Vermont Vermont () is a U.S. state, state in the northeast New England region of the United States. Vermont is bordered by the states of Massachusetts to the south, New Hampshire to the east, and New York (state), New York to the west, and the Provin ...

's 2012 general elections were held on November 6, 2012. Primary elections were held on August 28, 2012.

Governor

Incumbent Democratic

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Peter Shumlin Peter Elliott Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he served as the List of governors of Vermont, 81st governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017. He ...

(since 2011) ran for re-election.

Lieutenant governor

Republican incumbent Phil Scott, who has held the position of

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(since 2011) ran for re-election to a second term. Cassandra Gekas, the former health care advocate for the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG), sought the Democratic nomination to challenge Scott.

Republican primary

Incumbent Phil Scott was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Democratic primary

Cassandra Gekas was unopposed for the nomination.

Liberty Union

Ben Mitchell was unopposed for the nomination.

General election

Candidates

*Ben Mitchell ( LU) *Cassandra Gekas ( D) *Phil Scott ( R)

Results

Secretary of State

Democratic incumbent

Jim Condos James Christos Condos (born January 29, 1951) is an American politician from Vermont. He is a former Vermont Secretary of State and former Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. The distric ...

, who has held the position of Secretary of State of Vermont since 2011, is currently running unopposed in the primary as well as the general elections. Condos has also been nominated by the Progressive Party. Liberty Union Party candidate Mary Alice Herbert was the sole declared candidate opposing Condos. She declined to debate Condos. Condos received 86.6% of the votes cast for the office of SoS.

Treasurer

Democratic incumbent

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, who was appointed to the position of

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in 2011, was elected to her first full term. Wendy Wilton, the Rutland City Treasurer and former

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, was the Republican nominee. Don Schramm, a retired businessman, was the Progressive nominee for the third election in a row.

Attorney general

Incumbent William Sorrell, who had held the position of

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since 1997, ran for re-election and defeated

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for the Democratic nomination. Democratic primary results: :Sorrell, 21,124 (50.8%) :Donovan, 20,410 (49.1%) For the general election,

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, a businessman who ran for the U.S. Senate in

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and

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, was the Republican nominee. Ed Stanak, a retired state employee and former president of the Vermont State Employees Union, was the Progressive candidate. Rosemarie Jackowski was on the ballot as the nominee of the Liberty Union Party. In the general election, Sorrell won another term. The results were: :Sorrell, 164,441 (57.9%) :McMullen, 94,588 (33.3%) :Stanak, 15,629 (5.5%) :Jackowski, 8,533 (3.0%) :Write-in, 588 (0.2%)

Auditor

On May 18, 2012, incumbent Auditor Thomas M. Salmon announced he would not be running for re-election.

Republican primary

Candidates

Vincent Illuzzi Vincent Illuzzi, Jr. (born September 17, 1953) is an American lawyer and politician from Derby, Vermont who formerly served as a Republican member of the Vermont State Senate representing the Essex-Orleans senate district. Illuzzi was first el ...

, Essex/Orleans State Senate

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Doug Hoffer Douglas R. Hoffer Jr. (born September 3, 1951) is an American policy analyst from Burlington, Vermont, who is currently serving as the Vermont State Auditor. He took office on January 10, 2013. Personal life Hoffer was born in New Rochelle, Ne ...

, self-employed policy analyst, nominee for Auditor in 2010

Results

General Election

Candidates

* Doug Hoffer (D/P) * Vincent Illuzzi (R) * Jerry Levy (LU)

Results

General Assembly

State Senate

All 30 members of the Vermont Senate are up for election. The state Senate currently consists of 20 Democrats, 8 Republicans, and 2 Progressives (who caucus with the Democratic majority). ;Open seats Chittenden: Democratic incumbent

Hinda Miller Hinda Miller, ''nee'' Schreiber (born April 18, 1950 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada) is a former Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. Hinda Miller was elected to the Vermont State Senate in ...

is retiring.

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- Orleans: Republican incumbent

is running for state Auditor. Franklin: Republican incumbent

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. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermo ...

is running for Governor. Democratic incumbent Sara Kittell is retiring.

State House of Representatives

All 150 members of the

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are up for election. The state House currently consists of 94 Democrats, 48 Republicans, 5 Progressives (who caucus with the Democratic majority), and 3 Independents (who also caucus with the Democratic majority). ;Open seats

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-2: Democratic incumbent and House Majority Leader Lucy Leriche is retiring. Caledonia-4: Republican incumbent Howard Crawford is retiring. Chittenden-6-3 ( Chittenden-3-3 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Jason Lorber is retiring. Chittenden-6-6: This is a new seat, with no incumbent. Chittenden-6-7 ( Chittenden-3-6 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Kenneth Atkins is retiring. Chittenden-7-4 ( Chittenden-3-9 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Bert Munger is retiring. Essex-Caledonia: Republican incumbent Janice L. Peaslee is retiring. Franklin-2 ( Franklin-1 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Gary Gilbert is retiring. Franklin-3-1 ( Franklin-3 prior to redistricting): Republican incumbent Dustin Allard Degree is seeking a state Senate seat. Franklin-5 ( Franklin-6 prior to redistricting): Republican incumbent

Norman H. McAllister Norman H. McAllister (born 1951) is an American politician who was a member of the Vermont Senate. He represented the Alburgh, Vermont, Alburgh-Franklin County, Vermont, Franklin district in Northwest Vermont. He was elected to the state legisla ...

is seeking a state Senate seat. Franklin-6 ( Franklin-2 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Richard Howrigan is retiring. Lamoille-3 ( Lamoille-4 prior to redistricting): Republican incumbent Adam Howard is retiring. Orleans-1: Republican incumbent Robert Lewis is seeking a state Senate seat. Rutland-6 ( Rutland-7 prior to redistricting): Republican incumbent Joe Acinapura is retiring. Windham-2-3 ( Windham-3-3 prior to redistricting): Progressive incumbent Sarah Edwards is retiring. Windham- Bennington- Windsor-1: Republican incumbent Oliver Olsen is retiring. Windsor-2: Democratic incumbent Ernest Shand is retiring. Windsor-4-2 ( Windsor-6-2 prior to redistricting): Democratic incumbent Charles Bohi is retiring.

References

External links

Elections & Campaign Finance Division
at the Vermont Secretary of State
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at

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