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Republican Party primaries in Vermont, 2020

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Republican Party primaries, 2020

Vermont Republican Party.jpeg

Primary Date
August 11, 2020

Primary Runoff Date
N/A

Federal elections
Republican primary for U.S. Senate
Republican primaries for U.S. House

State party
Republican Party of Vermont
State political party revenue

This page focuses on the Republican primaries that took place in Vermont on August 11, 2020. Click here for more information about the Democratic primaries.

Note that the dates and terms of participation for presidential preference primaries and caucuses sometimes differ from those that apply to primaries for state-level and other federal offices, which are the subject of this article. For more information on this state's presidential nomination process, click here.

Federal elections

U.S. House

See also: United States House election in Vermont, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

The 2020 U.S. House of Representatives elections in Vermont took place on November 3, 2020. Voters elected one candidate to serve in the U.S. House from the state's at-large congressional district.

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

State elections

State Senate

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
The Vermont State Senate was one of 86 state legislative chambers with elections in 2020. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2018, 87 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To see a full list of state Senate candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Vermont State Senate elections, 2020

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Addison District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Bray (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRuth Hardy (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Briggs
Green check mark transparent.pngJon Christiano (Write-in)

Bennington District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Campion (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Sears (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Caledonia District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJane Kitchel (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Choate

Green check mark transparent.pngJoe Benning (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Wilson  Candidate Connection

Vermont Progressive Party

No candidates filed for the Vermont Progressive Party primary

Did not make the ballot:
Bill Coleman  (Vermont Progressive Party)

Chittenden District  (6 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngPhilip Baruth (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngVirginia Lyons (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngChristopher Pearson (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Sirotkin (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Chittenden  Candidate Connection
Dylan Giambatista  Candidate Connection
June Heston
Erhard Mahnke
Steve May
Louis Meyers
Green check mark transparent.pngKesha Ram Hinsdale
Adam Roof
David Scherr

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Chastenay
Green check mark transparent.pngEricka Redic  Candidate Connection

Did not make the ballot:
Jean Sirois 

Essex-Orleans District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Starr (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRon Horton

Green check mark transparent.pngRuss Ingalls

Franklin District  (2 seats)

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngRandy Brock (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCorey Parent (i)

Grand Isle District

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Mazza (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Lamoille District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Westman (i)

Orange District

Green check mark transparent.pngMark MacDonald (i)
Susan Hatch Davis

Green check mark transparent.pngBill Huff

Rutland District  (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCheryl Hooker (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Courcelle
Green check mark transparent.pngGreg Cox
Christopher Hoyt

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Collamore (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJoshua Terenzini
Green check mark transparent.pngTerry Williams

Washington District  (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Cummings (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Perchlik (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAnthony Pollina (i)
Theo Kennedy

Green check mark transparent.pngKen Alger
Green check mark transparent.pngDawnmarie Tomasi
Green check mark transparent.pngDwayne Tucker
Brent Young

Windham District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngBecca Balint (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJeanette White (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windsor District  (3 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngAlison Clarkson (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRichard McCormack (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAlice Nitka (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Jasinski Sr.
Green check mark transparent.pngJack Williams

State House

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
The Vermont House of Representatives was one of 86 state legislative chambers with elections in 2020. There are 99 chambers throughout the country. In 2018, 87 out of 99 legislative chambers held elections. To see a full list of state House candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.
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Vermont State House elections, 2020

  • Incumbents are marked with an (i) after their name.
  • Candidate Connection = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
Office Democratic Party Democratic Republican Party Republican Other
Addison-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRobin Scheu (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Sheldon (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Hughes

Addison-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Conlon (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Addison-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMatt Birong (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngDiane Lanpher (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngTim Buskey

Addison-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMari Cordes (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCaleb Elder (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngLynn Dike
Green check mark transparent.pngValerie Mullin

Addison-5 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJubilee McGill

Green check mark transparent.pngHarvey Smith (i)

Addison-Rutland District

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Wilson

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Bennington-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngNelson Brownell (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Bennington-2-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngTimothy Corcoran II (i)
Michael Stern
Green check mark transparent.pngDane Whitman

Green check mark transparent.pngColleen Harrington

Bennington-2-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJim Carroll (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Nigro

Green check mark transparent.pngMary Morrissey (i)

Bennington-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Durfee (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngVictor Harwood Jr.
Francis Kinney

Bennington-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngKathleen James (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngSeth Bongartz
Jamie Dufour

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Bennington-Rutland District

Green check mark transparent.pngLinda Sullivan (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Caledonia-Washington District

Peter Griffin
Gwendolyn Hallsmith  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngHenry Pearl

Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Melendy

Caledonia-1 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngMarcia Robinson Martel (i)

Vermont Progressive Party

Green check mark transparent.pngDylan Stetson
Caledonia-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Troiano (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Caledonia-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Campbell (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngBrice Simon  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngScott Beck (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngFrank Empsall

Caledonia-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Hammond
Green check mark transparent.pngDennis LaBounty

Green check mark transparent.pngMartha Feltus (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Seymour (i)

Vermont Progressive Party

Green check mark transparent.pngChristian Hubbs
Chittenden-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJana Brown

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJim McCullough (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngErin Brady

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden 3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngTrevor Squirrell (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngGeorge Till (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngPaul Gross

Chittenden-4-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Yantachka (i)  Candidate Connection

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-4-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Lippert Jr. (i)
Christina Deeley

Dean Rolland
Green check mark transparent.pngSarah Toscano

Chittenden-5-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngKate Webb (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-5-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJessica Brumsted (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Hooper (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCarol Ode (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-2 District

Jean O'Sullivan (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngEmma Mulvaney-Stanak

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJill Krowinski (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCurt McCormack (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Cina (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngSelene Colburn (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-5 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngTiff Bluemle
Scott Pavek
Green check mark transparent.pngGabrielle Stebbins
Jesse Paul Warren
Annie Wohland

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-6 District

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Rachelson (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-6-7 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngHal Colston (i)
Jordan Matte
Green check mark transparent.pngTaylor Small

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-7-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngMartin LaLonde (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-7-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngAnn Pugh (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-7-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Killacky (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-7-4 District

Green check mark transparent.pngMaida Townsend (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Chittenden-8-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMarybeth Redmond (i)
Brian Shelden  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngTanya Vyhovsky  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngMaryse Dunbar
Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Nelson

Chittenden-8-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngLori Houghton (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Dolan  Candidate Connection
Patrick Murray  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngEdmond Daudelin

Chittenden-8-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngAlyssa Black

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Bancroft (i)

Chittenden-9-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngSeth Chase (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngCurt Taylor (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngDeserae Morin
Green check mark transparent.pngDoug Wood

Chittenden-9-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngSarita Austin (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngPatrick Brennan (i)
Alex Darr
Green check mark transparent.pngJon Lynch

Chittenden-10 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngEmily Hecker
Green check mark transparent.pngEmber Quinn

Green check mark transparent.pngChris Mattos (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Palasik (i)

Essex-Caledonia-Orleans District

Green check mark transparent.pngMartha Allen

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Essex-Caledonia District

Green check mark transparent.pngClement Bissonnette

Green check mark transparent.pngTerri Williams

Franklin-1 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngCarl Rosenquist (i)
Sydney Mclean-Lipinski

Franklin-2 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Franklin-3-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMike McCarthy (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Glidden

Green check mark transparent.pngCasey Toof (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngBruce Cheeseman

Franklin-3-2 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngEileen Dickinson (i)

Franklin-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Brosseau

Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Savage (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Norris

Franklin-5 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCharen Fegard (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Nadeau

Green check mark transparent.pngLisa Hango (i)

Franklin-6 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngJames Gregoire (i)

Franklin-7 District

Green check mark transparent.pngDennis Williams

Green check mark transparent.pngFelisha Storm (i)

Grand Isle-Chittenden District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMitzi Johnson (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngAndrew Julow

Green check mark transparent.pngLeland Morgan (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Morgan

Lamoille-Washington District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngAvram Patt (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Yacovone (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngShannara Johnson  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngTyler Machia

Lamoille-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJo Sabel Courtney

Green check mark transparent.pngHeidi Scheuermann (i)

Lamoille-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Noyes (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKate Donnally

Green check mark transparent.pngRichard Bailey
Green check mark transparent.pngShayne Spence  Candidate Connection

Lamoille-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngLucy Rogers (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngFerron Wambold

Orange-Caledonia District

Green check mark transparent.pngKelsey Root-Winchester

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Parsons

Orange-Washington-Addison District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJay Hooper (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Satcowitz

Green check mark transparent.pngJoseph Roche
Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Russell

Orange-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCarl Demrow (i)
Susan Hatch Davis
Green check mark transparent.pngKate MacLean  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngRodney Graham (i)
Levar Cole
Green check mark transparent.pngSamantha Lefebvre

Orange-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngSarah Copeland Hanzas (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngZack Lang  Candidate Connection

Orleans-Caledonia District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Elwell
Green check mark transparent.pngKatherine Sims  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngVicki Strong (i)
Tabitha Armstrong
Frank Huard
Green check mark transparent.pngJeannine Young  Candidate Connection

Orleans-Lamoille District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngMark Higley (i)

Orleans-1 District  (2 seats)

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngLynn Batchelor (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngBrian Smith (i)

Orleans-2 District  (2 seats)

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngMichael Marcotte (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngWoodman Page (i)

Rutland-Bennington District

Green check mark transparent.pngRobin Chesnut-Tangerman (i)
Edgar Cleveland

Green check mark transparent.pngSally Achey

Rutland-Windsor-1 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngJim Harrison (i)

Rutland-Windsor-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngLogan Nicoll (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Rutland-1 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngPatricia McCoy (i)

Rutland-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngDave Potter (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKen Fredette

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Burditt (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngArthur Peterson

Rutland-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Richards

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Canfield (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Helm (i)

Rutland-4 District

Green check mark transparent.pngBarbara Noyes Pulling  Candidate Connection

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Terenzini (i)

Rutland-5-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJennifer Scott

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Fagan (i)

Rutland-5-2 District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngLarry Cupoli (i)

Rutland-5-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngMary Howard (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Rutland-5-4 District

Green check mark transparent.pngWilliam Notte (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngSherri Prouty

Rutland-6 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngStephanie Jerome (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngCharles Shaw (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngDavid Soulia

Washington-1 District  (2 seats)

Gordon Bock
Green check mark transparent.pngRobert Lehmert  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngDenise MacMartin

Green check mark transparent.pngAnne Donahue (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKenneth Goslant (i)

Washington-2 District  (2 seats)

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngRob LaClair (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngFrancis McFaun (i)

Washington-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngPeter Anthony (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngTommy Walz (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngKaren Lauzon
Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Steinman

Washington-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMary Hooper (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngWarren Kitzmiller (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Vermont Progressive Party

Green check mark transparent.pngGlennie Sewell
Washington-5 District

Green check mark transparent.pngKimberly Jessup (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Washington-6 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJanet Ancel (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Washington-7 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngKari Dolan (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMaxine Jo Grad (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Washington-Chittenden District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngTom Stevens (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngTheresa Wood (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngBrock Coderre

Windham-Bennington-Windsor District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-Bennington District

No candidates filed for the Democratic primary


Green check mark transparent.pngMatthew Somerville

Windham-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngSara Coffey (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-2-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngEmilie Kornheiser (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-2-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngMollie Burke (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-2-3 District

Green check mark transparent.pngTristan Toleno (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-3 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngCarolyn Partridge (i)
Kelley Tully (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngLeslie Goldman

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-4 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Mrowicki (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngMichelle Bos-Lun  Candidate Connection
Robert DePino  Candidate Connection
Mathew Ingram
David Ramos

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-5 District

Green check mark transparent.pngEmily Long (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windham-6 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Gannon (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngAmy Kamstra

Windsor-Orange-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn O'Brien (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windsor-Orange-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngTim Briglin (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngJames Masland (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


Windsor-Rutland District

Robert Krattli  Candidate Connection
Green check mark transparent.pngKirk White

Green check mark transparent.pngWayne Townsend

Windsor-1 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngJohn Bartholomew (i)
Paul Belaski
Green check mark transparent.pngElizabeth Burrows
Jennifer Grant

Green check mark transparent.pngWesley Raney

Windsor-2 District

Green check mark transparent.pngDaniel Boyer
Tyler Harwell

Green check mark transparent.pngMike Kell (Write-in)

Windsor-3-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngThomas Bock (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngChester Alden

Windsor-3-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngAlice Emmons (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngKristi Morris (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngStuart Beam
Green check mark transparent.pngRandy Gray

Windsor-4-1 District

Green check mark transparent.pngHeather Surprenant
Havah Armstrong Walther

Green check mark transparent.pngMark Donka

Windsor-4-2 District  (2 seats)

Green check mark transparent.pngKevin Christie (i)
Green check mark transparent.pngRebecca White (i)

Green check mark transparent.pngAlice Flanders

Vermont Progressive Party

Green check mark transparent.pngNicholas Bramlage  Candidate Connection
Windsor-5 District

Green check mark transparent.pngCharlie Kimbell (i)

No candidates filed for the Republican primary


State executive offices

See also: Vermont state executive official elections, 2020

Six state executive offices are up for election in Vermont in 2020: governor, lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, auditor, and treasurer.

To see a full list of candidates in the Republican primaries, click "Show more" below.---

Governor

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2020

Republican Party Republican primary candidates


Candidate Connection = candidate completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey

Lieutenant governor

See also: Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

Secretary of state

See also: Vermont Secretary of State election, 2020

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

Attorney general

See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2020

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

Auditor

See also: Vermont Auditor election, 2020

Republican Party Republican primary candidates

No candidates filed for the Republican Party primary.


    Did not make the ballot:

    Treasurer

    See also: Vermont Treasurer election, 2020

    Republican Party Republican primary candidates


    Did not make the ballot:

    Context of the 2020 elections

    Vermont Party Control: 1992-2025
    Ten years of Democratic trifectas  •  No Republican trifectas
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    State party overview

    See also: Republican Party of Vermont

    State political party revenue

    See also: State political party revenue and State political party revenue per capita

    State political parties typically deposit revenue in separate state and federal accounts in order to comply with state and federal campaign finance laws.

    The Democratic Party and the Republican Party maintain state affiliates in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and select U.S. territories. The following map displays total state political party revenue per capita for the Republican state party affiliates.


    Voter information

    How the primary works

    A primary election is an election in which registered voters select a candidate that they believe should be a political party's candidate for elected office to run in the general election. They are also used to choose convention delegates and party leaders. Primaries are state-level and local-level elections that take place prior to a general election. Vermont utilizes an open primary system, in which registered voters do not have to be members of a party to vote in that party's primary.[1]

    For information about which offices are nominated via primary election, see this article.

    Poll times

    In Vermont, polls may open as early as 5 a.m. and all polls must open by 10 a.m. All polls close at 7 p.m. An individual who is in line at the time polls close must be allowed to vote.[2]

    Registration requirements

    Check your voter registration status here.

    A United States citizen and state resident who is at least 18 years of age may register to vote in Vermont. The registrant must take the "Voter's Oath," which is included on the voter registration form.[3][4]

    According to the secretary of state's website, "Beginning January 1, 2017, eligible persons may register to vote on any day up to and including the day of the election. Registration is available during all normal business hours of your town or city clerk's office on days preceding the election and during polling hours on Election Day."[3]

    Automatic registration

    See also: Automatic voter registration

    Vermont automatically registers eligible individuals to vote through the Department of Motor Vehicles. An eligible voter may decline automatic registration.[4]

    Online registration

    See also: Online voter registration

    Vermont has implemented an online voter registration system. Residents can register to vote by visiting this website.

    Same-day registration

    See also: Same-day voter registration

    Vermont allows same-day voter registration.[3]

    Residency requirements

    To register to vote in Vermont, you must be a resident of the state. State law does not specify a length of time for which you must have been a resident to be eligible.[3]

    Verification of citizenship

    See also: Laws permitting noncitizens to vote in the United States

    Vermont does not require proof of citizenship for voter registration. An individual applying to register to vote must attest that they are a U.S. citizen under penalty of perjury.

    As of November 2025, Burlington, Vermont had authorized noncitizen residents to vote in local board elections. Noncitizens must register to vote using a separate application from the state voter registration application.[5]

    All 49 states with voter registration systems require applicants to declare that they are U.S. citizens in order to register to vote in state and federal elections, under penalty of perjury or other punishment.[6] Seven states — Alabama, Arizona, Georgia, Kansas, Louisiana, New Hampshire, and Wyoming — have laws requiring verification of citizenship at the time of voter registration, whether in effect or not. One state, Ohio, requires proof of citizenship only when registering to vote at a Bureau of Motor Vehicles facility. In three states — California, Maryland, and Vermont — at least one local jurisdiction allows noncitizens to vote in some local elections. Noncitizens registering to vote in those elections must complete a voter registration application provided by the local jurisdiction and are not eligible to register as state or federal voters.

    Verifying your registration

    The Vermont Voter Portal, run by the Vermont Secretary of State office, allows residents to check their voter registration status online.


    Voter ID requirements

    Vermont does not require voters to present identification while voting in most cases.

    The federal Help America Vote Act requires that individuals in all 50 states who register to vote by mail and who have not voted previously in a federal election in their state must provide either their driver's license or a paycheck, bank statement, current utility bill, or government document showing their name and address. Individuals voting by mail must include a copy of one of those documents with their absentee/mail-in ballot.[7]

    These requirements do not apply if an individual submitted a copy of their identification, their driver's license number or the last four digits of their Social Security number when registering to vote. The following list of accepted ID was current as of October 2025. Click here for the Vermont Secretary of State's page on accepted ID to ensure you have the most current information.

    • Valid photo ID (driver’s license or passport)
    • Current utility bill
    • Current bank statement
    • Another government document containing your residential address

    Early voting

    Vermont permits early voting. Learn more by visiting this website.

    Early voting permits citizens to cast ballots in person at a polling place prior to an election. In states that permit no-excuse early voting, a voter does not have to provide an excuse for being unable to vote on Election Day. States that allow voters to cast no-excuse absentee/mail-in ballots in person are counted as no-excuse early voting states.

    Forty-seven states and the District of Columbia permit no-excuse early voting.

    Absentee voting

    Vermont is an all-mail voting state. All voters are eligible to vote absentee/by mail in Vermont. There are no special eligibility requirements for voting absentee/by mail.[8]

    In general elections, the office of the secretary of state delivers mail-in ballots automatically to all active voters. For primary elections, or if a voter needs to request a replacement ballot in a general election, voters must submit an application to their town clerk by 5 p.m. on the day before the election.[8]

    A completed absentee ballot must be returned to the town clerk before the close of business on the day before the election or to the polling place before 7 p.m. on Election Day.[8]


    Pivot Counties

    See also: Pivot Counties by state

    One of 14 Vermont counties—7.14 percent—is a Pivot County. Pivot Counties are counties that voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2008 and 2012 and for Donald Trump (R) in 2016. Altogether, the nation had 206 Pivot Counties, with most being concentrated in upper midwestern and northeastern states.

    Counties won by Trump in 2016 and Obama in 2012 and 2008
    County Trump margin of victory in 2016 Obama margin of victory in 2012 Obama margin of victory in 2008
    Essex County, Vermont 16.65% 13.40% 14.48%

    In the 2016 presidential election, Hillary Clinton (D) won Vermont with 56.7 percent of the vote. Donald Trump (R) received 30.3 percent. In presidential elections between 1900 and 2016, Vermont cast votes for the winning presidential candidate 60.0 percent of the time. In that same time frame, Vermont supported Republican candidates for president more often than Democratic candidates, 70.0 to 26.7 percent. The state, however, favored Democrats in every election between between 2000 and 2016.

    Presidential results by legislative district

    The following table details results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections by state House districts in Vermont. Click [show] to expand the table. The "Obama," "Romney," "Clinton," and "Trump" columns describe the percent of the vote each presidential candidate received in the district. The "2012 Margin" and "2016 Margin" columns describe the margin of victory between the two presidential candidates in those years. The "Party Control" column notes which party held that seat heading into the 2018 general election. Data on the results of the 2012 and 2016 presidential elections broken down by state legislative districts was compiled by Daily Kos.[9][10]

    In 2012, Barack Obama (D) won all 104 state House districts in Vermont with an average margin of victory of 35.6 points. In 2016, Hillary Clinton (D) won 92 out of 104 state House districts in Vermont with an average margin of victory of 29.4 points. Clinton won 27 districts controlled by Republicans heading into the 2018 elections.
    In 2016, Donald Trump (R) won 12 out of 104 state House districts in Vermont with an average margin of victory of 6.1 points.


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    Footnotes

    1. Vermont General Assembly, "Vt. Stat. Ann. tit. 17, § 2363," accessed September 16, 2025
    2. Vermont State Legislature, “17 V.S.A. § 2561,” accessed November 20, 2025
    3. 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 Vermont Secretary of State, "Voter Registration," accessed November 20, 2025
    4. 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Frequently Asked Questions," accessed November 20, 2025
    5. City of Burlington, Vermont, "City of Burlington All Legal Resident Voter Registration Form," accessed November 20, 2025
    6. Under federal law, the national mail voter registration application (a version of which is in use in all states with voter registration systems) requires applicants to indicate that they are U.S. citizens in order to complete an application to vote in state or federal elections, but does not require voters to provide documentary proof of citizenship. According to the U.S. Department of Justice, the application "may require only the minimum amount of information necessary to prevent duplicate voter registrations and permit State officials both to determine the eligibility of the applicant to vote and to administer the voting process."
    7. Congress, "H.R.3295 - Help America Vote Act of 2002," accessed September 30, 2025
    8. 8.0 8.1 8.2 Vermont Secretary of State, "Early & Absentee Voting," accessed November 20, 2025
    9. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' statewide election results by congressional and legislative districts," July 9, 2013
    10. Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' 2016 presidential results for congressional and legislative districts," February 6, 2017