James Christos Condos (born January 29, 1951) is an American politician from Vermont. He is a former

Vermont Secretary of State The secretary of state of Vermont is one of five cabinet-level constitutional officers in the U.S. state of Vermont which are elected every two years. The secretary of state is fourth (behind the lieutenant governor, speaker of the House of Repr ...

and former Democratic member of the

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, representing the Chittenden senate district. The district includes all of Chittenden County, except the town of

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. Condos served in the Vermont State Senate from 2001 to 2009. He was succeeded by

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. In June 2010, Jim Condos announced he was running for Vermont Secretary of State in the November 2010 election. He won the Democratic Party primary by a 2 to 1 vote, winning in every Vermont county. In the general election, Condos defeated

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Biography

Jim Condos was raised, educated, and worked his entire career in Vermont. He comes from a working-class family. His father, Chris, worked in the restaurant business, and his mother, Irene, worked as an administrative assistant to the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the

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. He is of

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descent. Condos attended Burlington public schools until his family moved to South Burlington where he graduated from South Burlington High School. He graduated from the University of Vermont with a

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degree in Resource Economics. His entire working career has been in Vermont, with both public and private experience. His experience has involved managing, policy making, operations, and service to Vermonters. He worked for a Fortune 100 company, a $30 million Vermont family owned business, and a state regulated utility. He has one daughter, Chelsea, living in South Burlington with her husband and two children.

Public life

Condos served for eight years in the

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representing Chittenden County, and for 18 years on the South Burlington City Council. Condos served as Chair of Senate Education and Chair of Senate Government Operations Committees, and Chair of the South Burlington City Council for eight years. Condos has also served on the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Chittenden Solid Waste District, The Chittenden County Transportation Authority; the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization; and he also served as a board member for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the

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. Condos became President of the National Association of Secretaries of State in July 2018.

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