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Garrett Graff
Garrett Graff was a 2016 Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor of Vermont.[1] However, he announced in February 2016 that he would not seek election, withdrawing from the race.[2]
Career
Graff is the former editor of Washington, D.C.-based publication Politico Magazine.[1]
Elections
2016
Graff announced he would run as a Democrat for lieutenant governor in November 2015. However, he announced in February 2016 that he was withdrawing from the race."It’s become clear that the ambiguity around this question of residency would color every aspect of a potential campaign, and, simply put, that’s not the conversation I wanted to spend this year having with Vermonters," Graff wrote in a Facebook message.[2][1]
Graff's eligibility to run was in question beginning in December 2015. He left Vermont to work as the editor of Politico Magazine in Washington, D.C., but announced in November that he would leave the job to move back to Vermont.[1][3] He lived outside Vermont for 10 years; the Vermont Constitution requires that a candidate to "have resided in this State four years next preceding the day of the election."[3] Secretary of State Jim Condos (D) told Vermont Public Radio in November 2015 that he did not believe Graff meets the residency requirement:
| “ | "Next preceding the day of the election" we assume – and the Attorney General agrees with me – that it means you have to reside in the state four years preceding the day of the election."[4] | ” |
Graff said of his eligibility:
| “ | I’m a Vermonter. I was born a Vermonter. I was raised a Vermonter. I have woken up every day of my life as a Vermonter. And I have consulted with the state’s leading election law attorney Paul Gilles and I am quite confident that I meet the residency requirement.[4] | ” |
Graff said in December 2015 that despite registering, he was still undecided. He filed with the secretary of state on December 23, 2015, because his campaign expenditures exceeded $500, the maximum a potential candidate may spend before being required to register. On December 28, he said of the filing, "It literally means nothing."[3] He said the spending was on exploratory operations such as "going around and meeting with people" and understanding the policy landscape.[3] He said he would decide for sure by mid-January.[3] In February 2016, he announced that he would not run for the office.[2]
Personal
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Graff is a native of Montpelier, Vt.[3]
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Pat Bradley, WAMC Northeast Public Radio, "Vermont's political campaigns gear up for 2016," December 31, 2015
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Burlington Free Press, "Garrett Graff won't run for lieutenant governor," February 2, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 Peter Hirschfeld, Vermont Public Radio, "Garrett Graff registers as candidate, but says still undecided on bid for lt. gov.," December 28, 2015
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
