2022 Vermont Attorney General election

The 2022 Vermont Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Vermont. Former Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan resigned after three terms in office. Susanne Young, appointed by Governor Phil Scott to fill the vacancy left by Donovan, was not running for a full term, and Vermont Republicans nominated Mike Tagliavia to run against Charity Clark, the Democratic candidate.

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew after winning primary

• H. Brooke Paige, newsstand owner and perennial candidate

Replacement nominee

• Mike Tagliavia, retired businessman

Declined

• Christina Nolan, former U.S. Attorney for the District of Vermont (ran for U.S. Senate)
• Susanne Young, incumbent attorney general

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

• Charity Clark, former chief of staff to former Attorney General T.J. Donovan

Eliminated in primary

• Rory Thibault, Washington County State's Attorney

Declined

• T.J. Donovan, former attorney general
• Sarah George, Chittenden County State's Attorney (ran for re-election)
• Shap Smith, former Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2016

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

Withdrew after winning primary

• Elijah Bergman, attorney

Results

General election

Clark was considered to be nearly certain to win, and the race was called for her as soon as polls closed. Upon her swearing-in, she became Vermont's first elected female Attorney General.

Predictions

Results

By county

Counties that flipped from Democratic to Republican

• Essex (largest town: Lunenburg)

See also

• Vermont Attorney General

References

External links

Official campaign websites

• Charity Clark (D) for Attorney General
• Mike Tagliavia (R) for Attorney General