Richard Warden Sears Jr. (born April 22, 1943) is a
Democratic member of the
Vermont State Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-m ...
, representing the
Bennington senate district.
Richard Sears was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1992 and continues to serve in that office.
Biography
Sears was born in
Framingham, Massachusetts
Framingham () is a city in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts in the United States. Incorporated in 1700, it is located in Middlesex County and the MetroWest subregion of the Greater Boston metropolitan area. The city proper covers with a pop ...
on April 22, 1943. He attended school in
Ashland, Massachusetts
Ashland is a town in Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the MetroWest region. The population was 18,832 at the 2020 United States Census.
History
The area now known as Ashland was settled in the early 18th century an ...
, followed by the
New Hampton School
New Hampton School is an independent college preparatory high school in New Hampton, New Hampshire, United States. It has 305 students from over 30 states and 22 countries. The average class size is eleven, and the student-faculty ratio is five ...
in
New Hampton, New Hampshire
New Hampton is a town in Belknap County, New Hampshire, United States. The population was 2,377 at the 2020 census. A winter sports resort area, New Hampton is home to George Duncan State Forest and to the New Hampton School, a private prepara ...
. He went on to receive a
B.A.
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degree from the
University of Vermont
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in 1969.
He has resided in
Bennington, Vermont
Bennington is a town in Bennington County, Vermont, United States. It is one of two shire towns (county seats) of the county, the other being Manchester. As of the 2020 US Census, the population was 15,333. Bennington is the most populous t ...
since 1971, and is married to Beverly Sears (formerly Beverly Bushey).
He has worked in
residential programs for
troubled youth since the 1970s.
Public life
Sears served on the Bennington
school board
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The elected council determines the educational policy in a small regional are ...
from 1987 to 1993 and was chairman for four of those years.
He was elected to the
Vermont State Senate
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-m ...
in 1992 and has been reelected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.
See also
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Members of the Vermont Senate, 2005-2006 session
*
Members of the Vermont Senate, 2007-2008 session
External links
Vermont Senate Biographies
Democratic Party Vermont state senators
1943 births
Living people
Politicians from Bennington, Vermont
People from Framingham, Massachusetts
School board members in Vermont
21st-century American legislators
New Hampton School alumni
University of Vermont alumni
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