Steve May (Vermont)

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Steve May

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Steve May (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden Southeast District. He lost in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2022.

Elections

2022

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)

Incumbent Thomas Chittenden, incumbent Virginia Lyons, and Kesha Ram Hinsdale defeated Dean Rolland and Rohan St. Marthe in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Chittenden (D)	29.5	26,579
✔		Virginia Lyons (D)	27.8	25,068
✔		Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D / Vermont Progressive Party)	24.8	22,335
	Submit photo	Dean Rolland (R)	9.8	8,785
	Submit photo	Rohan St. Marthe (R)	7.8	7,035
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	243

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 90,045
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)

Incumbent Virginia Lyons, Kesha Ram Hinsdale, and incumbent Thomas Chittenden defeated Lewis Mudge and Steve May in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Virginia Lyons	29.4	12,501
✔		Kesha Ram Hinsdale	27.1	11,517
✔		Thomas Chittenden	25.8	10,996
	Submit photo	Lewis Mudge	11.0	4,668
		Steve May	6.6	2,801
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	79

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,562
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Ken Scott (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)

Incumbent Thomas Chittenden advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Thomas Chittenden (Write-in)	18.9	74
		Other/Write-in votes	81.1	317

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 391
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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
	Submit photo	Susan Bowen (R)	5.5	21,900
	Submit photo	Tom Chastenay (R)	4.9	19,300
		Ericka Redic (R)	4.8	18,945
	Submit photo	Kumulia Long (R)	4.8	18,763
	Submit photo	Dean Rolland (R)	4.5	17,604
	Submit photo	Kylie Hollingsworth (R)	4.1	16,319
		James Ehlers (Independent)	3.0	11,919
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	631

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	June Heston	7.7	11,719
		David Scherr	6.3	9,562
		Dylan Giambatista	6.1	9,331
	Submit photo	Erhard Mahnke	5.2	7,878
	Submit photo	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Tom Chastenay	48.8	6,725
✔		Ericka Redic	42.2	5,810
		Other/Write-in votes	9.0	1,247

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Alex Farrell (R)	6.3	19,602
		Paul Dame (R)	5.6	17,521
	Submit photo	Dana Maxfield (R)	5.3	16,422
		Louis Meyers (Independent)	2.8	8,848
	Submit photo	Seth Cournoyer (L)	1.7	5,389
		Loyal Ploof (L)	1.5	4,599
	Submit photo	Joshua Knox (Fair Representation Vermont Party)	1.3	4,173
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	465

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
	Submit photo	Finnian Boardman Abbey	5.3	3,771

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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
✔	Submit photo	Alex Farrell	51.9	3,507
✔	Submit photo	Dana Maxfield	48.1	3,255

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	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	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

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	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	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.

Marcia Gardner defeated Alex Holcomb and Steve May in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-1 District general election.

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-1 District General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marcia Gardner	59.11%	1,324
	Independent	Alex Holcomb	19.91%	446
	Progressive	Steve May	20.98%	470
Total Votes				2,240
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

Marcia Gardner defeated Steve May and Scott Lowe in the Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-1 District Democratic primary.

Vermont House of Representatives, Chittenden-1 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Marcia Gardner	50.06%	407
	Democratic	Steve May	23.00%	187
	Democratic	Scott Lowe	26.94%	219
Total Votes				813

Campaign themes

2022

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2020

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2016

May's campaign website highlighted the following issues:

Making work pay

• Excerpt: "Civil engineers repeatedly point to crumbling infrastructure as a primary barrier to secure high paying 21st Century jobs to the Vermont economy. Not only will these much overdue projects put Vermont workers back to work, but they will serve to help bring our goods to market and our ideas to the world."

Steve = jobs

• Excerpt: "Working in collaboration with the state department of commerce, we can identify opportunities to return specialized high-end manufacturing work to Vermont, organizing around existing businesses and opportunities stemming from both ongoing business ventures locally and new growth possibilities."

Putting families first

• Excerpt: "Supporting talented Vermont workers means that as a society we need to find ways to keep these workers in the economy as taxpayers."

Attacking Vermont's opiate crisis

• Excerpt: "The UVM Medical School must take a central role in addressing the most pressing medical crisis in Vermont in a generation. The connection between chronic pain and addiction is clear but these are symptoms which need to be placed in the broader context of patients’ lives."

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Current members of the Vermont State Senate

Leadership

Majority Leader:Kesha Ram Hinsdale

Senators

Addison District

Ruth Hardy (D)

Steven Heffernan (R)

Bennington District

Seth Bongartz (D)

Robert Plunkett (D)

Caledonia District

Scott Beck (R)

Chittenden Central District

Philip Baruth (D)

Martine Gulick (D)

Tanya Vyhovsky (V)

Chittenden North District

Chris Mattos (R)

Chittenden Southeast District

Thomas Chittenden (D)

Virginia Lyons (D)

Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D)

Essex District

Russ Ingalls (R)

Franklin District

Randy Brock (R)

Robert Norris (R)

Grand Isle District

Patrick Brennan (R)

Lamoille District

Richard Westman (R)

Orange District

Larry Hart (R)

Orleans District

Samuel Douglass (R)

Rutland District

Brian Collamore (R)

David Weeks (R)

Terry Williams (R)

Washington District

Ann Cummings (D)

Andrew Perchlik (D)

Anne Watson (D)

Windham District

Wendy Harrison (D)

Nader Hashim (D)

Windsor District

Alison Clarkson (D)

Joe Major (D)

Rebecca White (D)

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