Dara Torre

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Dara Torre
Image of Dara Torre
Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

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

Education

Bachelor's

Oberlin College

Personal
Profession
Program coordinator
Contact

Dara Torre (Democratic Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Washington-2 District. She assumed office on January 4, 2023. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Torre (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Washington-2 District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Dara Torre lives in Vermont. Torre earned a bachelor’s degree in history and a minor in government from Oberlin College, a certificate in nonprofit management from Marlboro College, and a certificate in climate change and health from Yale School of Public Health. Her career experience includes working as a U.S. program coordinator with the Regulatory Assistance Project and as an administrator with the Colorado AIDS Clinical Trials Unit. Torre began volunteering as Moretown’s energy coordinator, as a Central Vermont Regional Planning Commission board member, and as a Mad River Valley Rotary member.[1]

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 Washington 2 District (2 seats)

Candice White and incumbent Dara Torre defeated John Burns and Gene Bifano in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candice White
Candice White (D) Candidate Connection
 
34.8
 
3,164
Image of Dara Torre
Dara Torre (D)
 
29.1
 
2,644
John Burns (Independent)
 
24.2
 
2,201
Gene Bifano (Common Sense Party)
 
11.4
 
1,039
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
41

Total votes: 9,089
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Democratic primary election

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

Candice White and incumbent Dara Torre advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Candice White
Candice White Candidate Connection
 
51.5
 
659
Image of Dara Torre
Dara Torre
 
44.6
 
571
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.8
 
49

Total votes: 1,279
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Torre in this election.

2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

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

Incumbent Kari Dolan and Dara Torre defeated Rebecca Baruzzi and Gene Bifano in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kari Dolan
Kari Dolan (D)
 
39.9
 
3,109
Image of Dara Torre
Dara Torre (D)
 
29.3
 
2,282
Rebecca Baruzzi (Independent)
 
21.9
 
1,710
Gene Bifano (Independent)
 
8.5
 
663
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
27

Total votes: 7,791
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Kari Dolan and Dara Torre advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kari Dolan
Kari Dolan
 
53.3
 
1,588
Image of Dara Torre
Dara Torre
 
44.8
 
1,333
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.9
 
56

Total votes: 2,977
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Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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Campaign finance summary


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Dara Torre campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 DistrictWon general$4,644 $5,859
2022Vermont House of Representatives Washington 2 DistrictWon general$4,720 $4,141
Grand total$9,364 $10,000
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal 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

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