Christopher Bray
Christopher Bray (Democratic Party) was a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Addison District. He assumed office on January 9, 2013. He left office on January 8, 2025.
Bray (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Addison District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Bray earned his B.A. in zoology and his M.A. in English from the University of Vermont. He later attended the Bread Loaf Writers Program at Middlebury College.
Bray has worked as an English professor at the University of Vermont. He has also been the founder and owner of Common Ground Communications. Bray has also worked as a farmer.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Bray was assigned to the following committees:
- Finance Committee
- Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Chair
- Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee, Chair
- Joint Energy Committee, Chair
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
2021-2022
Bray was assigned to the following committees:
- Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee
- Joint Energy Committee
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
- Finance Committee
- Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Bray was assigned to the following committees:
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
- Joint Energy Committee
- Senate Government Operations Committee
- Natural Resources and Energy Committee, Chair
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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• Education |
• Natural Resources and Energy, Chair |
• Joint Energy |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Bray served on the following committees:
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• Government Operations |
• Natural Resources and Energy, Chair |
• Judicial Rules |
• Joint Energy |
• Legislative Information Technology, Chair |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Bray served on the following committees:
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• Agriculture |
• Finance |
• Legislative Information Technology |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Hardy and Steven Heffernan defeated incumbent Christopher Bray and Landel Cochran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Addison District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy (D) | 27.5 | 11,715 |
✔ | ![]() | Steven Heffernan (R) | 27.3 | 11,645 |
![]() | Christopher Bray (D) | 25.8 | 10,998 | |
![]() | Landel Cochran (R) | 19.3 | 8,211 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 62 |
Total votes: 42,631 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Hardy and incumbent Christopher Bray defeated Caleb Elder in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy | 41.0 | 3,435 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray | 32.5 | 2,722 |
Caleb Elder | 25.6 | 2,148 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 82 |
Total votes: 8,387 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Steven Heffernan and Landel Cochran defeated Lesley Bienvenue in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Steven Heffernan | 56.6 | 1,928 |
✔ | ![]() | Landel Cochran | 25.0 | 850 |
Lesley Bienvenue | 17.6 | 599 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 28 |
Total votes: 3,405 | ||||
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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 Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Christopher Bray and incumbent Ruth Hardy defeated Lloyd Dike, Robert Burton, and Mason Wade in the general election for Vermont State Senate Addison District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray (D) | 33.8 | 11,898 |
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy (D) | 33.3 | 11,732 |
Lloyd Dike (R) | 16.4 | 5,767 | ||
Robert Burton (R) | 14.1 | 4,952 | ||
![]() | Mason Wade (Independent) | 2.4 | 846 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 34 |
Total votes: 35,229 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Hardy and incumbent Christopher Bray advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy | 51.9 | 6,291 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray | 47.7 | 5,782 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 37 |
Total votes: 12,110 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Lloyd Dike and Robert Burton defeated incumbent Ruth Hardy in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Lloyd Dike (Write-in) | 22.0 | 109 | |
✔ | Robert Burton (Write-in) | 11.7 | 58 | |
![]() | Ruth Hardy (Write-in) | 6.3 | 31 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 60.1 | 298 |
Total votes: 496 | ||||
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2020
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Hardy and incumbent Christopher Bray defeated Peter Briggs, Jon Christiano, and Archie Flower in the general election for Vermont State Senate Addison District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy (D) | 32.8 | 13,063 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray (D) | 31.4 | 12,522 |
![]() | Peter Briggs (R) | 20.1 | 8,007 | |
Jon Christiano (R) | 13.6 | 5,442 | ||
Archie Flower (L) | 1.9 | 773 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 62 |
Total votes: 39,869 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Incumbent Ruth Hardy and incumbent Christopher Bray advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy | 51.2 | 6,451 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray | 48.3 | 6,086 |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 71 |
Total votes: 12,608 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Peter Briggs and Jon Christiano advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Peter Briggs | 89.5 | 2,924 |
✔ | Jon Christiano (Write-in) | 5.5 | 179 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 5.0 | 165 |
Total votes: 3,268 | ||||
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2018
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Addison District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy (D) | 28.1 | 9,040 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray (D) | 27.7 | 8,898 |
![]() | Peter Briggs (R) | 16.5 | 5,290 | |
Marie Audet (Independent) | 16.1 | 5,169 | ||
![]() | Paul Ralston (Independent) | 9.6 | 3,100 | |
Archie Flower (L) | 1.9 | 602 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 28 |
Total votes: 32,127 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Ruth Hardy and incumbent Christopher Bray advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Ruth Hardy | 51.1 | 4,058 |
✔ | ![]() | Christopher Bray | 48.9 | 3,889 |
Total votes: 7,947 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District (2 seats)
Peter Briggs advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Addison District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | ![]() | Peter Briggs | 100.0 | 1,540 |
Total votes: 1,540 | ||||
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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.
Incumbent Claire Ayer and incumbent Christopher Bray defeated Peter Briggs and Lynn Dike in the Vermont State Senate Addison District general election.[1][2]
Vermont State Senate, Addison District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
Democratic | ![]() |
34.42% | 11,988 | |
Democratic | ![]() |
27.41% | 9,545 | |
Republican | Peter Briggs | 21.05% | 7,330 | |
Republican | Lynn Dike | 17.12% | 5,963 | |
Total Votes | 34,826 | |||
Source: Vermont Secretary of State |
Incumbent Claire Ayer and incumbent Christopher Bray were unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Addison District Democratic primary.[3][4]
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Peter Briggs and Lynn Dike were unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Addison District Republican primary.[3][4]
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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. Addison has two state senators. Incumbents Claire Ayer and Christopher Bray were unopposed in the Democratic primary, and are unchallenged in the general election.[5] After facing no opposition in the Democratic primary, both incumbents will go equally unchallenged in the general election with no other candidates on the ballot.[6]
2012
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2012
Bray won election in the 2012 election for Vermont State Senate Addison District. Bray was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and won election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[7]
2010
Bray did not run for re-election to the Addison 5 District in 2010.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Christopher Bray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2020
Christopher Bray did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Bray's website highlighted the following campaign themes:
I want to work with you, serving in the Vermont Senate, to apply this balanced approach to solving the major challenges we face as a state:
- to develop a more prosperous local economy
- to ensure that all Vermonters have access to healthy, wholesome food
- to offer an affordable, high-quality education throughout life
- to provide every Vermonter access to affordable health care
- to develop an affordable and responsible energy future
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2024
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2023
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2022
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In 2022, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 21.
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2020
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In 2020, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 7 to August 30. The session was in recess after June 26 and reconvened August 25 to September 25.
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2019
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In 2019, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 29.
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2018
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2017
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2016
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2015
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2014
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In 2014, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 7 to May 10.
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2013
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In 2013, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 9 to May 14.
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Personal
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Bray and his partner, Kathy, have two children.
See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State’’, “2014 General Election Candidate Listing”, accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results Search," accessed April 22, 2014