Tim Wessel
Tim Wessel (independent) ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Windham District. He lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.
Wessel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. Click here to read the survey answers.
Biography
Tim Wessel was born in Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Wessel earned a bachelor's degree from Ithaca College in 1989. His career experience includes working as a film and video producer. Wessel has also been the clerk, vice-chair, and chair of the Brattleboro Selectboard and served on the BCTV Board of Directors, on the Brattleboro Area Chamber of Commerce, and as a Town Meeting Member. In 2021, he was appointed by the Vermont State Senate to serve as a municipal representative on the Cannabis Control Board Advisory Committee.[1][2]
Elections
2022
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Windham District (2 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Windham District on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Wendy Harrison (D)  | 34.2 | 10,968 |
| ✔ |  | Nader Hashim (D) | 31.2 | 9,997 |
 | Tim Wessel (Independent) | 11.5 | 3,677 | |
 | Richard Morton (R) | 10.1 | 3,249 | |
| Richard Kenyon (R) | 9.6 | 3,082 | ||
 | Mark Coester (Independent) | 3.2 | 1,036 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 32,051 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windham District (2 seats)
Nader Hashim and Wendy Harrison defeated Wichie Artu in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windham District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Nader Hashim | 40.3 | 4,684 |
| ✔ | | Wendy Harrison | 36.7 | 4,262 |
 | Wichie Artu | 22.8 | 2,650 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 28 | ||
| Total votes: 11,624 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windham District (2 seats)
Mark Coester and Richard Kenyon defeated Richard Morton in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windham District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Mark Coester | 32.9 | 542 |
| ✔ | Richard Kenyon | 32.8 | 539 | |
| Richard Morton | 32.1 | 528 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.2 | 36 | ||
| Total votes: 1,645 | |||
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Campaign themes
2022
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Tim Wessel completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Wessel's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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- I’m passionate about creating initiatives and policies that serve the citizens of Vermont. Too often, political perspectives can cloud good public policy decisions. We need to get back to some basics when it comes to serving Vermonters. That means listening to all sides, evaluating options, studying past policy mistakes and then moving forward together. Let’s let go of divisive dogma and find progressive common ground to truly serve ALL Vermonters.
- As a parent of a four-year-old during the Covid-19 pandemic, I can tell you that no other single issue has caused more stress to our household of two working parents than the uneven childcare landscape. I am committed to improving early education access in southern Vermont. We need to organize commitments from both government and private sectors to identify barriers to improving this vital need in Windham County.
- I have the experience, the patience, and the stamina to dedicate my time to serving my constituents as their independent voice in Montpelier.
I am also a fierce advocate for local democracy. Throughout my time serving Brattleboro, I have advocated for local towns and villages to have more control over their affairs with less Montpelier-controlled edicts coming from the north.
In 2018 and 2019, I made several trips to Montpelier to advocate for more local control with bills designed to allow experiments in limited ‘Home Rule’ – taking some burden off of the legislature while granting some modest improvements in local control of municipal decisions.
And it gets stuck there at least once a week, until I can hear a good Beatles song again to make it disappear!
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See also
2022 Elections
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on April 5, 2022
- ↑ State of Vermont Cannabis Control Board, "Press Release: Cannabis Control Board Announces Advisory Committee Members," August 3, 2021
