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Diane Lanpher

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Diane Lanpher
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Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 5, 2024

Personal
Profession
Training Coordinator, The New England Institute of Addiction Studies
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Diane Lanpher (Democratic Party) was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Addison-3 District. She assumed office in 2009. She left office on January 8, 2025.

Lanpher (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Addison-3 District. She lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Lanpher earned her bachelor's degree from Hilbert College in 1975.

Lanpher worked in the Special Education Department at Vergennes Elementary School from 1986 to 1992. She then worked for Cornell Trading Incorporated from 1992 to 2001. From 2001 to 2006, she was a Training Coordinator for the Division of Alcohol and Drug Abuse of the Vermont Department of Health. She has been a training coordinator for The New England Institute of Addiction Studies.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Lanpher was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Lanpher was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Lanpher was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Appropriations

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lanpher served on the following committees:

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Lanpher served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lanpher served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lanpher served on these committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Rob North and incumbent Matt Birong defeated incumbent Diane Lanpher and Joseph Baker in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob North
Rob North (R)
 
27.7
 
2,679
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong (D)
 
24.6
 
2,374
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher (D)
 
24.4
 
2,357
Image of Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker (R)
 
23.2
 
2,240
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
13

Total votes: 9,663
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and incumbent Matt Birong advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher
 
49.6
 
677
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong
 
48.8
 
666
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
22

Total votes: 1,365
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Rob North and Joseph Baker advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob North
Rob North
 
77.6
 
568
Image of Joseph Baker
Joseph Baker (Write-in)
 
19.1
 
140
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.3
 
24

Total votes: 732
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and incumbent Matt Birong defeated Rob North and James McClay in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher (D)
 
31.1
 
2,540
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong (D)
 
30.9
 
2,520
Image of Rob North
Rob North (R)
 
21.9
 
1,790
James McClay (R)
 
15.9
 
1,298
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
8

Total votes: 8,156
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and incumbent Matt Birong advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher
 
50.2
 
1,215
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong
 
49.0
 
1,185
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
20

Total votes: 2,420
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Rob North and James McClay advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Rob North
Rob North
 
60.4
 
489
James McClay
 
37.7
 
305
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.9
 
15

Total votes: 809
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Matt Birong and incumbent Diane Lanpher defeated Tim Buskey and Steve Thurston in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong (D)
 
29.0
 
2,552
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher (D)
 
28.7
 
2,522
Tim Buskey (R)
 
22.9
 
2,015
Steve Thurston (R)
 
19.3
 
1,695
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
6

Total votes: 8,790
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and incumbent Matt Birong advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher
 
50.7
 
1,298
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong
 
48.7
 
1,247
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
16

Total votes: 2,561
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Tim Buskey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Tim Buskey
 
90.3
 
746
 Other/Write-in votes
 
9.7
 
80

Total votes: 826
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Matt Birong and incumbent Diane Lanpher defeated incumbent Warren Van Wyck in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong (D)
 
36.0
 
2,201
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher (D)
 
34.7
 
2,122
Image of Warren Van Wyck
Warren Van Wyck (R)
 
28.8
 
1,763
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
28

Total votes: 6,114
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and Matt Birong advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Diane Lanpher
Diane Lanpher
 
51.3
 
767
Image of Matt Birong
Matt Birong
 
48.7
 
728

Total votes: 1,495
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2016

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.

Incumbent Diane Lanpher and incumbent Warren Van Wyck defeated Frank "Fritz" Langrock and Monique Thurston in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-3 District general election.[1][2]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-3 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Diane Lanpher Incumbent 27.75% 2,104
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Warren Van Wyck Incumbent 26.17% 1,984
     Democratic Frank "Fritz" Langrock 24.14% 1,830
     Republican Monique Thurston 21.94% 1,663
Total Votes 7,581
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Incumbent Diane Lanpher and Frank "Fritz" Langrock were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-3 District Democratic primary.[3][4]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-3 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Diane Lanpher Incumbent 57.32% 705
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Frank "Fritz" Langrock 42.68% 525
Total Votes 1,230


Incumbent Warren Van Wyck and Monique Thurston were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-3 District Republican primary.[3][4]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-3 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Warren Van Wyck Incumbent 56.34% 644
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Monique Thurston 43.66% 499
Total Votes 1,143

2014

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Addison-3 has two state representatives. Incumbent Diane Lanpher and John Spencer were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Warren Van Wyck was unopposed in the Republican primary ballot,[5][6][7][8] but Peter Briggs launched a successful write-in candidate campaign. Lanpher and Van Wyck defeated Spencer and Briggs in the general election.[9][10]

Vermont House of Representatives Addison-3 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Lanpher Incumbent 27.6% 1,409
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Van Wyck Incumbent 25.8% 1,320
     Democratic John Spencer 22.8% 1,166
     Republican Peter Briggs 23.8% 1,218
Total Votes 5,113

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Lanpher won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3. Lanpher was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison 3 District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Lanpher Incumbent 42% 2,601
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngGregory Clark Incumbent 37.7% 2,333
     Democratic Arabella Holzapfel 20.3% 1,254
Total Votes 6,188

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

Lanpher won re-election to one of the two positions in the Addison 3 District in 2010. She ran against Thelma Oxholm (R), Gregory Clark (R), and Liz Markowski (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison 3 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Gregory Clark (R) 1,809
Green check mark transparent.png Diane Lanpher (D) 1,744
Thelma Oxholm (R) 1,442
Liz Markowski (D) 1,135

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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2014

In the announcement that she would seek re-election, Lanpher indicated that she would continue her work on transportation-related issues:

If I am re-elected, I plan to continue my work on transportation issues, working to fix and rebuild Vermont's roads and bridges. I also intend to make sure that the Champlain Bridge is built on time, and on budget.[12]
—Representative Diane Lanpher[13]

Campaign finance summary


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Diane Lanpher campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 DistrictLost general$4,960 $5,106
2022Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 DistrictWon general$8,195 $7,493
2020Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 DistrictWon general$3,325 N/A**
2018Vermont House of Representatives Addison 3 DistrictWon general$4,896 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Addison-3Won $7,866 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Addison-3Won $6,173 N/A**
2012Vermont State House, District Addison-3Won $5,243 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Addison-3Won $8,407 N/A**
2008Vermont State House, District Addison-3Won $7,584 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2024

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Personal

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Lanpher and her husband, Jim, have three children.

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Footnotes


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