A general election was held in the
U.S. state
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of
Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...
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
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.
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
Philip Brian Scott (born August 4, 1958) is an American politician, businessman and stock car racer who has served as the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was elected governor in the 2016 general electi ...
(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) (also ran in Democratic primary)
Results
Liberty Union nomination
Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the
Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Lieutenant Governor. He also unsuccessfully ran in the Progressive primary.
General election
Candidates
*Randy Brock (R)
*Boots Wardinski (LU)
*Dave Zuckerman (P/D)
Polling
Results
Secretary of State
Incumbent Democratic
Secretary of State Jim Condos (since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Democratic primary
Incumbent Jim Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Results
Liberty Union nomination
Mary Alice Herbert
Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (February 28, 1935 - May 13, 2021) was an American schoolteacher and politician from Vermont who ran for vice president as the candidate for the Socialist Party USA in 2004; and ran for many offices in her home state. Sh ...
, candidate for Secretary of State in
2012
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, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Secretary of State.
General election
Candidates
*Jim Condos (D/R)
*Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (LU)
Results
Treasurer
Incumbent Democratic
Treasurer
A treasurer is the person responsible for running the treasury of an organization. The significant core functions of a corporate treasurer include cash and liquidity management, risk management, and corporate finance.
Government
The treasury ...
Beth Pearce
Elizabeth A. Pearce (born 1952/1953) is an American politician from Vermont who served as Vermont State Treasurer.
Biography
Beth Pearce resides in Barre. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of New Hampshire.
She was ...
(since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*Beth Pearce, incumbent (also ran in Republican primary)
*Richard Dunne, policy consultant
Results
Republican primary
Candidates
*Beth Pearce, incumbent (write-in) (also ran in Democratic primary)
*Wendy Wilton, nominee for Treasurer in
2012
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(write-in)
Results
Progressive primary
Candidates
*Don Schramm, nominee for Treasurer in
2014
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,
2012
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,
2010, and
2008
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(write-in)
Results
Liberty Union nomination
Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in
2014
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,
2010, and
2008
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, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Treasurer.
General election
Candidates
*Murray Ngoima (LU)
*Beth Pearce (D/R)
*Don Schramm (P)
Results
Attorney General
Incumbent Democratic
Attorney General William Sorrell, the state's longest-serving Attorney General (since 1997), did not run for reelection.
Democratic primary
Candidates
*
T.J. Donovan,
Chittenden County state's attorney
*H. Brooke Paige, businessman, perennial candidate (also ran for Governor)
Results
Republican primary
Deborah Bucknam, a private practice attorney, was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Results
Liberty Union nomination
Rosemarie Jackowski, journalist, teacher, activist, nominee for Attorney General in
2014
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, and
2012
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, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Attorney General.
General election
Candidates
*Deborah Bucknam (R)
*T.J. Donovan (D)
*Rosemarie Jackowski (LU)
Polling
Results
Auditor of Accounts
Incumbent Democratic/Progressive
Auditor
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Doug Hoffer (since 2013) ran again for a third term.
Democratic primary
Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary. (Also ran in Progressive primary)
Results
Republican primary
Dan Feliciano, strategic policy consultant,
Libertarian nominee for Governor in
2014
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and
2010, was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Results
Progressive primary
Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Progressive primary. (Also ran in Democratic primary)
Results
Liberty Union nomination
Marina Brown, nominee for Lieutenant Governor in
2014
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, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.
General election
Candidates
*Marina Brown (LU)
*Dan Feliciano (R)
*Doug Hoffer (D/P)
Results
State legislature
All 30 seats in the
Vermont Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-m ...
and all 150 seats of the
Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:
Senate
House of Representatives
And the results of the elections for both chambers was:
Senate
House of Representatives
References
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Vermont
Vermont () is a state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York to the west, and the Canadian province of Quebec to ...