Helen Riehle is an American politician from the

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who served as a U.S. Republican Party member of the

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, representing all of Chittenden County except for the town of

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. She is chair of the South Burlington City Council and resides in that city. Having previously served in both the State House and Senate, she was appointed by Governor

Peter Shumlin Peter Elliott Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he served as the 81st governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017. He was first elected to the office in 2010, and was reelected to ...

in March 2016 to succeed Diane Snelling, who had earlier resigned.

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