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Larry Townsend

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Larry Townsend
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Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District

Personal
Profession
Co-manager, Onion Flats, Inc. Restaurant

Larry Townsend (b. June 10, 1947, d. June 29, 2013) was a Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives. Townsend represented Orange-Washington-Addison. He was first elected to the chamber in 2008, following the sudden death of incumbent Democratic candidate Jim Hutchinson during the campaign. On June 29, 2013, Townsend died of cancer.[1][2][3]

Biography

Townsend earned his AS in Electronics from Vermont Technical College in 1967. He was the co-manager of Onion Flats, Inc. Restaurant.

Townsend served on the School Board of Randolph Union High School from 1986 to 1995. He has served as a Selectman for Randolph on the Vermont Selectboard since 1979.

Townsend served in the United States Army from 1968 to 1971.

Committee assignments

2013-2014

At the beginning of the 2013 legislative session, Townsend served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2013
Government Operations

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Townsend served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Townsend served on these committees:

Elections

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Townsend won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives District Orange-Washington-Addison. Townsend was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[4][5]

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

Larry Townsend ran for re-election to the Orange-Addison 1 District in 2010. He ran against Patsy French (D), James Sault (R), and Stewart Skrill (R) in the general election on November 2, 2010. Townsend won one of two available seats in the district.[6]

Vermont House of Representatives, Orange-Addison 1 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Patsy French (D) 1,753
Green check mark transparent.png Larry Townsend (D) 1,567
James Sault (R) 1,275
Stewart Skrill (R) 869

Campaign finance summary


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Larry Townsend campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2012Vermont State House, District Orange-Washington-AddisonWon $1,058 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Orange-Washington-AddisonWon $1,535 N/A**
2008Vermont State House, District Orange-Washington-AddisonWon $3,143 N/A**
Grand total$5,736 N/A**
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Personal

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Townsend is survived by his wife, Judith, and four children.

Recent news

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External links

Footnotes


Current members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Lori Houghton
Minority Leader:Patricia McCoy
Representatives
Addison-1 District
Addison-2 District
Addison-3 District
Rob North (R)
Addison-4 District
Addison-5 District
Addison-Rutland District
Jim Casey (R)
Bennington-1 District
Bennington-2 District
Bennington-3 District
Bennington-4 District
Bennington-5 District
Bennington-Rutland District
Caledonia-1 District
Caledonia-2 District
Caledonia-3 District
Caledonia-Essex District
Caledonia-Washington District
Chittenden 3 District
Chittenden-1 District
Chittenden-10 District
Chittenden-11 District
Chittenden-12 District
Chittenden-13 District
Chittenden-14 District
Chittenden-15 District
Chittenden-16 District
Chittenden-17 District
Chittenden-18 District
Carol Ode (D)
Chittenden-19 District
Chittenden-2 District
Chittenden-20 District
Chittenden-21 District
Chittenden-22 District
Chittenden-23 District
Chittenden-24 District
Chittenden-25 District
Chittenden-4 District
Chittenden-5 District
Chittenden-6 District
Chittenden-7 District
Chittenden-8 District
Chittenden-9 District
Chittenden-Franklin District
Essex-Caledonia District
Essex-Orleans District
Franklin-1 District
Franklin-2 District
Franklin-3 District
Franklin-4 District
Franklin-5 District
Franklin-6 District
Franklin-7 District
Franklin-8 District
Grand Isle-Chittenden District
Lamoille-1 District
Lamoille-2 District
Lamoille-3 District
Lamoille-Washington District
Orange-1 District
Orange-2 District
Orange-3 District
Orange-Caledonia District
Orange-Washington-Addison District
Orleans-1 District
Orleans-2 District
Orleans-3 District
Ken Wells (R)
Orleans-4 District
Orleans-Lamoille District
Rutland-1 District
Rutland-10 District
Rutland-11 District
Rutland-2 District
Rutland-3 District
Rutland-4 District
Rutland-5 District
Rutland-6 District
Rutland-7 District
Rutland-8 District
Rutland-9 District
Rutland-Bennington District
Rutland-Windsor District
Washington-1 District
Washington-2 District
Washington-3 District
Washington-4 District
Washington-5 District
Washington-6 District
Washington-Chittenden District
Washington-Orange District
Windham-1 District
Windham-2 District
Windham-3 District
Windham-4 District
Windham-5 District
Windham-6 District
Windham-7 District
Windham-8 District
Windham-9 District
Windham-Windsor-Bennigton District
Windsor-1 District
Windsor-2 District
VL Coffin (R)
Windsor-3 District
Windsor-4 District
Windsor-5 District
Windsor-6 District
Esme Cole (D)
Windsor-Addison District
Windsor-Orange-1 District
Windsor-Orange-2 District
Windsor-Windham District
Democratic Party (86)
Republican Party (56)
Independent (4)
Vermont Progressive Party (3)