Dustin Allard Degree (born February 12, 1985) is a

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from the city of

St. Albans St Albans () is a cathedral city in Hertfordshire, England, east of Hemel Hempstead and west of Hatfield, north-west of London, south-west of Welwyn Garden City and south-east of Luton. St Albans was the first major town on the old Roman ro ...

in the U.S. state of

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. A Republican, he represented St. Albans in the

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during the 2011-2012 biennial session. Degree graduated from

Bellows Free Academy, St. Albans Bellows Free Academy is a high school, grades 9-12, in St. Albans (city), Vermont, St. Albans, Vermont, USA. BFA-St. Albans is the largest secondary school in Franklin County, Vermont. There were 987 students in attendance as of the 2014–2015 sc ...

in 2003, attended the Tilton School in 2004, and attended

Norwich University Norwich University – The Military College of Vermont is a private senior military college in Northfield, Vermont. It is the oldest private and senior military college in the United States and offers bachelor's and master's degrees on-campus ...

and the

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. He worked in the office of Governor Jim Douglas. In June 2010, Degree left his job in the governor's office to run for 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 ...

, seeking the Franklin-3 District seat in the General Assembly to represent St. Albans City. He cited fiscal responsibility and the need to provide more opportunities to young Vermonters as his top priorities during the campaign. On November 2, 2010, Degree defeated one-term incumbent State Representative Jeff Young by 243 votes to secure one of the two seats in the district. When he took office on January 5, 2011, at 25 years old, he was the second youngest member of the Vermont General Assembly and the youngest Republican serving in the Legislature. Degree was also the principal in the St. Albans consulting company Champlain Strategies, LLC. In 2012, Degree ran for the State Senate; he won a nomination for one of Franklin County's two seats. In the general election, he was defeated by only 34 votes, a result which was confirmed by a recount. Degree ran again in 2014; in November, he won election to one of Franklin County's two seats. In 2016, Degree was reelected to a second term. In January 2017, the Republican members of the State Senate chose him to serve as minority leader. Degree resigned from the Senate in November 2017 in order to join the administration of Governor Phil Scott as special assistant to the governor and executive director of workforce expansion. In December 2017, Scott announced that he had appointed

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 ...

to fill the Senate vacancy caused by Degree's resignation.

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''St. Albans Messenger'' {{DEFAULTSORT:Degree, Dustin Allard 1985 births Republican Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives Republican Party Vermont state senators Living people People from Franklin County, Vermont Norwich University alumni University of Vermont alumni Tilton School alumni