The Green Papers: Vermont 2025 General Election
 
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Elections for Statewide offices and Congress
Senators:2(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
Governor:1 
2020 Census:643,503 (0.21% of 309,785,186)
2024, 2028 Electoral Votes:3(0.00% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Montpelier
 

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Vermont State and Local Government


Qualified parties are Democratic, Republican, Progressive, Libertarian, and Green Mountain Peace & Justice (formerly Liberty Union) parties. The Green Mountain Party is not affiliated with any other party.

Vermont permits the use of placeholder candidates in the primary. If the winning candidate withdraws, parties have a week to nominate replacements for the November ballot.

If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election for Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Treasurer, the state Legislature chooses the next incumbent.

CHAPTER II, Section 47, paragraph 3 of the CONSTITUTION OF VERMONT reads as follows: "If, at any time, there shall be no election, of Governor, Lieutenant-Governor, or Treasurer, of the State, the Senate and House of Representatives shall by a joint ballot, elect to fill the office, not filled as aforesaid, one of the three candidates for such office (if there be so many) for whom the greatest number of votes shall have been returned."
 
           

U.S. Senate  6 year term. No Term Limit. 119th Senate  Senate Electoral Classes

Class 1 Independent Senator  Bernard "Bernie" Sanders
First elected: 2006 (ran as a Democrat in the primary and as an Independent in the General Election); re-elected as an Independent: 2012, 2018, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2030

Class 3 Democratic Senator  Peter Francis Welch
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 7 November 2028

Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor  Phil Scott
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor. [Vermont Constitution Section 47, Chapter II]

Lieutenant Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

  Republican Lieutenant Governor  John S. Rodgers
First elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Lieutenant Governor. [Vermont Constitution Section 47, Chapter II]

119th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2026, 2028. No Term Limit. 119th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

Incumbent - 119th Congress
At-Large Democratic Member of Congress  Rebecca "Becca" Balint
First elected: 2022.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Secretary of State  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

  Democratic Secretary of State  Sarah Copeland Hanzas
First elected: 2022; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Attorney General  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

  Democratic Attorney General  Charity R. Clark
First elected: 2022; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026

Treasurer  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

  Democratic Treasurer  Michael "Mike" Pieciak
First elected: 2022; re-elected: 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next State Treasurer. [Vermont Constitution Section 47, Chapter II]

Auditor of Accounts  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2022, 2024

  Democratic Auditor  Doug Hoffer
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2024.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 3 November 2026
 

Political Parties    Parties appear in parenthesis and italics when a candidate receives the endorsement of a given Party and/or official sources indicate a candidate's association with a particular Party but only where the Party in question does not appear on the actual ballot as such.

Major Parties   Those parties which received electoral votes through winning a plurality of a state's [or the District of Columbia's] popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Democratic (affiliates): 6 incumbents
  Republican: 2 incumbents
Major Third Parties   Any Party, other than a Major Party, receiving a minimum of 15/100ths of 1 percent of the nationwide popular vote in any presidential election between 1984 and 2016. See Classification of Political parties.
  Green (affiliates)
Other Third Parties
  Green Mountain
  Green Mountain Peace and Justice
  Justice Party
  Liberty Union
  Progressive
  Right to Life
Independents
  Independent: 1 incumbent
 
Candidates running under the banner of more than one party are counted towards each party's total. A candidate who has lost a primary or is apparently no longer a candidate is not counted.

Notes

Candidates for office appear on this page in italics where 'The Green Papers' does not yet have independent confirmation from a legal election authority that the person has been officially certified to appear on the ballot.

Primary dates marked "presumably" and polling times marked "reportedly" are based on unofficial or estimated data (especially as regards local variations from a jurisdictionwide statutory and/or regulatory standard) and are, thereby, subject to change.

"FEC" indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary.

When available, we post each candidate's FEC identification number, the date of their most recently filed Report of Receipts and Disbursements, their "Tot" [Total Receipts (contributions received or what came in: FEC Form 3, Line 16, Column B)] and their "Dsb" [Total Disbursements (expenditures or what was spent: FEC Form 3, Line 23, Column B)]. A link is provided to the Federal Election Commission's Summary Report for those who might wish to explore the details.

If a candidate raises or spends $5,000 or less, he or she is not subject to FEC reporting requirements.


Links Links to other web sites

Constitution   Links to State Constitutions
  Constitution of the State of Vermont
Election Authority
  Vermont Secretary of State
Legislature   Links to State Legislatures
  State of Vermont Legislature
  Vermont Statutes Online
Democratic
  The Vermont Democratic Party
Republican
  Vermont Republican Party
Third Party
  Green Mountain Party
  Green Mountain Peace and Justice circa 22 April 2023: The Liberty Union Party is renamed Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party.
  Green Party of Vermont
  Justice Party of Vermont
  Liberty Union Party
  Vermont Progressive Party
  Vermont Right to Life Committee
Media & others
  Bennington Banner
  Brattleboro Reformer
  News & Citizen - Morrisville
  Politics1.com - Vermont
  Rutland Herald
  The Addison County Independent
  The Barre Montpelier Times Argus
  The Deerfield Valley News - West Dover
  The Stowe Reporter
  Valley News - White River Junction
  Valley Reporter - Waitsfield
  Vermont Cynic (UVM)
  Vermont Public Radio
  Vermont Public Television
  VTDigger - Montpelier
  WCAX TV - CBS - Burlington
  Williston Observer

 


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