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Fred K. Baser

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Fred Baser
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Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District

Elections and appointments
Last election

November 6, 2018

Personal
Profession
CEO, Bristol Financial Services
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Fred Baser (Republican Party) was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Addison-4 District. Baser assumed office on January 7, 2015. Baser left office on January 9, 2019.

Baser (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Addison-4 District. Baser lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.

He was elected to the chamber in 2014.

Committee assignments

2017 legislative session

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

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Ways and Means

2015 legislative session

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

Campaign themes

2014

Baser's website has emphasized the following campaign themes:[1]

Educational Property Tax Relief

  • Excerpt: "Many people struggle with dealing with the cost of owning a home that comes with rising property taxes. The legislature will have to take some steps to address people concerns in education funding."

Economic Development

  • Excerpt: "With the state budget going up by an average of 5% per year for the last four plus years, we need to grow our tax base in order to support programs that have been put in place."

Universal Healthcare

  • Excerpt: "Act 48 speaks to all Vermonters having competitive universal health insurance with a “fair” system of payment that promotes wellness, and controls rising health care costs."

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

2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District (2 seats)

Caleb Elder and Mari Cordes defeated incumbent Fred Baser and Valerie Mullin in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Caleb Elder
Caleb Elder (D)
 
29.0
 
2,278
Mari Cordes (D)
 
26.5
 
2,077
Image of Fred Baser
Fred Baser (R)
 
25.7
 
2,018
Image of Valerie Mullin
Valerie Mullin (R)
 
18.7
 
1,466
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
4

Total votes: 7,843
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District (2 seats)

Mari Cordes and Caleb Elder defeated Paul Forlenza and Rob Demic in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Mari Cordes
 
38.2
 
1,037
Image of Caleb Elder
Caleb Elder
 
31.9
 
865
Paul Forlenza
 
19.0
 
516
Rob Demic
 
10.9
 
297

Total votes: 2,715
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Fred Baser and Valerie Mullin advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Fred Baser
Fred Baser
 
51.0
 
318
Image of Valerie Mullin
Valerie Mullin
 
49.0
 
306

Total votes: 624
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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 Dave Sharpe and incumbent Fred K. Baser defeated Mari Cordes and Valerie Mullin in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-4 District general election.[2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-4 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Sharpe Incumbent 28.23% 2,386
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Fred K. Baser Incumbent 29.94% 2,530
     Democratic Mari Cordes 20.80% 1,758
     Republican Valerie Mullin 21.03% 1,777
Total Votes 8,451
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Incumbent Dave Sharpe and Mari Cordes defeated Stephen Pilcher in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-4 District Democratic primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-4 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Sharpe Incumbent 40.10% 887
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Mari Cordes 33.82% 748
     Democratic Stephen Pilcher 26.08% 577
Total Votes 2,212


Incumbent Fred K. Baser and Valerie Mullin were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Addison-4 District Republican primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Addison-4 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Fred K. Baser Incumbent 50.27% 551
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Valerie Mullin 49.73% 545
Total Votes 1,096

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-4 has two state representatives. Incumbents David Sharpe and Michael Fisher were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Valerie Mullin and Fred K. Baser were unopposed in the Republican primary.[6][7][8][9] All four candidates received enough votes to in their respective primaries to move forward to the general election. Baser and Sharpe defeated Fisher and Mullin in the general election.[10]

Vermont House of Representatives Addison-4 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngFred K. Baser 27.2% 1,878
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDave Sharpe Incumbent 25.6% 1,767
     Democratic Michael Fisher Incumbent 25.2% 1,740
     Republican Valerie Mullin 22% 1,519
Total Votes 6,904

Campaign finance summary


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Fred Baser campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2018Vermont House of Representatives Addison 4 DistrictLost general$4,989 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Addison-4Won $10,160 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Addison-4Won $11,948 N/A**
Grand total$27,097 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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2018

In 2018, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 13. There was also a special session from May 23 through June 29.

Legislators are scored based on their votes on small business issues.
Legislators are scored based on their voting records on environmental issues.
Legislators are scored by VPIRG on bills related to public interest issues.
Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2017


2016


2015



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Footnotes

Current members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Lori Houghton
Minority Leader:Patricia McCoy
Representatives
Addison-1 District
Addison-2 District
Addison-3 District
Rob North (R)
Addison-4 District
Addison-5 District
Addison-Rutland District
Jim Casey (R)
Bennington-1 District
Bennington-2 District
Bennington-3 District
Bennington-4 District
Bennington-5 District
Bennington-Rutland District
Caledonia-1 District
Caledonia-2 District
Caledonia-3 District
Caledonia-Essex District
Caledonia-Washington District
Chittenden 3 District
Chittenden-1 District
Chittenden-10 District
Chittenden-11 District
Chittenden-12 District
Chittenden-13 District
Chittenden-14 District
Chittenden-15 District
Chittenden-16 District
Chittenden-17 District
Chittenden-18 District
Carol Ode (D)
Chittenden-19 District
Chittenden-2 District
Chittenden-20 District
Chittenden-21 District
Chittenden-22 District
Chittenden-23 District
Chittenden-24 District
Chittenden-25 District
Chittenden-4 District
Chittenden-5 District
Chittenden-6 District
Chittenden-7 District
Chittenden-8 District
Chittenden-9 District
Chittenden-Franklin District
Essex-Caledonia District
Essex-Orleans District
Franklin-1 District
Franklin-2 District
Franklin-3 District
Franklin-4 District
Franklin-5 District
Franklin-6 District
Franklin-7 District
Franklin-8 District
Grand Isle-Chittenden District
Lamoille-1 District
Lamoille-2 District
Lamoille-3 District
Lamoille-Washington District
Orange-1 District
Orange-2 District
Orange-3 District
Orange-Caledonia District
Orange-Washington-Addison District
Orleans-1 District
Orleans-2 District
Orleans-3 District
Ken Wells (R)
Orleans-4 District
Orleans-Lamoille District
Rutland-1 District
Rutland-10 District
Rutland-11 District
Rutland-2 District
Rutland-3 District
Rutland-4 District
Rutland-5 District
Rutland-6 District
Rutland-7 District
Rutland-8 District
Rutland-9 District
Rutland-Bennington District
Rutland-Windsor District
Washington-1 District
Washington-2 District
Washington-3 District
Washington-4 District
Washington-5 District
Washington-6 District
Washington-Chittenden District
Washington-Orange District
Windham-1 District
Windham-2 District
Windham-3 District
Windham-4 District
Windham-5 District
Windham-6 District
Windham-7 District
Windham-8 District
Windham-9 District
Windham-Windsor-Bennigton District
Windsor-1 District
Windsor-2 District
VL Coffin (R)
Windsor-3 District
Windsor-4 District
Windsor-5 District
Windsor-6 District
Esme Cole (D)
Windsor-Addison District
Windsor-Orange-1 District
Windsor-Orange-2 District
Windsor-Windham District
Democratic Party (86)
Republican Party (56)
Independent (4)
Vermont Progressive Party (3)


Political offices
Preceded by
David Olsen (R)NA
Vermont House of Representatives Addison-4 District
2014-2019
Succeeded by
Caleb Elder (D)