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Mary Morrissey
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Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District
Tenure

2023 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

2

Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical)

Compensation

Base salary

$843.32/week during session

Per diem

No per diem paid during session. Members can receive $168.66/day in per diem outside of session.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Personal
Birthplace
Bennington, Vt.
Profession
Sales/Marketing Consultant
Contact

Mary Morrissey (Republican Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Bennington-5 District. She assumed office on January 4, 2023. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Morrissey (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Bennington-5 District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

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Morrissey received her diploma from Mount Anthony Union High School. She is a Sales/Marketing Consultant.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Morrissey was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Morrissey was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Morrissey was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Corrections and Institutions

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Morrissey served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Morrissey served on the following committees:

2011-2012

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

2009-2010

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

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Mary Morrissey and Michael Nigro defeated incumbent Jim Carroll in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey (R)
 
36.5
 
2,157
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro (D)
 
32.8
 
1,940
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (D)
 
29.8
 
1,763
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.9
 
54

Total votes: 5,914
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District (2 seats)

Michael Nigro and incumbent Jim Carroll advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro
 
51.0
 
398
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll
 
45.3
 
353
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.7
 
29

Total votes: 780
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Mary Morrissey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey
 
83.6
 
143
 Other/Write-in votes
 
16.4
 
28

Total votes: 171
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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 5 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Mary Morrissey and Jim Carroll defeated incumbent Michael Nigro in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey (R)
 
40.3
 
1,869
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (D)
 
30.8
 
1,427
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro (D)
 
27.8
 
1,290
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
49

Total votes: 4,635
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District (2 seats)

Jim Carroll and incumbent Michael Nigro advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll
 
50.5
 
708
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro
 
46.8
 
656
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.7
 
38

Total votes: 1,402
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Mary Morrissey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey
 
92.3
 
322
 Other/Write-in votes
 
7.7
 
27

Total votes: 349
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

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

Incumbent Mary Morrissey and Michael Nigro defeated incumbent Jim Carroll and Peter Brady Sr. in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey (R)
 
34.4
 
1,940
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro (D)
 
26.4
 
1,491
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (D)
 
25.1
 
1,416
Peter Brady Sr. (Independent)
 
13.7
 
773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
21

Total votes: 5,641
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Jim Carroll and Michael Nigro advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll
 
53.3
 
737
Image of Michael Nigro
Michael Nigro
 
46.7
 
647

Total votes: 1,384
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Mary Morrissey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey
 
91.0
 
356
 Other/Write-in votes
 
9.0
 
35

Total votes: 391
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

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

Incumbent Mary Morrissey and Jim Carroll won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey (R)
 
52.7
 
1,810
Image of Jim Carroll
Jim Carroll (D)
 
45.4
 
1,559
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.9
 
65

Total votes: 3,434
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Kiah Morris advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kiah Morris
Kiah Morris
 
100.0
 
714

Total votes: 714
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Mary Morrissey advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical) on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Mary Morrissey
Mary Morrissey
 
100.0
 
184

Total votes: 184
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2016

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.

Incumbent Kiah Morris and incumbent Mary Morrissey were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-2-2 District general election.[1][2]

Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-2-2 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kiah Morris Incumbent 45.05% 1,757
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mary Morrissey Incumbent 54.95% 2,143
Total Votes 3,900
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Incumbent Kiah Morris ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-2-2 District Democratic primary.[3][4]

Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-2-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Kiah Morris Incumbent (unopposed)


Incumbent Mary Morrissey ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-2-2 District Republican primary.[3][4]

Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-2-2 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate
    Republican Green check mark transparent.png Mary Morrissey Incumbent (unopposed)

2014

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Bennington-2-2 has two state representatives. Brandy Reynolds faced Jim Carroll, Kiah Morris and Joann Erenhouse in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Mary Morrissey was unopposed in the Republican primary.[5][6][7][8] Morris and Erenhouse earned enough votes in the Democratic primary to move on to the general election. Morrissey and Morris defeated Erenhouse in the general election.[9]

Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-2-2 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMary Morrissey Incumbent 42.6% 1,241
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngKiah Morris 30% 873
     Democratic Joann Erenhouse 27.4% 797
Total Votes 2,911
Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington 2-2 District Democratic Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngKiah Morris 32.3% 239
Green check mark transparent.pngJoann Erenhouse 24.8% 184
Jim Carroll 22.1% 164
Brandy J. Reynolds 20.8% 154
Total Votes 741

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Morrissey won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2. Morrissey was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10]

Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington 2-2 District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Lamy Mook Incumbent 40.5% 1,896
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngMary Morrissey Incumbent 40.5% 1,896
     Democratic Dale Gerity 19% 890
Total Votes 4,682

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

Morrissey won re-election to one of the two positions in the Bennington 2-2 District in 2010. She ran against Brandy Reynolds (D), Anne Lamy Mook (D) and Claude Delucia (P) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[10]

Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington 2-2 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Mary Morrissey (D) 1,600
Green check mark transparent.png Anne Lamy Mook (D) 1,316
Brandy Reynolds (D) 807
Claude Delucia (Vermont Progressive Party) 321

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Mary Morrissey did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Mary Morrissey campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 DistrictWon general$0 $0
2022Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 5 DistrictWon general$0 $0
2018Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 2-2 District (Historical)Won general$0 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Bennington-2-2Won $0 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Bennington-2-2Won $0 N/A**
2012Vermont State House, District Bennington-2-2Won $1,076 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Bennington-2-2Won $1,105 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

Scorecards

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2011

Noteworthy events

Personal belongs vandalism (2024)

On June 17, 2024, state Rep. Mary Morrissey (R) admitted to pouring water on the personal belongings of Rep. Jim Carroll (D), who represents the same district as Morrissey.[11][12]

Morrissey apologized to Carroll during a state House session, saying “It was conduct most unbecoming of my position as a representative and as a human being, and is not reflective of my 28 years of service and civility.”[11]

Carroll had installed a camera to monitor his personal belongings after he kept finding his work bag soaking in water. Video footage shows Morrissey pouring water into Carroll's belongings.[13][11]

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Footnotes


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