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James Ehlers
James Ehlers (independent) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Chittenden-6-7 District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Ehlers also ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
State senate
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thomas Chittenden (D)  | 12.9 | 50,974 |
| ✔ |  | Virginia Lyons (D) | 12.3 | 48,602 |
| ✔ |  | Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D) | 11.8 | 46,513 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Sirotkin (D) | 11.6 | 45,819 |
| ✔ |  | Philip Baruth (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 11.1 | 43,923 |
| ✔ |  | Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 8.5 | 33,445 |
| Susan Bowen (R) | 5.5 | 21,900 | ||
| Tom Chastenay (R) | 4.9 | 19,300 | ||
 | Ericka Redic (R) | 4.8 | 18,945 | |
| Kumulia Long (R) | 4.8 | 18,763 | ||
| Dean Rolland (R) | 4.5 | 17,604 | ||
| Kylie Hollingsworth (R) | 4.1 | 16,319 | ||
 | James Ehlers (Independent) | 3.0 | 11,919 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 631 | ||
| Total votes: 394,657 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons | 13.9 | 21,198 |
| ✔ | | Kesha Ram Hinsdale | 13.2 | 20,181 |
| ✔ | | Michael Sirotkin | 10.0 | 15,208 |
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth | 9.6 | 14,677 |
| ✔ | | Thomas Chittenden | 8.9 | 13,556 |
| ✔ | | Christopher Pearson | 7.7 | 11,764 |
| June Heston | 7.7 | 11,719 | ||
 | David Scherr | 6.3 | 9,562 | |
 | Dylan Giambatista | 6.1 | 9,331 | |
| Erhard Mahnke | 5.2 | 7,878 | ||
| Adam Roof | 5.1 | 7,785 | ||
 | Louis Meyers | 3.2 | 4,838 | |
 | Steve May | 2.9 | 4,371 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 271 | ||
| Total votes: 152,339 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Tom Chastenay and Ericka Redic advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tom Chastenay | 48.8 | 6,725 | |
| ✔ | | Ericka Redic | 42.2 | 5,810 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.0 | 1,247 | ||
| Total votes: 13,782 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jean Sirois (R)
=State house
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-7 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Hal Colston and Taylor Small defeated James Ehlers in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-7 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Hal Colston (D) | 43.5 | 2,551 | |
| ✔ |  | Taylor Small (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 41.3 | 2,423 |
| James Ehlers (Independent) | 14.8 | 867 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 5,869 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-7 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Taylor Small and incumbent Hal Colston defeated Jordan Matte in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-7 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Taylor Small | 44.9 | 1,003 |
| ✔ | Hal Colston | 40.8 | 912 | |
| Jordan Matte | 14.1 | 316 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 4 | ||
| Total votes: 2,235 | |||
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2018
- See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2018
General election
General election for Governor of Vermont
The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Phil Scott (R) | 55.2 | 151,261 |
 | Christine Hallquist (D) | 40.3 | 110,335 | |
 | Trevor Barlow (Independent) | 1.2 | 3,266 | |
| Charles Laramie (Independent) | 0.8 | 2,287 | ||
 | Cris Ericson (Independent) | 0.8 | 2,129 | |
| Stephen Marx (Earth Rights Party) | 0.7 | 1,855 | ||
 | Emily Peyton (Liberty Union Party) | 0.7 | 1,839 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 1,115 | ||
| Total votes: 274,087 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joseph Barney (Independent)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont
Christine Hallquist defeated James Ehlers, Brenda Siegel, and Ethan Sonneborn in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christine Hallquist | 48.2 | 27,622 |
| James Ehlers | 22.1 | 12,668 | |
 | Brenda Siegel | 21.4 | 12,262 | |
 | Ethan Sonneborn | 8.2 | 4,696 | |
| Total votes: 57,248 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Governor of Vermont
Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Keith Stern in the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Phil Scott | 67.4 | 24,142 |
 | Keith Stern | 32.6 | 11,669 | |
| Total votes: 35,811 | |||
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Endorsements
Ehlers was endorsed in the race by the Vermont State Labor Council AFL CIO.[1]
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
James Ehlers did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
