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Paul Belaski
Paul Belaski (Democratic Party) was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Windsor-1 District. He assumed office in 2017. He left office on January 9, 2019.
Belaski (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Windsor-1 District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2022.
Committee assignments
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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| • Corrections and Institutions |
Sponsored legislation
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
2022
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and incumbent Elizabeth Burrows won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | John Bartholomew (D) | 50.4 | 2,767 |
| ✔ |  | Elizabeth Burrows (D) | 45.9 | 2,521 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 200 | ||
| Total votes: 5,488 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and incumbent Elizabeth Burrows defeated Paul Belaski in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew | 37.6 | 918 |
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Burrows | 37.6 | 917 |
 | Paul Belaski | 24.5 | 599 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 6 | ||
| Total votes: 2,440 | |||
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2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Elizabeth Burrows defeated Jacob Holmes, Wesley Raney, and John MacGovern in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew (D) | 33.2 | 2,735 |
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Burrows (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 26.1 | 2,148 |
 | Jacob Holmes (R) | 17.6 | 1,452 | |
| Wesley Raney (R) | 14.3 | 1,176 | ||
 | John MacGovern (Independent) | 8.4 | 691 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 30 | ||
| Total votes: 8,232 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Elizabeth Burrows defeated Jennifer Grant and Paul Belaski in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew | 33.7 | 948 |
| ✔ | | Elizabeth Burrows | 23.0 | 647 |
| Jennifer Grant | 22.8 | 641 | ||
| Paul Belaski | 19.9 | 561 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 2,814 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Wesley Raney advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wesley Raney | 79.5 | 468 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 20.5 | 121 | ||
| Total votes: 589 | |||
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2018
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Zachariah Ralph defeated Wesley Raney in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew (D) | 40.7 | 2,218 |
| ✔ |  | Zachariah Ralph (Vermont Progressive Party) | 37.4 | 2,040 |
| Wesley Raney (R) | 21.1 | 1,152 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.8 | 43 | ||
| Total votes: 5,453 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Incumbent John Bartholomew defeated incumbent Paul Belaski in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | John Bartholomew | 55.3 | 673 |
| Paul Belaski | 44.7 | 544 | |
| Total votes: 1,217 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Wesley Raney advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Wesley Raney | 100.0 | 267 | |
| Total votes: 267 | |||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District (2 seats)
Zachariah Ralph advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 1 District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Zachariah Ralph | 100.0 | 656 |
| Total votes: 656 | |||
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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 John Bartholomew and Paul Belaski defeated Rick Hansen and Clayton Paronto in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-1 District general election.[1][2]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-1 District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  John Bartholomew Incumbent |
34.67% | 2,394 | |
| Democratic | Paul Belaski |
30.76% | 2,124 | |
| Republican | Rick Hansen | 17.55% | 1,212 | |
| Independent | Clayton Paronto | 17.02% | 1,175 | |
| Total Votes | 6,905 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent John Bartholomew and Paul Belaski were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-1 District Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-1 District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | John Bartholomew Incumbent |
54.81% | 1,003 | |
| Democratic | Paul Belaski |
45.19% | 827 | |
| Total Votes | 1,830 | |||
Rick Hansen ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-1 District Republican primary.[3][4]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-1 District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Rick Hansen (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2022
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2020
Paul Belaski did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
Campaign finance summary
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2018
In 2018, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 13. There was also a special session from May 23 through June 29.
- National Federation of Independent Business in Vermont: 2017-2018 voting record
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- Vermont Public Interest Research Group: 2017-2018 Legislative Scorecard
- Legislators are scored by VPIRG on bills related to public interest issues.
- Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.
2017
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In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 18. There was also a veto session June 21.
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
