Matthew A. Trieber, known as Matt Trieber, is an American politician from

Bellows Falls, Vermont Bellows Falls is an incorporated village located in the town of Rockingham in Windham County, Vermont, United States. The population was 2,747 at the 2020 census. Bellows Falls is home to the Green Mountain Railroad, a heritage railroad; the ...

. A member of the

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, he is also a member of the

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, representing the Windham-3 district. He was appointed to the legislature by Governor

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in January 2011. Born and raised in Lynbrook, New York, Trieber is a graduate of the

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, where he earned a degree in earth and space sciences. He works as an environmental consultant. Trieber ran for the Rockingham selectboard in 2010, winning a one-year seat. When a three-year seat opened up on the board later in 2010, Trieber sought it and was elected. In January 2011, longtime state representative Mike Obuchowski stepped down from the legislature to become Vermont’s Commissioner of Buildings and General Services. On January 21, 2011, newly elected governor

announced that he had selected Trieber to fill Obuchowski's seat representing the Windham-4 district. Trieber took office on January 25. Trieber ran for election to the Windham-3 seat in 2012, after redistricting changed the composition of the state's districts. Three candidates filed for the district's two seats, all of them Democrats. Trieber faced Christopher Moore and Rep. Carolyn Partridge in the primary election held on August 29, 2012 and finished second, giving him a place on the November ballot. Trieber and Partridge ran unopposed in the general election. Matt Trieber is openly gay. His 2012 election campaign won the support of the Gay & Lesbian Victory Fund. He is one of six openly gay members of the

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, alongside representatives

Bill Lippert William J. Lippert, Jr., commonly known as Bill Lippert, is a legislator and gay rights activist from the U.S. state of Vermont who has served since 1994 in the Vermont House of Representatives as state representative of the Town of Hinesburg. H ...

(D–

Hinesburg Hinesburg is a town in Chittenden County, Vermont, United States. The town was named for Abel Hine, town clerk. The population was 4,698 at the 2020 census. The main settlement of Hinesburg in the center of town is a census-designated place (C ...

Herb Russell Herbert A. Font-Russell was an American politician from Rutland City, Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party, he was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2010, representing the Rutland-5-3 district. He took office on January 5, ...

(D–

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) and

Joanna E. Cole Joanna E. Cole (born January 23, 1948) is an American politician and educator from Burlington, Vermont, in the United States. A member of the Democratic Party, she was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2012, representing the Chi ...

(D–Burlington), as well as senators Brian Campion (D–

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) and Becca Balint (D– Windham).

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External links

Campaign website
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