Patrick Brennan (Vermont legislator)
2025 - Present
2027
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Patrick Brennan (Republican Party) is a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Grand Isle District. He assumed office on January 8, 2025. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Brennan (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Grand Isle District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Biography
Patrick Brennan was born in Burlington, Vermont. Brennan graduated from Rice Memorial High School. Brennan served as a justice of the peace, a Colchester High School key communicator, and became a member of the Colchester Republican Committee.[1]
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Brennan was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Brennan was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Brennan 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 |
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| • Transportation, Chair |
| • Transportation Oversight, Vice chair |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Brennan served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Transportation, Chair |
| • Joint Transportation Oversight |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Brennan served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Transportation, Chair |
| • Joint Transportation Oversight, Chair |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Brennan served on these committees:
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| • Transportation, Chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Brennan served on these committees:
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| • Transportation |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2026
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2026
General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District
Incumbent Patrick Brennan is running in the general election for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District on November 3, 2026.
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2024
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District
Patrick Brennan defeated incumbent Andrew Julow in the general election for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan (R) | 52.8 | 6,744 |
 | Andrew Julow (D) | 47.1 | 6,019 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 12,774 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District
Incumbent Andrew Julow defeated Julie Hulburd in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Andrew Julow | 51.5 | 868 |
| Julie Hulburd | 47.0 | 792 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 25 | ||
| Total votes: 1,685 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District
Patrick Brennan advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Grand Isle District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan | 96.9 | 911 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.1 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 940 | |||
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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 Chittenden 19 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Sarita Austin and incumbent Patrick Brennan defeated Spencer Sherman in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 19 District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Sarita Austin (D) | 44.9 | 2,428 |
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan (R) | 42.9 | 2,317 |
| Spencer Sherman (L) | 11.6 | 628 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 5,403 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 19 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Sarita Austin advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 19 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarita Austin | 95.4 | 1,131 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.6 | 55 | ||
| Total votes: 1,186 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 19 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Patrick Brennan advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 19 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan | 97.3 | 397 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 408 | |||
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2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Patrick Brennan and incumbent Sarita Austin defeated Jon Lynch in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan (R) | 37.9 | 2,815 |
| ✔ | | Sarita Austin (D) | 34.8 | 2,582 |
| Jon Lynch (R) | 26.9 | 1,995 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 34 | ||
| Total votes: 7,426 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Sarita Austin advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarita Austin | 95.9 | 1,141 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 4.1 | 49 | ||
| Total votes: 1,190 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Patrick Brennan and Jon Lynch defeated Alex Darr in the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan | 56.7 | 684 |
| ✔ | Jon Lynch | 32.4 | 391 | |
| Alex Darr | 10.0 | 121 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 1,206 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Patrick Brennan and Sarita Austin defeated Herb Downing and Pam Loranger in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan (R) | 28.1 | 1,842 |
| ✔ | | Sarita Austin (D) | 26.6 | 1,741 |
| Herb Downing (D) | 22.8 | 1,496 | ||
 | Pam Loranger (R) | 22.4 | 1,465 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 6,554 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Sarita Austin and Herb Downing advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Sarita Austin | 51.6 | 529 |
| ✔ | Herb Downing | 48.4 | 497 | |
| Total votes: 1,026 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Patrick Brennan defeated John Nagle III in the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Patrick Brennan | 73.2 | 476 |
| John Nagle III | 26.8 | 174 | ||
| Total votes: 650 | |||
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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 Maureen Dakin and incumbent Patrick Brennan were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-9-2 District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-9-2 District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Maureen Dakin Incumbent |
47.63% | 2,532 | |
| Republican | Patrick Brennan Incumbent |
52.37% | 2,784 | |
| Total Votes | 5,316 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Maureen Dakin ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-9-2 District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-9-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Democratic | Maureen Dakin Incumbent (unopposed) | |
Incumbent Patrick Brennan ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-9-2 District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-9-2 District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Patrick Brennan Incumbent (unopposed) | |
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. Chittenden-9-2 has two state representatives. Incumbent Kristy Kurt Spengler and Maureen Dakin were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Patrick Brennan and Pam Loranger were unopposed in the Republican primary. Dana Rushford ran as Libertarian candidates.[6][7][8][9] Brennan and Dakin defeated Spengler, Loranger and Rushford in the general election.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Patrick Brennan Incumbent |
34.2% | 1,608 | |
| Democratic | Maureen P. Dakin |
24.3% | 1,140 | |
| Republican | Pam Loranger | 22% | 1,035 | |
| Democratic | Kristy Kurt Spengler Incumbent | 17.5% | 823 | |
| Libertarian | Dana Rushford | 1.9% | 90 | |
| Total Votes | 4,696 | |||
2012
Brennan won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 9-2. Brenna was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Kristy Kurt Spengler Incumbent |
30.9% | 1,790 | |
| Republican | Patrick Brennan Incumbent |
40.6% | 2,350 | |
| Independent | Patricia Porter | 28.5% | 1,649 | |
| Total Votes | 5,789 | |||
2010
Brennan ran for re-election to the Chittenden 7-2 District in 2010. He and Kristy Kurt Spengler (D) both won re-election in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden 7-2 General Election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Patrick Brennan (R)
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2,015 | |||
| Kristy Kurt Spengler (D)
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1,468 | |||
| Patricia Porter (I) | 1,197 | |||
Campaign themes
2026
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2024
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2023
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2022
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Personal
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Brennan and his wife, Mary Elizabeth Beauvais, have two children.
See also
2026 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "Representative Patrick Brennan," accessed March 2, 2023
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results Search," accessed April 23, 2014
