2020 Vermont elections

2020 Vermont elections

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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 3, 2020. All of Vermont's executive officers were 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

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The incumbent representative was Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor

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

Lieutenant governor

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2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
 
Nominee Molly Gray Scott Milne
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 182,820 157,065
Percentage 51.3% 44.1%


Gray:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Milne:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Tie:      40–50%

Lieutenant Governor before election

Dave Zuckerman
Progressive/Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Molly Gray
Democratic

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

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Nominee
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Eliminated in primary
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Declined
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Results

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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

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Candidates

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

Results

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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

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Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman did not run for a third term.

Candidates

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Declared
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Declined
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Results

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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

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Debate

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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

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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

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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

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2020 Vermont secretary of state election

← 2018 November 3, 2020 2022 →
 
Nominee Jim Condos H. Brooke Paige Pamala Smith
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 214,666 99,564 21,210
Percentage 57.87 26.84 5.72


Condos:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Paige:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Tie:      40–50%

Secretary of State before election

Jim Condos
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Jim Condos
Democratic

The incumbent secretary of state was Democrat Jim Condos.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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  • Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Republican primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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State Treasurer

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2020 Vermont state 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


Pearce:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Branagan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Tie:      40–50%

Treasurer before election

Beth Pearce
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Beth Pearce
Democratic

The incumbent treasurer was Democrat Beth Pearce.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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Republican primary

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Candidates

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

Attorney general

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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


Donovan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%
Paige:      40–50%      50–60%
Tie:      40–50%

Attorney General before election

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

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

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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Republican primary

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The Republican nominee was H. Brooke Paige.

Candidates

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Declared
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Progressive primary

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Candidates

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Declared
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State Auditor

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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


Hoffer:      60–70%      70–80%      80–90%      90–100%

Auditor before election

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

Elected Auditor

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

The incumbent auditor was Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.

Democratic primary

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Candidates

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

Republican primary

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

Progressive primary

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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

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Declared
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General election

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Candidates

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

State legislature

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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.

County offices

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

Notes

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  1. ^ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ^ "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
  1. ^ Poll sponsored by Milne's campaign in the 2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

References

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  1. ^ Heintz, Paul. "Scott's Victory Lap: Gov Wins Third Term, Gray Elected LG, Speaker Johnson Falls Short". Seven Days.
  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. ^ Norton, Kit (January 15, 2020). "Sen. Debbie Ingram enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  7. ^ Bradley, Pat (February 20, 2020). "Two-Term Vermont State Senator Discusses Her Campaign For Lieutenant Governor". www.wamc.org. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  8. ^ WCAX. "Brenda Siegel officially running for Vermont lieutenant governor". www.wcax.com. 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. ^ French, Ellie (December 17, 2019). "Republican Meg Hansen enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  13. ^ 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)
  14. ^ "Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary Race 2020: Dwayne Tucker". August 5, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Progressive Party State Committee Meeting". YouTube.
  16. ^ "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Statistics". Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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