Joe Gervais
Joe Gervais (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Bennington-4 District. He did not appear on the ballot for the general election on November 5, 2024.
Gervais also ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Bennington District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Elections
2024
State Senate
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Seth Bongartz (D) | 27.3 | 10,053 |
| ✔ |  | Robert Plunkett (D) | 24.9 | 9,160 |
| Joe Gervais (R) | 23.5 | 8,647 | ||
| Lawrence Whitmire (Independent) | 9.6 | 3,539 | ||
 | Cynthia Browning (Independent) | 7.8 | 2,867 | |
 | Steve Berry (Independent) | 6.7 | 2,459 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 60 | ||
| Total votes: 36,785 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bruce Busa (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
Seth Bongartz and Robert Plunkett defeated incumbent Richard Sears (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Seth Bongartz | 49.0 | 2,641 |
| ✔ | | Robert Plunkett (Write-in) | 30.0 | 1,616 |
 | Richard Sears (Unofficially withdrew) | 15.5 | 837 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.5 | 294 | ||
| Total votes: 5,388 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
Joe Gervais and Bruce Busa advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Gervais | 83.8 | 1,036 | |
| ✔ |  | Bruce Busa (Write-in) | 6.8 | 84 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.4 | 116 | ||
| Total votes: 1,236 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Gervais in this election.
Pledges
Gervais signed the following pledges.
State House
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Rob Hunter and incumbent Kathleen James won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rob Hunter (D) | 48.2 | 3,250 |
| ✔ | Kathleen James (D) | 48.2 | 3,244 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 243 | ||
| Total votes: 6,737 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Joe Gervais (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kathleen James and Rob Hunter advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathleen James | 50.8 | 699 | |
| ✔ | | Rob Hunter | 47.9 | 659 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 1,375 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Joe Gervais advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Gervais | 92.5 | 236 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 7.5 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 255 | |||
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Endorsements
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2022
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kathleen James and incumbent Seth Bongartz defeated Joe Gervais in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathleen James (D) | 39.1 | 2,517 | |
| ✔ | | Seth Bongartz (D) | 38.9 | 2,503 |
| Joe Gervais (R) | 21.3 | 1,369 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 46 | ||
| Total votes: 6,435 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Kathleen James and incumbent Seth Bongartz advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Kathleen James | 51.6 | 1,082 | |
| ✔ | | Seth Bongartz | 47.8 | 1,002 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 2,098 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)
Joe Gervais and incumbent Kathleen James defeated incumbent Seth Bongartz in the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Gervais (Write-in) | 70.1 | 68 | |
| ✔ | Kathleen James (Write-in) | 6.2 | 6 | |
| Seth Bongartz (Write-in) | 4.1 | 4 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 19.6 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 97 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
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See also
2024 Elections
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