2020 Vermont elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 3, 2020. All of Vermont's executive officers will be up for election as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2020.

United States House of Representatives

The incumbent representative is Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor

The incumbent governor is Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election.[1]

Lieutenant governor

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Molly Gray Scott Milne
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 182,820 157,065
Percentage 51.3% 44.1%
County results
Gray:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%
Milne:      50–60%      60–70%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Dave Zuckerman
Progressive/Democratic

 Elected Lieutenant Governor

Molly Gray
Democratic

Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) declined to run for a third term, and instead ran for governor.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Molly Gray 47,636 46.0
Democratic Tim Ashe 35,954 34.7
Democratic Brenda Siegel 9,945 9.6
Democratic Debbie Ingram 9,466 9.1
Write-in Write-ins 568 0.5
Total votes 103,645 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
  • Don H. Turner Jr., nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, former minority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives

Results

Republican primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Scott Milne 26,817 51.5
Republican Meg Hansen 16,875 32.4
Republican Dwayne Tucker 3,066 5.9
Republican Dana Colson 2,736 5.2
Republican Jim Hogue 1,944 3.7
Write-in Write-ins 680 1.3
Total votes 52,118 100.0

Progressive primary

Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman is not running for a third term.

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Results

Progressive primary results
Party Candidate Votes %
Progressive Cris Ericson 438 57.5
Write-in Write-ins 324 42.5
Total votes 762 100.0

General election

Debate

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial debate
No. Date Host Moderator Link Democratic Republican Progressive Independent Stop the F35s
Key:
 P  Participant   A  Absent   N  Not invited   I  Invited  W  Withdrawn
Molly Gray Scott Milne Cris Ericson Wayne Billado III Ralph Corbo
1 Sep. 23, 2022 Town Meeting TV Stephanie Lahar YouTube P P N N P

Polling

Poll source Date(s)
administered		 Sample
size[lower-alpha 1]		 Margin
of error		 Molly
Gray (D)		 Scott
Milne (R)		 Other Undecided
co/efficient/Scott Milne for Lt. Governor[upper-alpha 1] October 19–29, 2020 584 (LV) ± 4.05% 43% 37% 7% 13%
Braun Research/VPR September 3–15, 2020 582 (LV) ± 4% 35% 31% 34%[lower-alpha 2] –

Results

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Molly Gray 182,820 51.3
Republican Scott Milne 157,065 44.1
Progressive Cris Ericson 7,862 2.2
Independent Wayne Billado III 5,101 1.4
Stop the F35s Ralph Corbo 2,289 0.6
Write-in Write-ins 1,097 0.3
Total votes 356,234 100.0

Secretary of state

2020 Vermont secretary of state election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Jim Condos H. Brooke Paige Pamala Smith
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote 214,666 99,564 21,210
Percentage 57.87 26.84 5.72
Secretary of State before election

Jim Condos
Democratic

 Elected Secretary of State

Jim Condos
Democratic

The incumbent secretary of state is Democrat Jim Condos.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • H. Brooke Paige, perennial candidate.

Treasurer

2020 Vermont treasurer election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Beth Pearce Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 197,255 114,177
Percentage 53.17 30.78
Treasurer before election

Beth Pearce
Democratic

 Elected Treasurer

Beth Pearce
Democratic

The incumbent treasurer is Democrat Beth Pearce.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Carolyn Whitney Branagan, former state representative to Franklin-1 (2003–2017) and former state senator to Franklin (2017–2019)

Attorney general

2020 Vermont Attorney General election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee T. J. Donovan H. Brooke Paige
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote 234,081 94,892
Percentage 63.10 25.58
County results
Donovan:      40–50%      50–60%      60–70%      70–80%
Attorney General before election

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

 Elected Attorney General

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

The incumbent attorney general is Democrat T. J. Donovan.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

The Republican nominee is H. Brooke Paige.

Candidates

Declared

Progressive primary

Candidates

Declared

Auditor

2020 Vermont Auditor election
November 3, 2020
 
Nominee Doug Hoffer Cris Ericson
Party Democratic Progressive
Alliance Progressive
Republican		 Marijuana
Popular vote 266,445 48,731
Percentage 71.82 13.14
Auditor before election

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

 Elected Auditor

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

The incumbent auditor is Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Progressive primary)
  • Linda Joy Sullivan, state representative

Republican primary

No candidates filed for the Republican primary. Doug Hoffer won the nomination via write-in.

Progressive primary

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer also ran in the Progressive primary. Perennial candidate Cris Ericson ran for the Progressive nomination for auditor, as well as several other statewide offices.

Candidates

Declared

General election

Candidates

(*Hoffer won the Democratic and Republican nominations. Ericson, who is not a member of the Progressive Party, won the primary election, however the Progressive state committee endorsed Hoffer for reelection. Hoffer had previously been nominated by both the Democratic and Progressive Parties in elections from 2010 to 2018.)

State legislature

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power remained the same in each chamber with Democrats having large majorities in both, however Republicans made very small gains in both chambers. While those gains were small, they allowed Republicans to break the Democrat/Progressive supermajority in the state house. This could potentially lead to any veto from Governor Phil Scott being upheld under these new circumstances.

County offices

Some county level offices will be up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:[16]

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Other/not sure/no opinion" with 24%; Ericson (Progressive) and "No one/not voting on this item" with 4%; Billado (I) with 2%; Cordo (Banish the F35s) with 0%
Partisan clients
  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Milne's campaign in the 2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

References

  1. ↑ Heintz, Paul. "Scott's Victory Lap: Gov Wins Third Term, Gray Elected LG, Speaker Johnson Falls Short". Seven Days.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "General Election Candidates". sos.vermont.gov. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  3. ↑ Flanders, Colin. "Molly Gray Announces Bid to Become Lieutenant Governor of Vermont". Seven Days. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  4. ↑ X; L, er; en; Jan 8 2020January 13, Kit Norton; Footnotes, 2020 | 15 Reader (January 8, 2020). "Senate leader Tim Ashe to run for open lieutenant governor post". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ↑ "Tim Ashe officially announces run for lieutenant governor seat". WPTZ. January 14, 2020. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  6. ↑ WCAX. "Brenda Siegel officially running for Vermont lieutenant governor". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  7. ↑ Jan 15 2020January 15, Kit Norton; Footnotes, 2020 | 3 Reader (January 15, 2020). "Sen. Debbie Ingram enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ Bradley, Pat (February 20, 2020). "Two-Term Vermont State Senator Discusses Her Campaign For Lieutenant Governor". www.wamc.org. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  9. ↑ May 28 2020May 29, Elizabeth Hewitt; Footnotes, 2020 | 10 Reader (May 28, 2020). "Milne joins race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 9, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ↑ Jan 6 2020January 7, Grace Elletson; Footnotes, 2020 | 12 Reader (January 6, 2020). "'Agri-publican' candidates look to broaden appeal of Republican ticket". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  11. ↑ Cutler, Calvin. "'Agripublicans' announce candidacies for Vermont offices". www.wcax.com. Retrieved June 21, 2020.
  12. ↑ "Republican Lieutenant Governor Primary Race 2020: Dwayne Tucker". August 5, 2020.
  13. ↑ Dec 17 2019December 18, Ellie French; Footnotes, 2019 | 29 Reader (December 17, 2019). "Republican Meg Hansen enters race for lieutenant governor". VTDigger. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  14. ↑ 2ndvtrepublic (May 13, 2017). "Secede – From What? US of Empire and Plan 'V" for a 2VR (INDY RADIO)". Vermont Independent. Retrieved June 21, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  15. 1 2 Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: "Progressive Party State Committee Meeting". YouTube.
  16. ↑ "VT Elections Database » Vermont Election Statistics". Archived from the original on August 17, 2019. Retrieved January 18, 2020.
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