The Green Papers: Vermont 2021 General Election
 
This page is for offices up for election in 2021. Find 2022 elections here.

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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(0.56% of 538)
2022-2030 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
2010 Census:630,337 (0.20% of 309,785,186)
2012, 2016, 2020 Electoral Votes:3(0.56% of 538)
2012-2020 Representatives:1(0.23% of 435)
Capital:Montpelier
 

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Vermont State and Local Government


The primary is used to select nominees for the Democratic, Green Mountain, Progressive, and Republican parties. The Green Mountain Party is not affiliated with any other party.

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. 117th 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.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 5 November 2024

Class 3 Democratic Senator Patrick J. Leahy
First elected: 1974; re-elected: 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998, 2004, 2010, 2016.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 15 November 2021: Senator Leahy will not seek re-election.
 Candidate list (7)
  Candidate Democratic     Alexandra Nicole "Niki" Thran
FEC S2VT00177; 30 Sep 21; Tot $13,640; Dsb $1,710
  Candidate Democratic     Member of Congress Peter F. Welch
22 November 2021: Running for the U.S. Senate in 2022.

FEC S2VT00235
  Candidate Republican     Thomas "Tom" Sullivan
FEC S2VT00250
  Candidate American Independent     Carl Mark Coester
FEC S2VT00185
  Candidate Independent     Cris Ericson
FEC H8VT00141
  Candidate Independent     Brock Pierce
FEC S2VT00227
  Candidate Independent     Kerry Raheb
FEC S2VT00243

Governor  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022. Term Limit: None, All Governors

  Republican Governor Phil Scott
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018, 2020.
Chair up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 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: 2020, 2022

  Democratic Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray
First elected: 2020
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 6 December 2021: Announced she will be a candidate for Congress in 2022.
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next Lieutenant Governor.

117th U.S. House of Representatives  2-year term. Election Cycle 2020, 2024. No Term Limit. 117th House
Partisan Composition (primary disposition):
1 Democratic (1 Open)

Incumbent - 117th Congress
At-Large Democratic Member of Congress Peter F. Welch
First elected: 2006
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
Open Seat - 22 November 2021: Running for the U.S. Senate in 2022.
 Candidate list (3) - 118th Congress
  Candidate Democratic     state Senator Rebecca "Becca" Balint
FEC H2VT01076
  Candidate Democratic     Lieutenant Governor Molly Gray
6 December 2021: Announced she will be a candidate for Congress in 2022

FEC H2VT01068
  Candidate Communist     Bryan Braga
FEC H2VT01050

Secretary of State  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022

  Democratic Secretary of State James C. "Jim" Condos
First elected: 2010; re-elected: 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Attorney General  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022

  Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan
First elected: 2016; re-elected: 2018, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022

Treasurer  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022

  Democratic Treasurer Elizabeth "Beth" Pearce
Appointed 20 December 2010 re: resignation of Jeb Spaulding; first elected: 2012; re-elected: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 If no candidate receives 50% of the vote in the November General Election, the state Legislature chooses the next State Treasurer.

Auditor of Accounts  2 year term, Election Cycle: 2020, 2022

  Democratic Auditor Doug Hoffer
First elected: 2012; re-elected: 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020.
Seat up for regular election: Tuesday 8 November 2022
 

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): 7 incumbents, 4 candidates
  Republican: 1 incumbent, 1 candidate
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
  American Independent (affiliate of America's Independent): 1 candidate
  Communist: 1 candidate
  Green Mountain
  Justice Party
  Liberty Union
  Progressive
  Right to Life
Independents
  Independent: 1 incumbent, 3 candidates
 
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.


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Republican
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Third Party
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  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
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  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
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  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
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  VTDigger - Montpelier
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  Williston Observer
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