Brian Collamore

Brian Collamore

Republican Party

Vermont State Senate Rutland District

Tenure

2015 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

10

Compensation

Base salary

$843.32/week during session

Per diem

No per diem paid during session. Members can receive $168.66/day in per diem outside of session.

Elections and appointments

Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

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Brian Collamore (Republican Party) (also known as BC) is a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Rutland District. He assumed office on January 7, 2015. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Collamore (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Rutland District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Collamore was assigned to the following committees:

• Agriculture Committee
• Senate Government Operations Committee
• Senate Committee on Reapportionment, Vice Chair
• Government Accountability Committee, Chair
• Judicial Retention Committee
• Joint Public Pension Oversight Committee

2021-2022

Collamore was assigned to the following committees:

• Government Accountability Committee
• Agriculture Committee
• Senate Government Operations Committee

2019-2020

Collamore was assigned to the following committees:

• Government Accountability Committee, Co-Chair
• Agriculture Committee
• Senate Government Operations Committee

2017 legislative session

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

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
• Agriculture
• Government Operations, Vice chair
• Government Accountability

2015 legislative session

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

Vermont committee assignments, 2015
• Government Operations
• Health and Welfare, Clerk

Sponsored legislation

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 State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore (R)	22.5	18,375
✔		David Weeks (R)	19.7	16,094
✔		Terry Williams (R)	19.6	15,996
	Submit photo	Marsha Cassel (D)	14.8	12,034
	Submit photo	Dana Peterson (D)	11.9	9,697
	Submit photo	Robert Richards (D)	11.3	9,228
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	126

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,550
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Marsha Cassel, Robert Richards, and Dana Peterson advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marsha Cassel	50.5	2,183
✔	Submit photo	Robert Richards	37.9	1,637
✔	Submit photo	Dana Peterson (Write-in)	6.7	290
		Other/Write-in votes	4.9	210

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,320
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Incumbent Brian Collamore, incumbent Terry Williams, and incumbent David Weeks advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore	35.5	2,524
✔		Terry Williams	33.9	2,409
✔		David Weeks	30.1	2,140
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	36

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,109
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore (R)	21.0	13,878
✔		Terry Williams (R)	17.3	11,453
✔		David Weeks (R)	16.2	10,703
	Submit photo	Anna Tadio (D)	15.8	10,453
	Submit photo	Bridgette Remington (D)	15.3	10,134
		Joshua Ferguson (D)	14.2	9,359
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	63

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 66,043
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Anna Tadio, Bridgette Remington, and Joshua Ferguson advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Anna Tadio	48.7	3,867
✔	Submit photo	Bridgette Remington	46.0	3,653
✔		Joshua Ferguson	1.9	148
		Other/Write-in votes	3.5	280

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,948
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Incumbent Brian Collamore, Terry Williams, and David Weeks advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore	37.8	2,966
✔		Terry Williams	32.6	2,554
✔		David Weeks	29.0	2,273
		Other/Write-in votes	0.6	50

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,843
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2020

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore (R)	18.3	14,861
✔		Joshua Terenzini (R)	17.3	14,008
✔	Submit photo	Cheryl Hooker (D)	16.3	13,196
		Terry Williams (R)	14.6	11,828
		Greg Cox (D)	12.7	10,280
	Submit photo	Larry Courcelle (D)	10.3	8,334
	Submit photo	Brittany Cavacas (Independent)	5.8	4,731
	Submit photo	Michael Shank (Independent)	2.8	2,266
	Submit photo	Casey Jennings (Independent)	1.2	1,009
	Submit photo	Richard Lenchus (Independent)	0.7	552
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	99

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 81,164
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Incumbent Cheryl Hooker, Greg Cox, and Larry Courcelle defeated Christopher Hoyt in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Cheryl Hooker	37.3	5,507
✔		Greg Cox	28.5	4,207
✔	Submit photo	Larry Courcelle	22.4	3,305
	Submit photo	Christopher Hoyt	10.8	1,592
		Other/Write-in votes	1.0	155

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,766
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Incumbent Brian Collamore, Joshua Terenzini, and Terry Williams advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore	34.8	5,040
✔		Joshua Terenzini	32.1	4,651
✔		Terry Williams	31.6	4,570
		Other/Write-in votes	1.5	211

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 14,472
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2018

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore (R)	18.9	11,380
✔	Submit photo	Cheryl Hooker (D)	17.9	10,767
✔		James McNeil (R)	17.7	10,673
	Submit photo	Edward Larson (R)	16.6	10,004
		Greg Cox (D)	16.5	9,949
		Scott Garren (D)	12.2	7,371
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	67

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 60,211
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District (3 seats)

Incumbent Brian Collamore, James McNeil, and Edward Larson defeated Terry Williams and incumbent David Soucy in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Rutland District on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Brian Collamore	29.0	3,504
✔		James McNeil	23.3	2,811
✔	Submit photo	Edward Larson	17.0	2,049
		Terry Williams	16.9	2,044
		David Soucy	13.8	1,661

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 12,069
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2016

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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.

The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Rutland District general election.

Vermont State Senate, Rutland District General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Mullin Incumbent	19.99%	14,191
	Republican	Brian Collamore Incumbent	19.27%	13,680
	Republican	Margaret Flory Incumbent	20.82%	14,782
	Democratic	Korrine Rodrigue	12.97%	9,212
	Democratic	Scott Garren	9.05%	6,428
	Democratic	Cheryl Hooker	14.99%	10,641
	Independent	Richard Lenchus	2.91%	2,067
Total Votes				71,001
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

Korrine Rodrigue ran unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Rutland District Democratic primary.

Vermont State Senate, Rutland District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Democratic	Korrine Rodrigue  (unopposed)

Incumbent Kevin Mullin, incumbent Brian Collamore and incumbent Margaret Flory were unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Rutland District Republican primary.

Vermont State Senate, Rutland District Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Kevin Mullin Incumbent	33.05%	3,728
	Republican	Brian Collamore Incumbent	33.05%	3,728
	Republican	Margaret Flory Incumbent	33.90%	3,824
Total Votes				11,280

2014

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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. Rutland has three state senators. Incumbent Eldred French, William Tracy Carris and Anissa Delauri were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Kevin Mullin, incumbent Peg Flory and Brian Collamore were unopposed in the Republican primary. Kelly Socia ran as a Vermont Politically Incorrect Party candidate. Collamore, Flory and Mullin defeated French, Carris, Delauri, and Socia in the general election.

Vermont State Senate Rutland District, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Republican	Peg Flory Incumbent	21.3%	10,213
	Republican	Kevin J. Mullin Incumbent	20.7%	9,932
	Republican	Brian P. Collamore	19.3%	9,275
	Democratic	William Tracy Carris	15.3%	7,362
	Democratic	Eldred French Incumbent	11.8%	5,651
	Democratic	Anissa Delauri	8.5%	4,091
	Independent	Kelly Socia	3.2%	1,528
Total Votes				48,052

Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Brian Collamore campaign contribution history

Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Vermont State Senate Rutland District	Won general	$7,553	$22,445
2022	Vermont State Senate Rutland District	Won general	$8,050	$8,503
2020	Vermont State Senate Rutland District	Won general	$5,345	N/A**
2016	Vermont State Senate, District Rutland	Won	$11,186	N/A**
2014	Vermont State Senate, District Rutland	Won	$9,980	N/A**
Grand total			$42,114	$30,948
Sources: OpenSecrets,  Federal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** 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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2023

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2022

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2021

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2020

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2019

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2018

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2017

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2016

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2015

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