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Donald Koch (Vermont)
Donald Koch (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Washington District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Koch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Donald Koch's career experience includes working as a truck driver and business owner. He earned a bachelor's degree from Johnson State College in 1997.[1]
Elections
2024
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Washington District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Ann Cummings (D) | 22.6 | 21,814 |
| ✔ |  | Anne Watson (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 19.2 | 18,555 |
| ✔ |  | Andrew Perchlik (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 17.8 | 17,176 |
| Mike Doyle (R) | 14.2 | 13,700 | ||
 | Donald Koch (R)  | 14.1 | 13,639 | |
| Michael Deering II (R) | 11.9 | 11,536 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 186 | ||
| Total votes: 96,606 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Rob Roper (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Incumbent Ann Cummings, incumbent Anne Watson, and incumbent Andrew Perchlik advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Ann Cummings | 33.1 | 4,754 |
| ✔ | | Anne Watson | 33.0 | 4,751 |
| ✔ | | Andrew Perchlik | 32.6 | 4,693 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.3 | 186 | ||
| Total votes: 14,384 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Donald Koch, Michael Deering II, and Rob Roper advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Donald Koch | 77.8 | 2,174 |
| ✔ | Michael Deering II (Write-in) | 7.9 | 220 | |
| ✔ | Rob Roper (Write-in) | 6.3 | 177 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 8.0 | 224 | ||
| Total votes: 2,795 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Koch in this election.
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Donald Koch completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2024. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Koch's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- Affordability. We need to pass a constitutional amendment, enacting a taxpayer’s bill of rights, limiting tax increases. We need to reform Act 250 to ease restrictions on building more affordable housing. We need to fix the education funding formula, to adequately fund education, without overburdening the taxpayers. We need to stop focusing our environmental policies on leading the nation, with unobtainable and ineffective initiatives and rather focus on Vermont, keeping our financial means in mind.
- Transportation Infrastructure. We need to do more to fix our roads and bridges, and we need to prioritize local projects to assist with flood mitigation and climate resiliency.
- Law and Order. We need to pass a constitutional amendment to end catch and release policies for repeat offenders. We need to fully support and fund law enforcement.
Always tell the truth. The people deserve no less than the complete truth without deceptive spin.
I will not support any legislation that I don’t understand well enough to explain, and will not vote for a bill I haven’t been given time to read.
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Campaign finance summary
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 7, 2024
