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Kate MacLean
Kate MacLean (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Orange-1 District. She lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
MacLean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. Click here to read the survey answers.
Elections
2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Rodney Graham (R) | 26.0 | 2,169 |
| ✔ |  | Samantha Lefebvre (R) | 21.3 | 1,774 |
 | Kate MacLean (D)  | 20.8 | 1,734 | |
 | Carl Demrow (D) | 18.7 | 1,562 | |
 | Susan Hatch Davis (Vermont Progressive Party) | 8.7 | 725 | |
 | Rama Schneider (Independent) | 4.3 | 356 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 13 | ||
| Total votes: 8,333 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Carl Demrow and Kate MacLean defeated Susan Hatch Davis in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Carl Demrow | 38.4 | 695 |
| ✔ | | Kate MacLean | 38.0 | 688 |
| Susan Hatch Davis | 22.4 | 405 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 21 | ||
| Total votes: 1,809 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent Rodney Graham and Samantha Lefebvre defeated Levar Cole in the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Rodney Graham | 44.5 | 715 |
| ✔ | | Samantha Lefebvre | 29.4 | 472 |
| Levar Cole | 24.0 | 386 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 32 | ||
| Total votes: 1,605 | |||
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Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Kate MacLean completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2020. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by MacLean's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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When the first effects of Covid-19 befell the state, Kate quickly pivoted the board online, maintaining communication and increasing transparency with the townspeople. Subsequently, as a community organizer, Kate worked with a network of community leaders, including church pastors, emergency management personnel and food shelf managers throughout Orange County to ensure that resources, both state and local, were known and made available to the community. Kate has the unique ability to weave people, opportunity and resources together in a cohesive and productive manner. She has shown such leadership at the local level and is ready to bring this dedication, care, and unifying ability to Montpelier.
- The last six months have been a heavy burden for all Vermonters to bear. Covid has changed every aspect of life and business and it's unclear when the waves of these disruptions will settle. From food insecurity to job loss to an unacceptable gap in broadband, the people, the farms, and the small businesses that make up our rural economy urgently need improved access to essential resources. Now is the time to bridge the gap between people and state government by creating transparent support systems that will enable everyone in our community to thrive.
- Education is the most important investment we can make for the future of Vermont. However, the practice of paying for it with property taxes has been a difficult lift for many Vermonters. The practice creates inequity as wealthy towns have better and better schools, which drive up property values, furthering the divide. As your representative I would support a transition to income-based taxation for education and larger state contribution to the public schools, universal pre-k, trade schools and community college system.
- Our farms and the hardworking families that tend them are the heart of Vermont's identity, and the future of our food system. Yet, we are seeing these farms shutter at an unsettling pace. As a farmer I know the future of Vermont is inextricably tied to the future of its agriculture. As your representative I will insist on the inclusion of farmers in the legislative process to create innovative solutions and support to make ag in Vermont viable for generations to come. By investing in our agricultural economy, we create jobs, mitigate climate change, conserve land, and increase food security across the state.
Public pre-k-16 education.
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See also
2020 Elections
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