Vermont Treasurer election, 2026
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| Filing deadline: May 28, 2026 |
| Primary: August 11, 2026 General: November 3, 2026 |
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Vermont is holding an election for treasurer on November 3, 2026.
Candidates and election results
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General election
The general election will occur on November 3, 2026.
General election for Vermont Treasurer
Joshua Bechhoefer is running in the general election for Vermont Treasurer on November 3, 2026.
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| Joshua Bechhoefer (R) | ||
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Voting information
- See also: Voting in Vermont
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Past elections
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2020.
2024
- See also: Vermont Treasurer election, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont Treasurer
Incumbent Michael Pieciak defeated Joshua Bechhoefer in the general election for Vermont Treasurer on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Pieciak (D) | 60.8 | 211,134 | |
Joshua Bechhoefer (R) ![]() | 39.1 | 135,763 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 415 | ||
| Total votes: 347,312 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Tim Maciel (Vermont Progressive Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer
Incumbent Michael Pieciak advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Pieciak | 99.5 | 45,358 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 221 | ||
| Total votes: 45,579 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer
Joshua Bechhoefer advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joshua Bechhoefer ![]() | 97.3 | 19,286 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.7 | 542 | ||
| Total votes: 19,828 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer
Tim Maciel advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Tim Maciel | 87.2 | 285 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 12.8 | 42 | ||
| Total votes: 327 | ||||
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2022
- See also: Vermont Treasurer election, 2022
General election
General election for Vermont Treasurer
Michael Pieciak defeated H. Brooke Paige in the general election for Vermont Treasurer on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Pieciak (D) ![]() | 65.6 | 182,571 | |
| H. Brooke Paige (R) | 34.3 | 95,440 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 347 | ||
| Total votes: 278,358 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Don Schramm (Vermont Progressive Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer
Michael Pieciak advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Michael Pieciak ![]() | 99.3 | 81,428 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 570 | ||
| Total votes: 81,998 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer
H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | H. Brooke Paige | 97.0 | 22,482 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 3.0 | 698 | ||
| Total votes: 23,180 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer
Don Schramm advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Don Schramm | 94.8 | 475 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.2 | 26 | ||
| Total votes: 501 | ||||
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2020
- See also: Vermont Treasurer election, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont Treasurer
Incumbent Elizabeth Pearce defeated Carolyn Whitney Branagan, Alex Wright, and Cris Ericson in the general election for Vermont Treasurer on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Elizabeth Pearce (D) | 57.4 | 197,255 | |
| Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R) | 33.2 | 114,177 | ||
| Alex Wright (Independent) | 5.2 | 17,939 | ||
| Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party) | 4.1 | 14,142 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 332 | ||
| Total votes: 343,845 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer
Incumbent Elizabeth Pearce advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Elizabeth Pearce | 99.6 | 96,088 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 392 | ||
| Total votes: 96,480 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer
Carolyn Whitney Branagan advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Carolyn Whitney Branagan | 97.1 | 41,023 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 1,222 | ||
| Total votes: 42,245 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer
Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Cris Ericson | 58.1 | 411 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 41.9 | 297 | ||
| Total votes: 708 | ||||
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Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
| District | Incumbent | PVI |
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| Vermont's At-Large | Becca Balint | D+17 |
2024 presidential results by 2026 congressional district lines
| District | Kamala Harris |
Donald Trump |
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| Vermont's At-Large | 64.0% | 33.0% |
| Source: The Downballot | ||
2016-2024
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2016, 2020, and 2024 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
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| Status | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | ||||
| Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
| Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
| Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
| New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
| Republican | |||||||
| Status | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 | ||||
| Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
| Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
| Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
| New Republican | D | D | R | ||||
Following the 2024 presidential election, 94.8% of Vermonters lived in one of the state's 12 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2016 to 2024, and 4.2% lived in one of 1 New Republican counties. Overall, Vermont was Solid Democratic, having voted for Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, Joe Biden (D) in 2020, and Kamala Harris (D) in 2024. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Vermont following the 2024 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
| Vermont county-level statistics, 2024 | |||||||
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| Solid Democratic | 12 | 94.8% | |||||
| New Republican | 1 | 4.2% | |||||
| Solid Republican | 1 | 0.9% | |||||
| Total voted Democratic | 12 | 94.8% | |||||
| Total voted Republican | 2 | 5.2% | |||||
Historical voting trends
Vermont presidential election results (1900-2024)
- 10 Democratic wins
- 22 Republican wins
| Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | 2024 |
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| Winning Party | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Vermont.
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of Vermont
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Vermont.
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Vermont's congressional delegation as of October 2025.
| Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Vermont | |||
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| Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
| Democratic | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Vermont's top four state executive offices as of October 2025.
| Office | Officeholder |
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| Governor | |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Secretary of State | |
| Attorney General |
State legislature
Vermont State Senate
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
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| Democratic Party | 16 | |
| Republican Party | 13 | |
| Vermont Progressive Party | 1 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 30 | |
Vermont House of Representatives
| Party | As of October 2025 | |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic Party | 87 | |
| Republican Party | 56 | |
| Vermont Progressive Party | 3 | |
| Independent | 4 | |
| Other | 0 | |
| Vacancies | 0 | |
| Total | 150 | |
Trifecta control
Vermont Party Control: 1992-2025
Ten years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
| Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 |
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| Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
| Senate | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
| House | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
The table below details demographic data in Vermont and compares it to the broader United States as of 2023.
| Demographic Data for Vermont | ||
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| Vermont | United States | |
| Population | 643,077 | 331,449,281 |
| Land area (sq mi) | 9,217 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White | 91.4% | 63.4% |
| Black/African American | 1.2% | 12.4% |
| Asian | 1.7% | 5.8% |
| Native American | 0.2% | 0.9% |
| Pacific Islander | 0.2% | 0.4% |
| Other (single race) | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Multiple | 4.8% | 10.7% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 2.5% | 19% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate | 94.5% | 89.4% |
| College graduation rate | 42.6% | 35% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income | $78,024 | $78,538 |
| Persons below poverty level | 10.3% | 12.4% |
| Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2018-2023). | ||
| **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
See also
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