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Virginia Lyons
2023 - Present
2027
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Virginia Lyons (Democratic Party) (also known as Ginny) is a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Chittenden Southeast District. She assumed office on January 4, 2023. Her current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Lyons (Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden Southeast District. She won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Virginia Lyons earned her A.B. from Drew University in 1966, her M.S. from Rutgers University in 1968, and her Ed.D. from the University of Vermont in 1988. Her career experience includes working as an instructor for Middlesex County College from 1968 to 1971, as a professor for Trinity College from 1973 to 2000 and also the coordinator/director of Allied Health for Trinity College from 1978 to 2000. She became a professor at Vermont State College in 2000. Lyons was on the Williston Select Board from 1990 to 2000, including chair/vice chair from 1997 to 2001.
Committee assignments
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2023-2024
Lyons was assigned to the following committees:
- Senate Education Committee
- Health and Welfare Committee, Chair
- Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel
- Health Reform Oversight Committee
- Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee, Vice Chair
- Justice Oversight Committee
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
2021-2022
Lyons was assigned to the following committees:
- Health Reform Oversight Committee, Chair
- Joint Carbon Emissions Reduction Committee
- Joint Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee, Vice chair
- Justice Oversight Committee
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
- Senate Education Committee
- Health and Welfare Committee, Chair
2019-2020
Lyons was assigned to the following committees:
- Health Reform Oversight Committee
- Joint Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee
- Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
- Justice Oversight Committee
- Health and Welfare Committee, Chair
- Institutions Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2017 |
|---|
| • Finance |
| • Health and Welfare, Vice chair |
| • Administrative Rules |
| • Joint Energy |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Lyons served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
|---|
| • Finance |
| • Health and Welfare, Vice-Chair |
| • Joint Energy |
| • Administrative Rules |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Lyons served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2013 |
|---|
| • Finance |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Joint Energy |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Lyons served on these committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2011 |
|---|
| • Education, Vice chair |
| • Joint Energy |
| • Natural Resources and Energy, Chair |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Lyons served on these committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2009 |
|---|
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Natural Resources and Energy |
Issues
Climate change
In a press conference with business leaders and other state legislators, Lyons advocated for new, expanded policies in Vermont that would be vital to preserving the state's character and nature. Lyons called climate change Vermont's chief economic peril, and cited both short-term, erratic weather patterns and long-term trends that may harm the maple, agriculture, and skiing industries and cause more flooding in the state.[1]
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
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Thomas Chittenden (D) | 26.8 | 28,729 |
| ✔ |  | Virginia Lyons (D) | 23.2 | 24,922 |
| ✔ |  | Kesha Ram Hinsdale (D) | 20.0 | 21,498 |
 | Bruce Roy (R) | 15.0 | 16,080 | |
| Rohan St. Marthe (R) | 8.0 | 8,619 | ||
| Taylor Craven (Independent) | 6.6 | 7,107 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 290 | ||
| Total votes: 107,245 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)
Incumbent Virginia Lyons, incumbent Thomas Chittenden, and incumbent Kesha Ram Hinsdale defeated Louis Meyers in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons | 30.4 | 6,111 |
| ✔ | | Thomas Chittenden | 28.3 | 5,678 |
| ✔ | | Kesha Ram Hinsdale | 27.1 | 5,440 |
 | Louis Meyers | 13.6 | 2,735 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 117 | ||
| Total votes: 20,081 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District (3 seats)
Bruce Roy advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden Southeast District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Bruce Roy | 90.0 | 1,527 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 10.0 | 169 | ||
| Total votes: 1,696 | |||
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Endorsements
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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 |
| Dean Rolland (R) | 9.8 | 8,785 | ||
| Rohan St. Marthe (R) | 7.8 | 7,035 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 243 | ||
| 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 |
| Lewis Mudge | 11.0 | 4,668 | ||
 | Steve May | 6.6 | 2,801 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 79 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 |
| Susan Bowen (R) | 5.5 | 21,900 | ||
| Tom Chastenay (R) | 4.9 | 19,300 | ||
 | Ericka Redic (R) | 4.8 | 18,945 | |
| Kumulia Long (R) | 4.8 | 18,763 | ||
| Dean Rolland (R) | 4.5 | 17,604 | ||
| Kylie Hollingsworth (R) | 4.1 | 16,319 | ||
 | James Ehlers (Independent) | 3.0 | 11,919 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 631 | ||
| 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 |
| June Heston | 7.7 | 11,719 | ||
 | David Scherr | 6.3 | 9,562 | |
 | Dylan Giambatista | 6.1 | 9,331 | |
| Erhard Mahnke | 5.2 | 7,878 | ||
| 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 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Tom Chastenay | 48.8 | 6,725 | |
| ✔ | | Ericka Redic | 42.2 | 5,810 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 9.0 | 1,247 | ||
| 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 |
| Alex Farrell (R) | 6.3 | 19,602 | ||
 | Paul Dame (R) | 5.6 | 17,521 | |
| Dana Maxfield (R) | 5.3 | 16,422 | ||
| Louis Meyers (Independent) | 2.8 | 8,848 | |
| Seth Cournoyer (L) | 1.7 | 5,389 | ||
 | Loyal Ploof (L) | 1.5 | 4,599 | |
| Joshua Knox (Fair Representation Vermont Party) | 1.3 | 4,173 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 465 | ||
| 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 | |
| Finnian Boardman Abbey | 5.3 | 3,771 | ||
| 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 | ||
| ✔ | Alex Farrell | 51.9 | 3,507 | |
| ✔ | Dana Maxfield | 48.1 | 3,255 | |
| 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 |
| Total votes: 9,029 | |||
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2016
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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. Incumbents David Zuckerman (D) and Helen Riehle (R) did not run for re-election.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District General Election, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Debbie Ingram |
14.74% | 40,467 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
15.01% | 41,223 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
16.13% | 44,297 | |
| Progressive | Christopher Pearson |
11.36% | 31,192 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
13.69% | 37,585 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
13.64% | 37,453 | |
| Republican | John Gifford | 9.23% | 25,346 | |
| Independent | Tom Licata | 6.20% | 17,021 | |
| Total Votes | 274,584 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Debbie Ingram |
8.57% | 7,386 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
14.15% | 12,185 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
15.30% | 13,175 | |
| Democratic | Christopher Pearson |
9.66% | 8,325 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
12.16% | 10,471 | |
| Democratic | Phil Baruth Incumbent |
10.72% | 9,238 | |
| Democratic | Faisal Gill | 7.71% | 6,645 | |
| Democratic | Louis Meyers | 2.77% | 2,384 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 7.53% | 6,488 | |
| Democratic | David Scherr | 8.14% | 7,009 | |
| Democratic | Nick Cook | 3.29% | 2,830 | |
| Total Votes | 86,136 | |||
John Gifford ran unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | John Gifford (unopposed) | |
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2014
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Vermont State Senate 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. Chittenden has six state senators. Incumbents Philip Baruth, Virginia Lyons, Michael Sirotkin, David Zuckerman, and Timothy Ashe and challenger Dawn Ellis were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent Diane Snelling and Joy Limoge were unopposed in the Republican primary. John Cisar, Glyn Wilkinson, Ben Mayer, Paul Washburn, Christopher Coolidge and Travis Spencer ran as Libertarian candidates.[6][7][8][9] Baruth, Lyons, Snelling, Ashe, Sirotkin and Zuckerman defeated Ellis, Limoge, Wilkinson, Cisar, Mayar, Coolidge, Spencer, and Washburn.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Virginia "Ginny" Lyons Incumbent |
12.6% | 23,488 | |
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe* Incumbent |
12.2% | 22,790 | |
| Democratic | Philip Baruth Incumbent |
11.9% | 22,217 | |
| Republican | Diane B. Snelling Incumbent |
11.7% | 21,855 | |
| Democratic | David Zuckerman** Incumbent |
11.4% | 21,333 | |
| Democratic | Michael Sirotkin Incumbent |
10.6% | 19,738 | |
| Democratic | Dawn Ellis | 9.9% | 18,432 | |
| Republican | Joy Limoge | 8.5% | 15,853 | |
| Libertarian | Paul Washburn | 2.2% | 4,113 | |
| Libertarian | John Cisar | 2.1% | 3,896 | |
| Libertarian | Christopher Coolidge | 2% | 3,694 | |
| Libertarian | Travis Spencer | 1.8% | 3,405 | |
| Libertarian | Ben Mayer | 1.8% | 3,310 | |
| Libertarian | Glyn Wilkinson | 1.4% | 2,706 | |
| Total Votes | 186,830 | |||
*Ashe appeared on the ballot as both a Democratic and Progressive nominee.
**Zuckerman appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.
2012
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2012
Lyons won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District. Lyons advanced past the August 28 Democratic primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
13.3% | 37,357 | |
| Democratic | Philip Baruth Incumbent |
11% | 30,924 | |
| Democratic | Sally Fox Incumbent |
12.4% | 34,909 | |
| Democratic | Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
12.4% | 34,957 | |
| Democratic | David Zuckerman |
11.5% | 32,253 | |
| Republican | Diane Snelling Incumbent |
11.2% | 31,523 | |
| Democratic | Debbie Ingram | 8.3% | 23,441 | |
| Green | Larkin Forney | 2% | 5,618 | |
| Progressive | Richard Jeroloman | 1.2% | 3,322 | |
| Tea Party | Shelley Palmer | 3% | 8,362 | |
| Independent | Patrick Brown | 4.3% | 12,217 | |
| Independent | Bob Kiss | 4.4% | 12,324 | |
| Independent | Robert Letovsky | 3% | 8,321 | |
| Independent | Sean Selby | 2.2% | 6,157 | |
| Total Votes | 281,685 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
16.3% | 9,150 |
| Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
15.8% | 8,873 |
| Sally Fox Incumbent |
15.2% | 8,558 |
| David Zuckerman |
13.9% | 7,838 |
| Philip Baruth Incumbent |
12.2% | 6,859 |
| Debbie Ingram |
9% | 5,068 |
| Peter Hunt | 8.2% | 4,595 |
| Ed Adrian | 6.4% | 3,629 |
| Loyal Ploof | 3% | 1,696 |
| Total Votes | 56,266 | |
2010
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2010
Lyons ran for re-election to the 9th District Seat (Chittenden District) in 2010. She ran against Timothy Ashe (D), Hinda Miller (D), Philip Baruth (D), Sally Fox (D), Frank Geier (D), and Andy Montroll (D) in the primary. She defeated Annette Roque Renaud (R), Dennis Bedard (R), Shelley Palmer (R), Mike Branon (R), Diane Snelling (R), Richard Jeroloman (I), Steve Laible (I), Mikey Van Gulden(I), and Andy Montroll (D) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[11]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District, General Election (2010) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Virginia Lyons (D)
|
28,605 | |||
| Sally Fox (D)
|
27,448 | |||
| Diane Snelling (R)
|
26,358 | |||
| Tim Ashe (D)
|
25,656 | |||
| Hinda Miller (D)
|
25,391 | |||
| Philip Baruth (D)
|
25,179 | |||
| Andy Montroll (D) | 23,464 | |||
| Charlie Smith (R) | 19,498 | |||
| Mike Brannon (R) | 17,532 | |||
| Dennis Bedard (R) | 16,266 | |||
| Shelley Palmer (R) | 14,369 | |||
| Mikey Van Gulden (I) | 3,569 | |||
| Steve Laible (I) | 2,551 | |||
| Richard "Terry" Jeroloman (I) | 1,934 | |||
| Larkin Forney (Justice for Vermonters) | 1,685 | |||
2008
On November 4, 2008, Lyons won re-election by finishing third for the six-seat Chittenden District of the Vermont State Senate, receiving 35,869 votes behind Democrats Douglas Racine (44,856) and Edward Flanagan (38,998) and ahead of Republican Diane Snelling (32,394), Democrat Hinda Miller (31,457), Democrat/Progressive Timothy Ashe (28,103), Democrat Denise Barnard (27,687), Republicans Dennis Bedard (16,760), Darren Adams (15,894), Paula Spadaccini (15,110), Robyn Myers-Moore (15,029), and Agnes Clift (14,192), independent Tom Licata (11,411), Justice for Vermonters candidate Larkin Forney (3,141), and write-ins (524).[11]
Lyons raised $7,918 for her campaign, against $13,630 by Snelling, $2,300 by Miller, $17,119 by Ashe, $16,940 by Barnard, and $11,208 by Licata.[12]
| Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Douglas Racine (D)
|
44,856 | |||
| Edward Flanagan (D)
|
38,998 | |||
| Virginia Lyons (D)
|
35,869 | |||
| Diane Snelling (R)
|
32,394 | |||
| Hinda Miller (D)
|
31,457 | |||
| Timothy Ashe (D/P)
|
28,103 | |||
| Denise Barnard (D) | 27,687 | |||
| Dennis Bedard (R) | 16,760 | |||
| Darren Adams (R) | 15,894 | |||
| Paula Spadaccini (R) | 15,110 | |||
| Robyn Myers-Moore (R) | 15,029 | |||
| Agnes Clift (R) | 14,192 | |||
| Tom Licata (I) | 11,411 | |||
| Larkin Forney (Justice for Vermonters) | 3,141 | |||
| Write-ins | 524 | |||
Campaign themes
2024
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2022
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2020
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2012
Lyons' website highlighted the following campaign themes:[13]
- Vermont’s Energy Future
- Excerpt: "In 2006 Ginny passed goals helping move Vermont away from costly fossil fuels and preserve environmental integrity. In 2007 she organized three weeks of education for the legislature on challenges to and economic opportunities in response to climate change. Energy efficiency, clean energy projects, and opportunities for municipal, residential, business, and farms continue to develop."
- Healthcare for All
- Excerpt: "In 2002 Ginny championed a comprehensive law that promotes prevention in our school, community, workplace, and health care settings. Vermont’s safety net programs for mentally ill, disabled, underinsured, and senior citizens are important components of a strong health care system. Ginny helped develop laws that help people with chronic care needs."
- Economic Opportunity
- Excerpt: "Ginny believes that investing in Vermont’s renewable energy, creative economic opportunities, working landscape and emerging technologies will help build Vermont’s strong sustainable economic future. She worked to provide low interest loans and grants funding for small businesses."
- Sustainable Development
- Excerpt: "Ginny fostered and passed the Growth Center law. That law can help municipalities plan to provide thriving downtowns and productive working landscapes. New reforms are needed to insure that sprawl so common to other states does not consume Vermont. At the same time it is important that planned economic development can occur with appropriate environmental regulation."
- Environmental Health
- Excerpt: "As a result of laws passed by Senator Lyons you will be able to recycle your old computer products free of charge. You will also find phosphorus free dishwasher detergent, BPA free water bottles, baby food and reusable food containers in your local stores."
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In 2024, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 3 to May 10.
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In 2023, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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In 2022, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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In 2021, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 21.
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In 2020, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 7 to August 30. The session was in recess after June 26 and reconvened August 25 to September 25.
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In 2019, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 29.
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In 2018, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 13. There was also a special session from May 23 through June 29.
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In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 18. There was also a veto session June 21.
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In 2016, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 5 through May 6.
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In 2015, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 16.
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In 2014, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 7 to May 10.
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In 2013, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 9 to May 14.
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In 2012, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 to May 5.
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In 2011, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 5 through mid May.
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Personal
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Lyons and her husband, Richard, have two children.
See also
2024 Elections
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Footnotes
- ↑ VTDigger, "Vermont should lead on climate change adaptation plans, lawmakers and business people say," July 31, 2013
- ↑ 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 11.2 Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results Search," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Follow the Money, "2008 Campaign contributors," accessed April 22, 2014
- ↑ Campaign website, "Issues," accessed April 22, 2014
