Steve Berry (Vermont)
Steve Berry (Democratic Party) was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Bennington-4 District. He assumed office on January 7, 2015. He left office in 2017.
Berry (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Berry also ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Bennington District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Steve Berry's professional experience includes serving as a minister for several churches, working as a contributing author at Crown Publishing, Herald Press, and ABC-CLIO, and working as the executive director of the organizations My State is Great and Global Meetinghouse Enterprises, LLC.[1]
Committee assignments
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Berry served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Human Services |
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
2024 Senate Race
See also: United States Senate election in Vermont, 2024
General election
General election for U.S. Senate Vermont
The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Vermont on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Bernie Sanders (Independent) | 63.2 | 229,429 |
 | Gerald Malloy (R)  | 32.1 | 116,512 | |
 | Steve Berry (Independent) | 2.2 | 7,941 | |
 | Matthew Hill (L) | 1.2 | 4,530 | |
 | Justin Schoville (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont) | 0.9 | 3,339 | |
 | Mark Stewart Greenstein (Epic Party) | 0.3 | 1,104 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 398 | ||
| Total votes: 363,253 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bernie Sanders (D)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Incumbent Bernie Sanders advanced from the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bernie Sanders | 98.8 | 48,189 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.2 | 583 | ||
| Total votes: 48,772 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont
Gerald Malloy advanced from the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Gerald Malloy | 96.4 | 20,383 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.6 | 772 | ||
| Total votes: 21,155 | |||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Berry in this election.
2024 Vermont Senate Bennington District Race
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Seth Bongartz (D) | 27.3 | 10,053 |
| ✔ |  | Robert Plunkett (D) | 24.9 | 9,160 |
| Joe Gervais (R) | 23.5 | 8,647 | ||
| Lawrence Whitmire (Independent) | 9.6 | 3,539 | ||
 | Cynthia Browning (Independent) | 7.8 | 2,867 | |
| Steve Berry (Independent) | 6.7 | 2,459 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 60 | ||
| Total votes: 36,785 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Bruce Busa (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
Seth Bongartz and Robert Plunkett defeated incumbent Richard Sears (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Seth Bongartz | 49.0 | 2,641 |
| ✔ | | Robert Plunkett (Write-in) | 30.0 | 1,616 |
 | Richard Sears (Unofficially withdrew) | 15.5 | 837 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.5 | 294 | ||
| Total votes: 5,388 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)
Joe Gervais and Bruce Busa advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Gervais | 83.8 | 1,036 | |
| ✔ |  | Bruce Busa (Write-in) | 6.8 | 84 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.4 | 116 | ||
| Total votes: 1,236 | |||
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Endorsements
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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 Cynthia Browning and Brian Keefe defeated incumbent Steve Berry in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-4 District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-4 District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Cynthia Browning Incumbent |
32.79% | 2,095 | |
| Republican | Brian Keefe |
35.95% | 2,297 | |
| Democratic | Steve Berry Incumbent | 31.27% | 1,998 | |
| Total Votes | 6,390 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Steve Berry and incumbent Cynthia Browning were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-4 District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-4 District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Steve Berry Incumbent |
54.15% | 522 | |
| Democratic | Cynthia Browning Incumbent |
45.85% | 442 | |
| Total Votes | 964 | |||
Brian Keefe ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Bennington-4 District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Bennington-4 District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | Brian Keefe (unopposed) | |
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-4 has two state representatives. Incumbent Cynthia Browning and Steve Berry were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Tony Dupont was unopposed on the Republican primary ballot, however, Judy Livingston led a successful write-in campaign to earn a place on the general election ballot as the second Republican contender.[6][7][8][9] Browning and Berry defeated Dupont and Livingston in the November general election.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Cynthia Browning Incumbent |
30.1% | 1,404 | |
| Democratic | Steve Berry |
27.8% | 1,295 | |
| Republican | Judy Livingston | 26.2% | 1,222 | |
| Republican | Tony Dupont | 15.8% | 736 | |
| Total Votes | 4,657 | |||
Campaign themes
2024 Senate Candidate
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Steve Berry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2024 Vermont Senate Bennington District Candidate
Ballotpedia survey responses
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Steve Berry did not complete Ballotpedia's 2024 Candidate Connection survey.
2014
Berry's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]
- Health care
- Excerpt: “Health insurance costs have spiraled out of control, yet healthcare outcomes healthcare outcomes have not improved substantially…The bottom line of our health care system should be the health of our citizens, not the profits of some insurance company.”
- Democracy
- Excerpt: “I will call for a Statewide observance of Town Meeting, close government for the day and bring families to Town meeting to get everyone civicly engaged in issues locally and statewide that affect our lives, livlihoods, community education and wellbeing.”
- Environment
- Excerpt: “Special interest groups are eyeing Vermont’s natural resources. We need to defend our ecosystem to ensure safe food to eat and a healthy environment. We must get serious about the threat of climate change once and for all.”[11]
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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.
- Vermont Conservation Voters: 2017-2018 Environmental Scorecard
- Legislators are scored based on their voting records on environmental issues.
- Vermont Public Interest Research Group: 2017-2018 Legislative Scorecard
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2016
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In 2016, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 5 through May 6.
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2015
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In 2015, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 16.
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See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ LinkedIn, "Steven Berry," accessed October 16, 2024
- ↑ 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
- ↑ 11.0 11.1 Steve Berry for House Representative, "How I will Serve ...as your State Representative," accessed October 24, 2014
