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2022 Vermont Attorney General Election
The 2022 Vermont Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Vermont. Former Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan resigned after three terms in office. Susanne Young, appointed by Governor Phil Scott to fill the vacancy left by Donovan, is not running for a full term, and Vermont Republicans nominated Mike Tagliavia to run against Charity Clark, the Democratic candidate. Republican primary Candidates Withdrew after winning primary *H. Brooke Paige, newsstand owner and perennial candidate Replacement nominee *Mike Tagliavia, retired businessman Declined * Christina Nolan, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont ''( ran for U.S. Senate)'' * Susanne Young, incumbent attorney general Results Democratic primary Candidates Nominee * Charity Clark, former chief of staff to former Attorney General T.J. Donovan Eliminated in primary *Rory Thibault, Washington County State's Attorney Declined * T.J. Donovan ...
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Charity Clark
Charity Rae Clark (born July 15, 1975) is an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, she has served as Vermont Attorney General since January 2023. Early life and career Charity Rae Clark was born in Springfield, Vermont on July 15, 1975. She was raised in Manchester, Vermont and resides in Williston, Vermont. She is a descendant of Thomas Chittenden, the first governor of Vermont. Her father, Marshall Clark, owned a supermarket in Londonderry, Vermont. Her mother, Melody MacGinnis Reed, was executive director of the non-profit arts organization Gallery at the VAULT in Springfield, Vermont, Springfield. Clark graduated from Burr and Burton Academy, Burr and Burton Seminary in 1993. Her siblings include a twin sister, Chelsea. She earned her Bachelor of Arts degree in political science from the University of Vermont in 1997 and served as a policy analyst in the administration of Governor Howard Dean. She then ...
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Sarah George (politician)
Sarah George is an American politician and prosecutor from the state of Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, she has served as the State's Attorney of Chittenden County since 2017. She has pursued criminal justice reform in office, avoiding seeking cash bail and discouraging the practice of non-public safety traffic stops, and was identified by CNN as part of a wave of progressive candidates running for prosecutorial positions in the United States. Elections George was appointed to the position in 2017 when her predecessor T.J. Donovan left office after being elected Attorney General of Vermont. She won a full term in 2018 with 99.1% of the vote. In 2022, she was challenged in the Democratic primary by Ted Kenney, a member of the Williston Board of Selectmen who claimed that George's policies made the county less safe. Kenney was supported by multiple police union A police union is a trade union for police officers. Police unions formed later than most other occupations ...
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2022 Vermont Elections
A general election were held in the U.S. state of Vermont in 2022. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class 3 U.S. Senate seat and its lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. U.S. Senate U.S. House Governor Lieutenant governor Attorney general State Treasurer Incumbent state treasurer Beth Pearce was eligible to seek a sixth term in office, but instead chose to retire due to a diagnosis of cancer. Democratic primary Candidates = Nominee = * Mike Pieciak, former commissioner of the Vermont Department of Financial Regulation = Declined = *Beth Pearce, incumbent state treasurer ''(endorsed Pieciak)'' Endorsements Republican primary After winning the primary, Paige indicated that he would drop out and let the Vermont Republican Party choose a replacement nominee. However, the party's executive committee could not find another candidate in time, and Paige continued as the Republican nominee. C ...
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Elections Daily
''Decision Desk HQ'' is an American website that focuses on reporting election results in the United States. The company's president is Drew McCoy. ''Decision Desk HQ'' uses an application programming interface (API) to get election results at the same time as they are published on websites provided by election officials. ''Decision Desk HQ'' was the first major election reporting organization to call the 2020 United States presidential election for Joe Biden. History ''Decision Desk HQ'', originally named ''Ace of Spades Decision Desk,'' was founded in 2012 by Brandon Finnigan as an alternative to what he deemed "slow" election calls by the Associated Press. It has called major races since the 2012 United States elections, and it first became known for calling the upset defeat of House Majority Leader Eric Cantor during his reelection bid to Virginia's 7th congressional district in 2014. In 2020, ''Decision Desk HQ'' was considered one of nine "official sources" for electi ...
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Sabato's Crystal Ball
''Sabato's Crystal Ball'' is an online political newsletter and election handicapper. It predicts electoral outcomes for the United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, U.S. governors, and U.S. presidential races, with electoral and political analysis. A publication of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, the ''Crystal Ball'' was founded by political analyst Larry Sabato, the Robert Kent Gooch Professor of Politics at the University of Virginia. History 2002 The ''Crystal Ball'' was first launched in September 2002, evolving from pre-election presentations given by founder Larry J. Sabato. For the 2002 midterm elections, the ''Crystal Ball'' tracked every U.S. Senate and gubernatorial race and the top 50 U.S. House of Representatives races. In 2002, the website received 160,000 hits, averaging over 5,000 hits per day over the last three weeks of the campaign, with over 1,500 people subscribing to its weekly e-mail updates. 2004 Following a post-e ...
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2016 Vermont Elections
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 8, 2016. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class III Senate seat and at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016. President of the United States United States Senate United States House of Representatives Governor Lieutenant Governor Incumbent Republican Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott (since 2011) ran for Governor. Republican primary Randy Brock, former State Auditor (2005-2007) and State Senator (2009-2013), was unopposed in the Republican primary. Results Democratic primary Candidates * Kesha Ram, State Representative * Shap Smith, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives * Dave Zuckerman, State Senator, farmer (also ran in Progressive primary) Results Progressive primary Candidates *Boots Wardinski, farmer, activist *Dave Zuckerman, State Senator, farmer (write-in) ...
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Lieutenant Governor Of Vermont
The lieutenant governor of Vermont is elected for a two-year term and chosen separately from the governor. The Vermont Lieutenant Governor's main responsibilities include acting as governor when the governor is out of state or incapacitated, presiding over the Vermont Senate, casting tie-breaking votes in the Senate when required, and acceding to the governorship in case of a vacancy. As a member of the state senate's Committee on Committees, the lieutenant governor plays a role in determining committee assignments for individual senators, as well as selecting committee chairs, vice chairs, and clerks. Mountain rule From the founding of the Republican Party in the 1850s until the 1960s only Republicans won general elections for Vermont's statewide offices. One method that made this possible was imposition of the "Mountain Rule." Under the provisions of the Mountain Rule, one U.S. Senator was a resident of the east side of the Green Mountains and one resided on the west side, an ...
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Speaker Of The Vermont House Of Representatives
The Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives is the Speaker or presiding officer of the Vermont House of Representatives, the lower house of the Vermont Legislature. The Speaker presides over sessions of the Houses, recognizes members so that they may speak, and ensures compliance with House rules for parliamentary procedure. The Speaker also assigns members to the standing committees of the House and assigns committee chairpersons. The Speaker is second (behind the Lieutenant Governor) in the line of succession to the office of Governor of Vermont. Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791 as the fourteenth state, but its House of Representatives dates from 1778, when the Vermont Republic was created. Vermont had a unicameral legislature until 1836, when the Governor's Council was abolished and the Vermont Senate was created. The Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives earned $10,080 starting in 2005. Beginning in 2007, this amount receives an annual ...
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Shap Smith
Shapleigh "Shap" Smith, Jr. (born December 16, 1965) is an American politician who served as the 92nd Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives. In August 2015 Smith announced his candidacy for the 2016 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont. In November he suspended his campaign, citing the need to spend time with his wife after she was diagnosed with breast cancer. After his wife's health improved, he considered reentering the gubernatorial race but did not think he could raise the required funds in time, so he entered the race for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont instead. He announced his candidacy in May 2016, and finished second to David Zuckerman in the Democratic primary. Biography Smith graduated from the University of Vermont (B.A., 1987), and is a member of the Phi Delta Theta fraternity. He also attended the Indiana University School of Law - Bloomington (J.D., cum laude, 1991). He is an attorney and shareholder with the law firm of Dinse, Knapp & McA ...
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Chittenden County, Vermont
Chittenden County () is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census, its population was 168,323. The county seat is Vermont's most populous municipality, the city of Burlington. The county has over a quarter of Vermont's population and more than twice the population of Vermont's second-most populous county, Rutland. The county also has more than twice the population density of Vermont's second-most dense county, Washington. The county is named for Vermont's first governor and one of the framers of its constitution as an independent republic and later U.S. state, Thomas Chittenden. The county has most of Vermont's fastest growing municipalities. It is one of the three counties that comprise the Burlington metropolitan area, along with the counties of Franklin and Grand Isle to the north and northwest, respectively. The University of Vermont, Vermont's largest university, is located in the county, as well as its affiliated hospital, the UVM ...
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Washington County, Vermont
Washington County is a county located in the U.S. state of Vermont. Named after George Washington, its county seat is the city of Montpelier (the least populous state capital in the United States) and the most populous municipality is the city of Barre. As of the 2020 census, the population was 59,807, making it the third-most populous county in Vermont, but the third-least populous capital county in the United States after Hughes County, South Dakota and Franklin County, Kentucky. Washington County comprises the Barre, Vermont micropolitan statistical area. In 2010, the center of population of Vermont was located in Washington County, in the town of Warren. History Washington County is one of several Vermont counties created from land ceded by the state of New York on January 15, 1777, when Vermont declared itself to be a distinct state from New York. The land originally was contested by Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and New Netherland, but it remained undelineated un ...
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Mike Tagliavia
The 2022 Vermont Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Vermont. Former Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan resigned after three terms in office. Susanne Young, appointed by Governor Phil Scott to fill the vacancy left by Donovan, is not running for a full term, and Vermont Republicans nominated Mike Tagliavia to run against Charity Clark, the Democratic candidate. Republican primary Candidates Withdrew after winning primary *H. Brooke Paige, newsstand owner and perennial candidate Replacement nominee *Mike Tagliavia, retired businessman Declined * Christina Nolan, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont ''( ran for U.S. Senate)'' * Susanne Young, incumbent attorney general Results Democratic primary Candidates Nominee * Charity Clark, former chief of staff to former Attorney General T.J. Donovan Eliminated in primary *Rory Thibault, Washington County State's Attorney Declined * T.J. Donovan ...
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