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 A senate is a deliberative assembly, often the upper house or chamber of a bicameral legislature. The name comes from the ancient Roman Senate (Latin: ''Senatus''), so-called as an assembly of the senior (Latin: ''senex'' meaning "the el ...

seat and at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives.

Primary election Primary elections, or direct primary are a voting process by which voters can indicate their preference for their party's candidate, or a candidate in general, in an upcoming general election, local election, or by-election. Depending on the ...

s 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 A lieutenant governor, lieutenant-governor, or vice governor is a high officer of state, whose precise role and rank vary by jurisdiction. Often a lieutenant governor is the deputy, or lieutenant, to or ranked under a governor — a "second-in-comm ...

Phil Scott (since 2011) ran for Governor.

Republican primary

Randy Brock Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III (born September 28, 1943) is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party (United States), Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first Africa ...

, former

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(2005-2007) and

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(2009-2013), was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Kesha Ram Kesha Ram Hinsdale (born August 2, 1986) is an American activist and politician who serves as a member of the Vermont Senate. She served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016, representing the Chittenden 6-4 District (numbere ...

, State Representative * Shap Smith, Speaker of the

Vermont House of Representatives The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives ar ...

* 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. S ...

, candidate for Secretary of State in

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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

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 ap ...

(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

(write-in)

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

*Don Schramm, nominee for Treasurer in

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, and

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(write-in)

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in

, and

, 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

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William Sorrell William H. Sorrell (born March 9, 1947) is an American politician. He is the longest-serving attorney general in the history of the U.S. state of Vermont, holding the position for 20 years. Originally appointed by Governor Howard Dean in 1997, ...

, the state's longest-serving Attorney General (since 1997), did not run for reelection.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* T.J. Donovan, Chittenden County

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*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

, and

, 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

Doug Hoffer Douglas R. Hoffer Jr. (born September 3, 1951) is an American policy analysis, policy analyst from Burlington, Vermont, Burlington, Vermont, who is currently serving as the Vermont Auditor of Accounts, Vermont State Auditor. He took office on Jan ...

(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 Libertarianism (from french: libertaire, "libertarian"; from la, libertas, "freedom") is a political philosophy that upholds liberty as a core value. Libertarians seek to maximize autonomy and political freedom, and minimize the state's e ...

nominee for Governor in

and

, 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

, 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 and all 150 seats of the

were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:

President of the United States

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Republican primary

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Democratic primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

Treasurer

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

Attorney General

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Polling

Results

Auditor of Accounts

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Results

Progressive primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

State legislature

Senate

House of Representatives

Senate

House of Representatives

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