brenda Siegel officially running for Vermont lieutenant governor". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Norton, Kit (January 15, 2020). "Sen. Debbie Ingram enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Bradley, Pat (February 20, 2020). "Two-Term Vermont State Senator Discusses Her Campaign For Lieutenant Governor". www.wamc.org. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Hewitt, Elizabeth (May 28, 2020). "Milne joins race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 9, 2020.
^ Elletson, Grace (January 6, 2020). "'Agri-publican' candidates look to broaden appeal of Republican ticket". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ Cutler, Calvin. "'Agripublicans' announce candidacies for Vermont offices". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ "Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary Race 2020: Dwayne Tucker". August 5, 2020.
^ French, Ellie (December 17, 2019). "Republican Meg Hansen enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
^ 2ndvtrepublic (May 13, 2017). "Secede – From What? US of Empire and Plan 'V" for a 2VR (INDY RADIO)". Vermont Independent. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ ^a ^b Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Progressive Party State Committee Meeting". YouTube.
^ "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Statistics". Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

External links edit

Candidates at Vote Smart
Candidates at Ballotpedia
Government Documents Round Table of the American Library Association, "Vermont", Voting & Elections Toolkits
"Vermont: Election Tools, Deadlines, Dates, Rules, and Links", Vote.org, Oakland, CA
"League of Women Voters of Vermont". (State affiliate of the U.S. League of Women Voters)
"State Elections Legislation Database", Ncsl.org, Washington, D.C.: National Conference of State Legislatures, State legislation related to the administration of elections introduced in 2011 through this year, 2020
Results at The Indianapolis Star

[key-16] Key:
A – all adults
RV – registered voters
LV – likely voters
V – unclear

[18] "Other/not sure/no opinion" with 24%; Ericson (Progressive) and "No one/not voting on this item" with 4%; Billado (I) with 2%; Cordo (Banish the F35s) with 0%

[17] Poll sponsored by Milne's campaign in the 2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

[1] Heintz, Paul. "Scott's Victory Lap: Gov Wins Third Term, Gray Elected LG, Speaker Johnson Falls Short". Seven Days.

[:0-2] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h "General Election Candidates". sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[3] Flanders, Colin. "Molly Gray Announces Bid to Become Lieutenant Governor of Vermont". Seven Days. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[4] Landen, Xander; Norton, Kit (January 8, 2020). "Senate leader Tim Ashe to run for open lieutenant governor post". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[5] "Tim Ashe officially announces run for lieutenant governor seat". WPTZ. January 14, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[6] WCAX. "Brenda Siegel officially running for Vermont lieutenant governor". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[7] Norton, Kit (January 15, 2020). "Sen. Debbie Ingram enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[8] Bradley, Pat (February 20, 2020). "Two-Term Vermont State Senator Discusses Her Campaign For Lieutenant Governor". www.wamc.org. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[9] Hewitt, Elizabeth (May 28, 2020). "Milne joins race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 9, 2020.

[10] Elletson, Grace (January 6, 2020). "'Agri-publican' candidates look to broaden appeal of Republican ticket". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[11] Cutler, Calvin. "'Agripublicans' announce candidacies for Vermont offices". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[12] "Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary Race 2020: Dwayne Tucker". August 5, 2020.

[13] French, Ellie (December 17, 2019). "Republican Meg Hansen enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.

[14] 2ndvtrepublic (May 13, 2017). "Secede – From What? US of Empire and Plan 'V" for a 2VR (INDY RADIO)". Vermont Independent. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[youtube.com-15] Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Progressive Party State Committee Meeting". YouTube.

[19] "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Statistics". Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.

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Summary

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Caledonia County edit

Chittenden County edit

Essex County edit

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Grand Isle County edit

Lamoille County edit

Orange County edit

Orleans County edit

Rutland County edit

Washington County edit

Windham County edit

Windsor County edit

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