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Dawn Ellis
Dawn Ellis (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Ellis (Democratic Party) also ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden Central District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2022.
Biography
Dawn Ellis served as a 2012 Vermont at-large delegate to the Democratic National Convention. She was elected as a Justice of the Peace in Vermont. In 2015, she was appointed as a commissioner to the Vermont Human Rights Commission, first by Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) then reappointed by Gov. Phil Scott (R). Ellis was also appointed to the Delaware Council of the Arts by Gov. Ruth Ann Miller (D).[1]
Elections
2022
U.S. House
See also: United States Senate election in Vermont, 2022
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Vermont
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Vermont on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Peter Welch (D) | 68.5 | 196,575 |
 | Gerald Malloy (R)  | 28.0 | 80,468 | |
 | Dawn Ellis (Independent) | 1.0 | 2,752 | |
| Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont) | 0.5 | 1,574 | ||
 | Kerry Patrick Raheb (Independent) | 0.5 | 1,532 | |
 | Mark Coester (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,273 | |
| Stephen Duke (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,209 | ||
 | Cris Ericson (Independent) | 0.4 | 1,105 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 612 | ||
| Total votes: 287,100 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Brock Pierce (Independent)
- Martha Abbott (Vermont Progressive Party)
- Christopher Helali (Communist Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Peter Welch defeated Isaac Evans-Frantz and Niki Thran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Peter Welch | 87.0 | 86,603 |
 | Isaac Evans-Frantz | 7.3 | 7,230 | |
 | Niki Thran | 5.1 | 5,104 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 599 | ||
| Total votes: 99,536 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Gerald Malloy defeated Christina Nolan and Myers Mermel in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gerald Malloy | 42.4 | 12,169 |
 | Christina Nolan | 37.7 | 10,825 | |
 | Myers Mermel | 18.2 | 5,227 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.7 | 489 | ||
| Total votes: 28,710 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Justin Tuthill (R)
Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Martha Abbott advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Martha Abbott | 86.6 | 473 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 13.4 | 73 | ||
| Total votes: 546 | |||
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State Senate
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Central District (3 seats)
Incumbent Philip Baruth, Martine Gulick, and Tanya Vyhovsky defeated Infinite Culcleasure in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Central District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Philip Baruth (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 32.0 | 15,189 |
| ✔ |  | Martine Gulick (D) | 29.5 | 14,007 |
| ✔ |  | Tanya Vyhovsky (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 26.1 | 12,378 |
| Infinite Culcleasure (Independent) | 11.2 | 5,327 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 600 | ||
| Total votes: 47,501 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Central District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Central District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth | 23.7 | 5,710 |
| ✔ | | Tanya Vyhovsky | 21.3 | 5,140 |
| ✔ | | Martine Gulick | 16.4 | 3,949 |
| Erhard Mahnke | 16.4 | 3,947 | ||
| Dawn Ellis | 13.8 | 3,329 | |
| Andrew Brown (Unofficially withdrew) | 8.1 | 1,941 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 70 | ||
| Total votes: 24,086 | |||
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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. Incumbents David Zuckerman (D) and Helen Riehle (R) did not run for re-election.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Debbie Ingram |
14.74% | 40,467 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
15.01% | 41,223 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
16.13% | 44,297 | |
| Progressive | Christopher Pearson |
11.36% | 31,192 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
13.69% | 37,585 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
13.64% | 37,453 | |
| Republican | John Gifford | 9.23% | 25,346 | |
| Independent | Tom Licata | 6.20% | 17,021 | |
| Total Votes | 274,584 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Debbie Ingram |
8.57% | 7,386 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
14.15% | 12,185 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
15.30% | 13,175 | |
| Democratic | Christopher Pearson |
9.66% | 8,325 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
12.16% | 10,471 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
10.72% | 9,238 | |
| Democratic | Faisal Gill | 7.71% | 6,645 | |
| Democratic | Louis Meyers | 2.77% | 2,384 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 7.53% | 6,488 | |
| Democratic | David Scherr | 8.14% | 7,009 | |
| Democratic | Nick Cook | 3.29% | 2,830 | |
| Total Votes | 86,136 | |||
John Gifford ran unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | John Gifford (unopposed) | |
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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. Chittenden has six state senators. Incumbents Philip Baruth, Virginia Lyons, Michael Sirotkin, David Zuckerman, and Timothy Ashe and challenger Dawn Ellis were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Diane Snelling and Joy Limoge were unopposed in the Republican primary. John Cisar, Glyn Wilkinson, Ben Mayer, Paul Washburn, Christopher Coolidge and Travis Spencer ran as Libertarian candidates.[6][7][8][9] Baruth, Lyons, Snelling, Ashe, Sirotkin and Zuckerman defeated Ellis, Limoge, Wilkinson, Cisar, Mayar, Coolidge, Spencer, and Washburn.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virginia "Ginny" Lyons Incumbent |
12.6% | 23,488 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe* Incumbent |
12.2% | 22,790 | |
| Democratic | Philip Baruth Incumbent |
11.9% | 22,217 | |
| Republican | Diane B. Snelling Incumbent |
11.7% | 21,855 | |
| Democratic | David Zuckerman** Incumbent |
11.4% | 21,333 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
10.6% | 19,738 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 9.9% | 18,432 | |
| Republican | Joy Limoge | 8.5% | 15,853 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Washburn | 2.2% | 4,113 | |
| Libertarian | John Cisar | 2.1% | 3,896 | |
| Libertarian | Christopher Coolidge | 2% | 3,694 | |
| Libertarian | Travis Spencer | 1.8% | 3,405 | |
| Libertarian | Ben Mayer | 1.8% | 3,310 | |
| Libertarian | Glyn Wilkinson | 1.4% | 2,706 | |
| Total Votes | 186,830 | |||
*Ashe appeared on the ballot as both a Democratic and Progressive nominee.
**Zuckerman appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.
Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Dawn Ellis did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.
2016
Ellis' campaign website highlighted the following issues:[11]
| “ | Dawn Ellis believes in developing the capacity of Vermont's people, the quality of its community life, and the capability of its small businesses. Dawn shares a vision of Vermont based on three “BIG” priorities. Dawn will work to:
Build Healthy Communities, using sustainability as a lens to plan for human-scale development and people-powered transportation, while investing in the wellness of people, families, and the environment. Include All Voices: Good policy starts with listening, especially to voices often left out or left behind due to background, money, ability, belief, or family situation. With wisdom of all voices, government can better design services, build capacity, create opportunities, and make equitable rules. Grow the Innovation Economy by building infrastructure that supports vibrant creative centers, cradle to gray learning opportunities, and ways for people to connect – so that our communities thrive in a changing world[12] |
” |
| —Dawn Ellis | ||
See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Ballotpedia staff, "Email communication with Dawn Ellis," October 7, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Dawn Ellis for Vermont, "Issues," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
