Vermont 2009 General Election

The Green Papers: Vermont 2009 General Election

This page is for offices up for election in 2009. Find 2010 elections here.

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Vermont
Elections for Statewide offices and Congress

Electoral Votes:	3	(0.56% of 538)
Governor:	1
Senators:	2	(Electoral Classes 1 and 3)
2002-2010 Representatives:	1	(0.23% of 435)
2000 Census:	609,890	(0.22% of 281,998,273)
Estimated Voting age population (November 2000):	460,000
Registered Voters (November 2000):	427,354
Capital:	Montpelier

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Vermont State and Local Government



U.S. Senate 6 year term. No Term Limit. 111^th 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) • Seat up for election: Tuesday 6 November 2012

Class 3		Democratic	Senator Patrick Leahy • First elected: 1974; re-elected: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Governor 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010. Term Limit: None, All Governors

		Republican	Governor James H. "Jim" Douglas • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004, 2006, 2008 • Chair up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Chair - 27 August 2009: Announced he would not run for re-election
	If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Governor.

Lieutenant Governor 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

		Republican	Lieutenant Governor Brian E. Dubie • First Elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004, 2006, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Candidate for Governor in 2010

111^th U.S. House of Representatives 2 year term, Election Cycle 2006, 2008. No Term Limit. 111^th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition): 1 Democratic (1 Undetermined)

At-Large {map}		Democratic	Congressman Peter F. Welch • First elected: 2006 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Secretary of State 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

		Democratic/Republican	Secretary of State Deborah L. "Deb" Markowitz • First elected: 1998, re-elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010 • Open Seat - Gubernatorial Candidate in 2010

Attorney General 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

		Democratic	Attorney General William H. "Bill" Sorrell • Appointed 1997 to fill the unexpired of the term Jeffrey Amestoy; first elected 1998; re-elected: 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Treasurer 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

		Democratic/Republican	Treasurer Jeb Spaulding • First elected: 2002; re-elected: 2004, 2006, 2008 • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

Auditor of Accounts 2 year term, Election Cycle: 2008, 2010

		Republican	Auditor of Accounts Thomas M. "Tom" Salmon • First elected as a Democrat: 2006; re-elected: 2008. Switched affiliation to Republican 8 September 2009. • Seat up for election: Tuesday 2 November 2010

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
	• Democratic (affiliates): 3 incumbents
	• Republican: 3 incumbents
Other Third Parties
	• Democratic/Republican: 2 incumbents
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.

FEC indicates the Federal Election Commission (FEC) Campaign Finance Summary "Total Receipts" for candidates for Federal Office.