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Heather Surprenant

Summary

Heather Surprenant is an American politician and farmer who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-4 district as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. She is currently Vice Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency and Forestry.

Heather Surprenant
Surprenant in 2020
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
from the Windsor-4-1 district
Assumed office
2021
Preceded byRandall Szott
Personal details
BornRandolph, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyVermont Progressive
Other political
affiliations		Democratic
EducationSmith College (BA)

Early life and education edit

Heather Surprenant was born in Randolph, Vermont. She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. She lived in San Francisco, California, for two years after graduating from Smith College and then moved back to Vermont. During her time in California she worked at an organic farm in Half Moon Bay, California.[1]

Vermont House of Representatives edit

Surprenant ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-4-1 district during the 2020 election. She received the Vermont Progressive nomination and defeated Havah Armstrong Walther for the Democratic nomination. During the campaign she was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders. She won in the general election against Republican nominee Mark Donka.[2][3][4]

Electoral history edit

2020 Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-4-1 district Democratic primary[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Democratic Heather Surprenant 423 51.84%
Democratic Havah Armstrong Walther 390 47.79%
Democratic Write-ins 3 0.37%
Total votes 816 100.00%
Blank 76
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-4-1 district election[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Progressive Heather Surprenant
Democratic Heather Surprenant
Total Heather Surprenant 1,616 60.50%
Republican Mark Donka 1,049 39.27
Independent Write-ins 6 0.22%
Total votes 2,671 100.00%
Blank 198
Spoiled 1

Personal edit

She identifies as LGBTQ.[5]

References edit

  1. ^ "Representative Heather Surprenant". Vermont General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
  2. ^ "Sanders endorses 36 state and local candidates in Vermont". Vermont Digger. October 9, 2020. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "2020 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  4. ^ a b "2020 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
  5. ^ "Vermont's Rainbow Wave". Pride Center of Vermont. November 4, 2020.

External links edit

  • Campaign website