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Filing deadline report: Strong showing from local third parties in Vermont

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June 13, 2014

Vermont

By Garrett Fortin

Montpelier, Vermont: Six state executive positions are up for election in 2014 in the state of Vermont: governor, lieutenant governor, attorney general, secretary of state, treasurer and auditor.

The primary election is scheduled for August 26, 2014. A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Vermont utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]

For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

All six incumbents are running for re-election. They are:


On Thursday, June 12, the filing period for primary candidates and third party candidates came to a close. The following list of candidates is current as of June 13, 2014. A total of 17 candidates filed for the 6 offices - 4 Republicans, 6 Democrats, 5 from the Liberty Union Party and 2 from the Vermont Progressive Party.

Governor

Lieutenant Governor

Attorney General

Secretary of State

Treasurer

Auditor

Note: The Vermont Secretary of State's office indicates that H. Brooke Paige filed to run for both attorney general and governor. It is unclear as of June 13 which filing, if either, is correct.

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Footnotes

  1. ↑ Vermont General Assembly, "Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 2363," accessed September 16, 2025
  2. ↑ 2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate Listing," accessed June 13, 2014
  3. ↑ Emily Peyton for Vermont Governor 2014, "About," accessed May 15, 2014
  4. ↑ DEAN CORREN FOR VERMONT LT. GOVERNOR, "Former State Rep. Dean Corren to Run for Vermont Lieutenant Governor," May 7, 2014
  5. ↑ Burlington Free Press, "Corren to run for Vermont lieutenant governor," May 7, 2014
  6. ↑ Daily Journal, "Vt Attorney General Sorrell to run for re-election in 2014," October 18, 2013
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