Kevin Hoyt

Kevin Hoyt (independent) ran for election for Governor of Vermont. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Kevin Hoyt graduated from Mount Anthony Senior Union High School in 1988. His career experience includes working as a TV creator and host at Pursuit Channel.^[1]

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Esther Charlestin, Kevin Hoyt, June Goodband, and Poa Mutino in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 5, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott (R)	73.4	266,439
	Esther Charlestin (D / Vermont Progressive Party)	21.8	79,217
	Kevin Hoyt (Independent)	2.6	9,368
	June Goodband (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party)	1.2	4,512
	Poa Mutino (Independent)	0.7	2,414
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	891

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,841
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Marielle Blais (Vermont Progressive Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Esther Charlestin defeated Peter Duval in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Esther Charlestin	62.3	24,007
	Peter Duval	24.3	9,377
	Other/Write-in votes	13.4	5,159

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 38,543
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott advanced from the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott	98.1	23,173
	Other/Write-in votes	1.9	448

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 23,621
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

Marielle Blais advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Marielle Blais	78.1	268
		Other/Write-in votes	21.9	75

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343
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Endorsements

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2022

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Brenda Siegel, Kevin Hoyt, Peter Duval, and Bernard Peters in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott (R)	71.0	202,147
	Brenda Siegel (D / Vermont Progressive Party)	24.0	68,248
	Kevin Hoyt (Independent)	2.1	6,022
	Peter Duval (Independent)	1.7	4,723
	Bernard Peters (Independent)	0.8	2,315
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	1,346

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 284,801
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Susan Hatch Davis (Vermont Progressive Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Brenda Siegel advanced from the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Brenda Siegel	85.9	56,288
	Other/Write-in votes	14.1	9,235

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 65,523
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Stephen Bellows and Peter Duval in the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott	68.6	20,319
	Stephen Bellows	18.2	5,402
	Peter Duval	12.2	3,627
	Other/Write-in votes	1.0	290

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 29,638
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

Susan Hatch Davis advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Susan Hatch Davis	87.4	470
	Other/Write-in votes	12.6	68

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 538
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2020

Governor

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Scott (R)	68.5	248,412
		David Zuckerman (Vermont Progressive Party / D)	27.4	99,214
		Kevin Hoyt (Independent)	1.3	4,576
		Emily Peyton (Truth Matters Party)	1.0	3,505
		Erynn Whitney (Independent)	0.5	1,777
		Wayne Billado III (Independent)	0.4	1,431
		Michael Devost (Independent)	0.3	1,160
	Submit photo	Charly Dickerson (Independent)	0.3	1,037
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,599

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,711
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Klar (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

David Zuckerman defeated Rebecca Holcombe, Patrick Winburn, and Ralph Corbo in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Zuckerman	47.6	48,150
		Rebecca Holcombe	37.1	37,599
		Patrick Winburn	7.6	7,662
	Submit photo	Ralph Corbo	1.3	1,288
		Other/Write-in votes	6.5	6,533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,232
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated John Klar, Emily Peyton, Douglas Cavett, and Bernard Peters in the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott	72.7	42,275
	John Klar	21.9	12,762
	Emily Peyton	1.7	970
	Douglas Cavett	1.7	966
	Bernard Peters	1.3	772
	Other/Write-in votes	0.7	426

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,171
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

David Zuckerman defeated Cris Ericson and Boots Wardinski in the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David Zuckerman (Write-in)	32.6	273
	Cris Ericson	30.3	254
	Boots Wardinski	28.5	239
	Other/Write-in votes	8.6	72

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 838
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State senate

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

Incumbent Richard Sears and incumbent Brian Campion defeated Meg Hansen, Michael Hall, and Kevin Hoyt in the general election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Richard Sears (D)	31.2	11,063
✔		Brian Campion (D)	29.5	10,483
		Meg Hansen (R)	17.7	6,275
	Submit photo	Michael Hall (R)	15.9	5,657
		Kevin Hoyt (Independent)	5.5	1,943
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	57

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,478
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

Incumbent Richard Sears and incumbent Brian Campion advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Richard Sears	50.5	5,086
✔	Brian Campion	48.9	4,923
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	63

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 10,072
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Incumbent Timothy Corcoran II and Chris Bates defeated Kevin Hoyt and Michael Stern in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Corcoran II (D)	41.5	1,733
✔		Chris Bates (D)	31.8	1,328
		Kevin Hoyt (R)	16.8	703
	Submit photo	Michael Stern (Independent)	9.6	400
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	15

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 4,179
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Incumbent Timothy Corcoran II and Chris Bates advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Timothy Corcoran II	56.7	766
✔	Chris Bates	43.3	584

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,350
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Kevin Hoyt advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Kevin Hoyt	100.0	134

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 134
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Campaign themes

2024

Campaign finance summary

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Kevin Hoyt campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2024*	Governor of Vermont	Lost general	$0	$0
2022	Governor of Vermont	Lost general	$0	$0
2018	Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical)	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes

↑ Facebook, "Kevin Hoyt," accessed October 20, 2024

[orgbio-1] Facebook, "Kevin Hoyt," accessed October 20, 2024

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Kevin Hoyt

Biography

Elections

2024

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

Endorsements

2022

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

2020

Governor

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

State senate

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

2018

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

2022

2020

Campaign finance summary

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