Gwendolyn Hallsmith
Gwendolyn Hallsmith (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Caledonia-Washington District. She lost in the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.
Hallsmith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Gwendolyn Hallsmith was born in Denver, Colorado. She earned an associate degree from Hartford College of Women in 1978, a bachelor's degree from the University of Colorado in 1980, and a master's degree from Brown University in 1984.[1]
Elections
2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District
Henry Pearl defeated Bruce Melendy in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Henry Pearl (D) | 68.5 | 1,931 |
| Bruce Melendy (R) | 31.1 | 878 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 10 | ||
| Total votes: 2,819 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District
Henry Pearl defeated Peter Griffin and Gwendolyn Hallsmith in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Henry Pearl | 48.8 | 520 |
| Peter Griffin | 32.8 | 350 | ||
 | Gwendolyn Hallsmith | 18.3 | 195 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 1 | ||
| Total votes: 1,066 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District
Bruce Melendy advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Washington District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Bruce Melendy | 94.3 | 367 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.7 | 22 | ||
| Total votes: 389 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Gwendolyn Hallsmith completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Hallsmith's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am the author of several books and workbooks: The Key to Sustainable Cities: Meeting Human Needs, Transforming Community Systems; Taking Action for Sustainability: The EarthCAT Guide to Community Development; LASER: Local Action for Sustainable Economic Renewal; Creating Wealth: Growing Local Economies with Local Currencies; Community Currency; and Vermont Dollars, Vermont Sense.
I have over 35 years of experience working with municipal, regional, and state government. I served as the Planning and Community Development Director for the City of Montpelier, the Town Manager of Randolph, Vermont, the Regional Planning Director in Franklin County, MA, a Senior Planner for the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy Resources, and the Deputy Secretary of the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources.
I live in an ecovillage I developed in Cabot, Vermont called the Headwaters Garden and Learning Center with my husband Michael Taub and several other families.
- I am running to serve the people of Cabot, Danville, and Peacham as your representative in the Vermont House. I have been calling all the voters, and you have been raising key issues that deserve a lot of legislative attention - broadband service, education funding, and concerns about the economy, climate change and racial justice.
- We live in challenging times, the lockdowns have revealed some deep cracks in the foundation of our lives here in Vermont. Too many people don't have decent phone and internet service.Extending broadband with fiber optic cable to all Vermonters needs to be a priority. We will see an economic boost when people can work remotely from any location. It will allow all our children access to education, and it will reduce our greenhouse gas emissions.
- Please visit my web site at www.hallsmith.org for more information about my experience and the proposals I have for education funding, the budget crisis, climate change, racial justice, and a more resilient way of life.
Vermonters for a New Economy has produced educational materials and events showcasing worker coops, public banks, and Employee Stock Ownership Programs (ESOPs) to help workers share in corporate profits. The ecovillage where I live, which I founded in 2009, has developed permanently affordable housing for Vermonters by using the community land trust model. We have mandated small homes to reduce our energy footprint, we require local materials where possible in construction, we grow a lot of our own organic food, and my house is off the grid, powered by solar energy.
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See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on July 3, 2020
