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.
The incumbent representative was Democrat Peter Welch.
The incumbent governor was Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election.
Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) declined to run for a third term, and instead ran for governor.
Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman did not run for a third term.
The incumbent secretary of state was Democrat Jim Condos.
The incumbent treasurer was Democrat Beth Pearce.
The incumbent attorney general was Democrat T. J. Donovan.
The Republican nominee was H. Brooke Paige.
The incumbent auditor was Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.
No candidates filed for the Republican primary. Doug Hoffer won the nomination via write-in.
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.
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.
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.
Some county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:
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