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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 were 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.

Presidential election

United States House of Representatives

The incumbent representative was Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor

The incumbent governor was Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election.

Lieutenant governor

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

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
  • Scott Milne, Republican nominee for governor in 2014, Republican nominee for US Senate in 2016, businessman
Eliminated in primary
  • Dana Colson Jr.
  • Meg Hansen, former executive director of Vermonters for Healthcare Freedom
  • Jim Hogue, Vermont secession activist
  • Dwayne Tucker, contractor and civil engineer
Declined
  • Don H. Turner Jr., nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, former minority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives

Results

Progressive primary

Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman did not run for a third term.

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Results

General election

Debate

Polling

Results

Secretary of state

The incumbent secretary of state was Democrat Jim Condos.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

State Treasurer

The incumbent treasurer was 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

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

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

The Republican nominee was H. Brooke Paige.

Candidates

Declared

Progressive primary

Candidates

Declared

State Auditor

The incumbent auditor was 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 was not a member of the Progressive Party, won the primary election. However, the Progressive state committee endorsed Hoffer for reelection. He 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.

State senate

House of Representatives

County offices

Some county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:

Addison County

Bennington County

Caledonia County

Chittenden County

Essex County

Franklin County

Grand Isle County

Lamoille County

Orange County

Orleans County

Rutland County

Washington County

Windham County

Windsor County

Notes

Partisan clients<br />

References

External links