Michael Sirotkin
Michael Sirotkin (Democratic Party) was a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Chittenden District. He assumed office on January 27, 2014. He left office on January 4, 2023.
Sirotkin (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Biography
Sirotkin founded a lobbying firm, Sirotkin and Necreason. He permanently left the firm after his appointment as senator.[1]
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Sirotkin was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Sirotkin was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Sirotkin 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 |
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| • Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs, Vice chair |
| • Finance |
| • Administrative Rules |
| • Judicial Retention |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Sirotkin served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Agriculture |
| • Finance |
| • Judicial Retention |
2014
After his appointment, Sirotkin was assigned to serve on the following committees:
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| • Agriculture |
| • Institutions |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022
Michael Sirotkin did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thomas Chittenden (D)  | 12.9 | 50,974 |
| ✔ |  | Virginia Lyons (D) | 12.3 | 48,602 |
| ✔ |  | Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D) | 11.8 | 46,513 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Sirotkin (D) | 11.6 | 45,819 |
| ✔ |  | Philip Baruth (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 11.1 | 43,923 |
| ✔ |  | Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 8.5 | 33,445 |
| Susan Bowen (R) | 5.5 | 21,900 | ||
| Tom Chastenay (R) | 4.9 | 19,300 | ||
 | Ericka Redic (R) | 4.8 | 18,945 | |
| Kumulia Long (R) | 4.8 | 18,763 | ||
| Dean Rolland (R) | 4.5 | 17,604 | ||
| Kylie Hollingsworth (R) | 4.1 | 16,319 | ||
 | James Ehlers (Independent) | 3.0 | 11,919 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 631 | ||
| Total votes: 394,657 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons | 13.9 | 21,198 |
| ✔ | | Kesha Ram Hinsdale | 13.2 | 20,181 |
| ✔ | | Michael Sirotkin | 10.0 | 15,208 |
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth | 9.6 | 14,677 |
| ✔ | | Thomas Chittenden | 8.9 | 13,556 |
| ✔ | | Christopher Pearson | 7.7 | 11,764 |
| June Heston | 7.7 | 11,719 | ||
 | David Scherr | 6.3 | 9,562 | |
 | Dylan Giambatista | 6.1 | 9,331 | |
| Erhard Mahnke | 5.2 | 7,878 | ||
| Adam Roof | 5.1 | 7,785 | ||
 | Louis Meyers | 3.2 | 4,838 | |
 | Steve May | 2.9 | 4,371 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 271 | ||
| Total votes: 152,339 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Tom Chastenay and Ericka Redic advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tom Chastenay | 48.8 | 6,725 | |
| ✔ | | Ericka Redic | 42.2 | 5,810 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.0 | 1,247 | ||
| Total votes: 13,782 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Jean Sirois (R)
2018
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Timothy Ashe (D) | 14.2 | 44,002 |
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons (D) | 13.4 | 41,617 |
| ✔ |  | Debbie Ingram (D) | 13.1 | 40,751 |
| ✔ | | Michael Sirotkin (D) | 12.4 | 38,569 |
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth (D) | 12.2 | 38,075 |
| ✔ | | Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 9.9 | 30,863 |
| Alex Farrell (R) | 6.3 | 19,602 | ||
 | Paul Dame (R) | 5.6 | 17,521 | |
| Dana Maxfield (R) | 5.3 | 16,422 | ||
| Louis Meyers (Independent) | 2.8 | 8,848 | |
| Seth Cournoyer (L) | 1.7 | 5,389 | ||
 | Loyal Ploof (L) | 1.5 | 4,599 | |
| Joshua Knox (Fair Representation Vermont Party) | 1.3 | 4,173 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 465 | ||
| Total votes: 310,896 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Timothy Ashe | 19.0 | 13,527 |
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons | 18.1 | 12,886 |
| ✔ | | Michael Sirotkin | 15.1 | 10,727 |
| ✔ | | Debbie Ingram | 15.0 | 10,701 |
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth | 14.5 | 10,302 |
 | Val Carzello | 7.3 | 5,229 | |
| Steve May | 5.6 | 4,018 | |
| Finnian Boardman Abbey | 5.3 | 3,771 | ||
| Total votes: 71,161 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Alex Farrell and Dana Maxfield advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alex Farrell | 51.9 | 3,507 | |
| ✔ | Dana Maxfield | 48.1 | 3,255 | |
| Total votes: 6,762 | |||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Incumbent Christopher Pearson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Pearson | 100.0 | 9,029 |
| Total votes: 9,029 | |||
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2016
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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. Incumbents David Zuckerman (D) and Helen Riehle (R) did not run for re-election.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Debbie Ingram |
14.74% | 40,467 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
15.01% | 41,223 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
16.13% | 44,297 | |
| Progressive | Christopher Pearson |
11.36% | 31,192 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
13.69% | 37,585 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
13.64% | 37,453 | |
| Republican | John Gifford | 9.23% | 25,346 | |
| Independent | Tom Licata | 6.20% | 17,021 | |
| Total Votes | 274,584 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Debbie Ingram |
8.57% | 7,386 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
14.15% | 12,185 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
15.30% | 13,175 | |
| Democratic | Christopher Pearson |
9.66% | 8,325 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
12.16% | 10,471 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
10.72% | 9,238 | |
| Democratic | Faisal Gill | 7.71% | 6,645 | |
| Democratic | Louis Meyers | 2.77% | 2,384 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 7.53% | 6,488 | |
| Democratic | David Scherr | 8.14% | 7,009 | |
| Democratic | Nick Cook | 3.29% | 2,830 | |
| Total Votes | 86,136 | |||
John Gifford ran unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | John Gifford (unopposed) | |
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2014
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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. Chittenden has six state senators. Incumbents Philip Baruth, Virginia Lyons, Michael Sirotkin, David Zuckerman, and Timothy Ashe and challenger Dawn Ellis were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Diane Snelling and Joy Limoge were unopposed in the Republican primary. John Cisar, Glyn Wilkinson, Ben Mayer, Paul Washburn, Christopher Coolidge and Travis Spencer ran as Libertarian candidates.[6][7][8][9] Baruth, Lyons, Snelling, Ashe, Sirotkin and Zuckerman defeated Ellis, Limoge, Wilkinson, Cisar, Mayar, Coolidge, Spencer, and Washburn.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Virginia "Ginny" Lyons Incumbent |
12.6% | 23,488 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe* Incumbent |
12.2% | 22,790 | |
| Democratic | Philip Baruth Incumbent |
11.9% | 22,217 | |
| Republican | Diane B. Snelling Incumbent |
11.7% | 21,855 | |
| Democratic | David Zuckerman** Incumbent |
11.4% | 21,333 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
10.6% | 19,738 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 9.9% | 18,432 | |
| Republican | Joy Limoge | 8.5% | 15,853 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Washburn | 2.2% | 4,113 | |
| Libertarian | John Cisar | 2.1% | 3,896 | |
| Libertarian | Christopher Coolidge | 2% | 3,694 | |
| Libertarian | Travis Spencer | 1.8% | 3,405 | |
| Libertarian | Ben Mayer | 1.8% | 3,310 | |
| Libertarian | Glyn Wilkinson | 1.4% | 2,706 | |
| Total Votes | 186,830 | |||
*Ashe appeared on the ballot as both a Democratic and Progressive nominee.
**Zuckerman appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.
Campaign themes
2020
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2016
Sirotkin's campaign website highlighted the following issues:[11]
Combating Opiate Addiction
- Excerpt: "After visiting a community forum in Richmond on that town’s struggle with heroin and opiate addiction, Michael became the lead sponsor of this bill, which ultimately passed the full legislature."
Paid sick days and medical and family leave
- Excerpt: "Vermont became the 5th state to grant paid sick days (3 days, growing to 5 in two years) to its workers. Noteworthy, was the legislature’s preservation of the sick day protection for 12,000 employees of businesses with fewer than 5 employees."
Burlington downtown development
- Excerpt: "At the end of the 2016 session, Mayor Miro Weinberger thanked the Burlington House delegation and the Chittenden Senate Delegation for giving greater flexibility to the city’s borrowing power for the public infrastructure (e.g. new streets, utilities, etc.) of any new proposal for downtown mall redevelopment."
Attorney General oversight of utility ratepayer advocacy
- Excerpt: "The Department of Public Service has recently been under increased scrutiny for their independence and effectiveness in representing utility ratepayers. Without passing judgment, these two bills seek another set of eyes (the Attorney General) to review these rate cases on a pilot basis."
Farm to school; Universal school meals
- Excerpt: "After visiting and having lunch with elementary school students at the Sustainability Academy in the Old North End, Michael was so impressed that he became the lead sponsor of successful legislation to expand VT’s farm to school programs and to access untapped federal dollars for universal meals.
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2022
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Personal
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Sirotkin has two sons. His late wife, former Senator Sally Fox, passed away January 10, 2014, from a rare lung cancer.[12]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Cite error: Invalid
<ref>tag; no text was provided for refs namedVPR - ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ Sirotkin for Senate, "On the issues," accessed July 15, 2016
- ↑ Burlington Free Press, "Longtime Vermont state legislator Sally Fox dies," January 18, 2014
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| Preceded by Sally Fox (D) |
Vermont State Senate Chittenden District 2014-2023 |
Succeeded by - |
