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Paul Dame
Image of Paul Dame
Republican Party of Vermont Chair
Tenure
Present officeholder
Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-2 District (Historical)

Elections and appointments
Last election

August 9, 2022

Education

High school

Otter Valley Union High School

Bachelor's

University of Vermont

Personal
Profession
Business owner
Contact

Paul Dame is an officeholder of the Republican Party of Vermont Chair.

Dame (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Chittenden-7 District. Dame lost as a write-in in the Republican primary on August 9, 2022.

On November 6, 2021, Dame was elected to serve as chairman of the Vermont Republican Party.[1]

Committee assignments

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Dame served on the following 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

2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 7 District

Incumbent Jessica Brumsted won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 7 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica Brumsted
Jessica Brumsted (D)
 
98.4
 
1,912
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.6
 
32

Total votes: 1,944
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 7 District

Incumbent Jessica Brumsted advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 7 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Jessica Brumsted
Jessica Brumsted
 
99.3
 
909
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
6

Total votes: 915
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 7 District

No candidate advanced from the primary.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Paul Dame
Paul Dame (Write-in)
 
22.2
 
2
 Other/Write-in votes
 
77.8
 
7

Total votes: 9
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Endorsements

Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Dame in this election.

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
Image of Timothy Ashe
Timothy Ashe (D)
 
14.2
 
44,002
Image of Virginia Lyons
Virginia Lyons (D)
 
13.4
 
41,617
Image of Debbie Ingram
Debbie Ingram (D)
 
13.1
 
40,751
Image of Michael Sirotkin
Michael Sirotkin (D)
 
12.4
 
38,569
Image of Philip Baruth
Philip Baruth (D)
 
12.2
 
38,075
Image of Christopher Pearson
Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D)
 
9.9
 
30,863
Alex Farrell (R)
 
6.3
 
19,602
Image of Paul Dame
Paul Dame (R)
 
5.6
 
17,521
Dana Maxfield (R)
 
5.3
 
16,422
Image of Louis Meyers
Louis Meyers (Independent)
 
2.8
 
8,848
Seth Cournoyer (L)
 
1.7
 
5,389
Image of Loyal Ploof
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
Image of Timothy Ashe
Timothy Ashe
 
19.0
 
13,527
Image of Virginia Lyons
Virginia Lyons
 
18.1
 
12,886
Image of Michael Sirotkin
Michael Sirotkin
 
15.1
 
10,727
Image of Debbie Ingram
Debbie Ingram
 
15.0
 
10,701
Image of Philip Baruth
Philip Baruth
 
14.5
 
10,302
Image of Val Carzello
Val Carzello
 
7.3
 
5,229
Image of Steve May
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
Image of Christopher Pearson
Christopher Pearson
 
100.0
 
9,029

Total votes: 9,029
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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.

Dylan Giambatista and Lori Houghton defeated incumbent Paul Dame and R. Michael Plageman in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-8-2 District general election.[2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-8-2 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dylan Giambatista 27.01% 2,396
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lori Houghton 29.35% 2,603
     Republican Paul Dame Incumbent 23.70% 2,102
     Republican R. Michael Plageman 19.94% 1,769
Total Votes 8,870
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Dylan Giambatista and Lori Houghton were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-8-2 District Democratic primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-8-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dylan Giambatista 44.66% 589
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Lori Houghton 55.34% 730
Total Votes 1,319


Incumbent Paul Dame and R. Michael Plageman were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-8-2 District Republican primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-8-2 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Paul Dame Incumbent 53.98% 569
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png R. Michael Plageman 46.02% 485
Total Votes 1,054

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. Chittenden-8-2 has two state representatives. Incumbents Tim Jerman and Linda Waite-Simpson were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Paul Dame was unopposed in the Republican primary. Lillith Soleil ran unopposed in the Libertarian primary.[6][7][8][9] As a running mate, Dame recruited Tim Allard who earned 90 write-in votes to surpass the required 25 votes.[10]. Jerman and Dame defeated Waite-Simpson, Allard and Soleil in the general election.[11]

Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-8-2 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTim Jerman Incumbent 26.2% 1,473
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Dame 24.9% 1,399
     Democratic Linda Waite-Simpson Incumbent 24.4% 1,371
     Republican Tim Allard 23.3% 1,311
     Libertarian Lillith Soleil 1.2% 67
Total Votes 5,621

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Dame ran for election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-2. Dame was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[12]

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden 8-2 District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngTim Jerman Incumbent 33.5% 2,685
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Waite-Simpson Incumbent 28.9% 2,314
     Republican Paul Dame 22.3% 1,791
     Independent Carlton Houghton 15.3% 1,228
Total Votes 8,018

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2014

Dame's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]

  • Health Care & Single Payer
Excerpt: "We need to spend our time and energy on reducing the cost of care by removing the burdens on new care facilities that have a difficult "certificate of public need" process, that bigger healthcare businesses don't have to abide by. We should also look at innovations like New Jersey's Free Clinic model which assigns physician malpractice liability to the state when the physician voluntarily provides FREE care at a free clinic. I also think that Vermont should permit insurance to be offered outside of the ACA exchange - we are the only state that has made it ILLEGAL to buy insurance anywhere else. Doing so along with broader non-indemnity insurance offerings (similar to life & disability insurance policies) could provide coverage to people who currently can't afford it."
  • Transportation Infrastructure & Circumferential Highway
Excerpt: "Even if the entire Circ will not be built according to its original design, I strongly believe that the portion connecting the Essex Outlets (and the rear entrance to the Champlain Valley Expo) would be of special benefit to residents of Essex, Jericho & Williston, and would be a service to all Vermonters and our visitors. The current congestion on Route 2 is hurting our productivity and our environment. If our legislature is willing to risk a lawsuit over GMO labeling, I think they ought to have the boldness to build the necessary infrastructure needed here in Chittenden County."
  • IBM and Local Economy
Excerpt: "At one time IBM was the largest employer in the state. But over time that has changed, and that change serves as an example of how hostile the state has been to job providers…Vermont needs to have an attitude that seeks to encourage businesses to stay and relocate here. Recently Dealer.com was hit by a reinstatement of the "Cloud Tax" which puts a VT sales tax on cloud-based services. During the last election a moratorium was put on the tax - but after the election that moratorium was repealed. We need to repeal this tax to keep VT businesses on a level playing field."[13]

Campaign finance summary


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Paul Dame campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Chittenden-8-2Won $7,473 N/A**
Grand total$7,473 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.

Scorecards

See also: State legislative scorecards and State legislative scorecards in Vermont

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2017

In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 18. There was also a veto session June 21.

Legislators are scored based on their voting records on environmental issues.
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Legislators are scored on their votes on conservative issues.


2016


2015



2016 Republican National Convention

See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
Paul Dame
Republican National Convention, 2016
Status:At-large delegate
State:Vermont
Bound to:Unknown
Delegates to the RNC 2016
Calendar and delegate rules overviewTypes of delegatesDelegate rules by stateState election law and delegatesDelegates by state

Dame was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Vermont.[14] In the Vermont Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump and John Kasich won eight delegates each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Dame was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Vermont’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[15]

Delegate rules

See also: RNC delegate guidelines from Vermont, 2016 and Republican delegates from Vermont, 2016

Delegates from Vermont to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Delegates were required to complete a petition with 25 signatures from town, city, county, or state committee members and be a current member of one such committee, an elected official, or a former delegate from Vermont to a Republican National Convention. Delegates from Vermont were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate released them, suspended his or her campaign, or was not placed into contention at the convention.

Vermont primary results

See also: Presidential election in Vermont, 2016
Vermont Republican Primary, 2016
Candidate Vote % Votes Delegates
Green check mark transparent.pngDonald Trump 32.3% 19,974 8
John Kasich 30% 18,534 8
Marco Rubio 19.1% 11,781 0
Ted Cruz 9.6% 5,932 0
Ben Carson 4.1% 2,551 0
Jeb Bush 1.8% 1,106 0
Rand Paul 0.7% 423 0
Chris Christie 0.6% 361 0
Carly Fiorina 0.3% 212 0
Rick Santorum 0.3% 164 0
Other 0.6% 390 0
Spoiled votes 0.2% 137 0
Blank votes 0.3% 191 0
Totals 61,756 16
Source: Vermont Secretary of State and CNN

Delegate allocation

See also: 2016 presidential nominations: calendar and delegate rules
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Vermont had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all for the state's single congressional district). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[16][17]

Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[16][17]

See also


External links

Footnotes

  1. WCAX, "Vermont GOP elects Paul Dame as new party chair," November 6, 2021
  2. Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
  3. Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
  4. 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
  5. 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
  6. Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
  7. Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
  8. Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
  9. Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
  10. VTDigger.org, "Familiar Republican Joins Dame on Ballot in Essex Junction’s House Race," August 31, 2014
  11. Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
  12. Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results," accessed July 12, 2014
  13. 13.0 13.1 Paul Dame for State Rep, "Issues," accessed October 27, 2014
  14. VT GOP, "Final List of Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention," May 26, 2016
  15. To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
  16. 16.0 16.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
  17. 17.0 17.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016


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