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November 5, 2024

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Wayne Townsend (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Orange-Washington-Addison District. He lost in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Hooper and incumbent Larry Satcowitz defeated Wayne Townsend and Rob Sikora in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jay Hooper (D)
 
34.1
 
2,885
Image of Larry Satcowitz
Larry Satcowitz (D)
 
24.7
 
2,089
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend (R)
 
23.1
 
1,955
Rob Sikora (R)
 
17.9
 
1,516
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
21

Total votes: 8,466
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Hooper and incumbent Larry Satcowitz advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jay Hooper
 
52.3
 
427
Image of Larry Satcowitz
Larry Satcowitz
 
45.8
 
374
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.0
 
16

Total votes: 817
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Wayne Townsend and Rob Sikora advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend
 
56.8
 
245
Rob Sikora
 
40.6
 
175
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.6
 
11

Total votes: 431
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Hooper and incumbent Larry Satcowitz defeated Wayne Townsend and Jackie Klar in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jay Hooper (D)
 
36.6
 
2,644
Image of Larry Satcowitz
Larry Satcowitz (D)
 
28.5
 
2,060
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend (R)
 
18.3
 
1,325
Jackie Klar (R)
 
16.3
 
1,181
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
14

Total votes: 7,224
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Incumbent Jay Hooper and incumbent Larry Satcowitz advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Jay Hooper
 
53.5
 
1,098
Image of Larry Satcowitz
Larry Satcowitz
 
45.4
 
933
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
22

Total votes: 2,053
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District (2 seats)

Wayne Townsend and Jackie Klar advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend
 
58.0
 
296
Jackie Klar
 
41.0
 
209
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
5

Total votes: 510
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical)

Kirk White defeated Wayne Townsend in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kirk White
Kirk White (D / Vermont Progressive Party)
 
58.1
 
1,522
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend (R)
 
40.8
 
1,069
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.1
 
30

Total votes: 2,621
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical)

Kirk White defeated Robert Krattli in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Kirk White
Kirk White
 
84.0
 
738
Image of Robert Krattli
Robert Krattli Candidate Connection
 
14.6
 
128
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
13

Total votes: 879
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical)

Wayne Townsend advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend
 
94.4
 
373
 Other/Write-in votes
 
5.6
 
22

Total votes: 395
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2018

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alison Clarkson
Alison Clarkson (D)
 
23.0
 
15,091
Image of Alice Nitka
Alice Nitka (D)
 
21.8
 
14,276
Image of Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack (D)
 
20.7
 
13,591
Randy Gray (R)
 
11.0
 
7,183
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend (R)
 
10.5
 
6,882
Jack Williams (R)
 
9.7
 
6,389
Image of Mason Wade
Mason Wade (Independent)
 
3.1
 
2,055
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
65

Total votes: 65,532
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)

Incumbent Alison Clarkson, incumbent Richard McCormack, and incumbent Alice Nitka advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Alison Clarkson
Alison Clarkson
 
34.0
 
4,699
Image of Richard McCormack
Richard McCormack
 
33.4
 
4,621
Image of Alice Nitka
Alice Nitka
 
32.6
 
4,511

Total votes: 13,831
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)

Randy Gray, Wayne Townsend, and Jack Williams advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Randy Gray
 
36.9
 
1,593
Image of Wayne Townsend
Wayne Townsend
 
32.2
 
1,388
Jack Williams
 
30.9
 
1,334

Total votes: 4,315
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Campaign themes

2024

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2022

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2020

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Campaign finance summary


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Wayne Townsend campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison DistrictLost general$1,934 $1,215
2022Vermont House of Representatives Orange-Washington-Addison DistrictLost general$2,447 $2,444
2020Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-Rutland District (Historical)Lost general$2,600 N/A**
Grand total$6,981 $3,659
Sources: OpenSecretsFederal Elections Commission ***This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
* Data from this year may not be complete
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes


Current members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Lori Houghton
Minority Leader:Patricia McCoy
Representatives
Addison-1 District
Addison-2 District
Addison-3 District
Rob North (R)
Addison-4 District
Addison-5 District
Addison-Rutland District
Jim Casey (R)
Bennington-1 District
Bennington-2 District
Bennington-3 District
Bennington-4 District
Bennington-5 District
Bennington-Rutland District
Caledonia-1 District
Caledonia-2 District
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Caledonia-Essex District
Caledonia-Washington District
Chittenden 3 District
Chittenden-1 District
Chittenden-10 District
Chittenden-11 District
Chittenden-12 District
Chittenden-13 District
Chittenden-14 District
Chittenden-15 District
Chittenden-16 District
Chittenden-17 District
Chittenden-18 District
Carol Ode (D)
Chittenden-19 District
Chittenden-2 District
Chittenden-20 District
Chittenden-21 District
Chittenden-22 District
Chittenden-23 District
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Chittenden-4 District
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Essex-Caledonia District
Essex-Orleans District
Franklin-1 District
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Franklin-6 District
Franklin-7 District
Franklin-8 District
Grand Isle-Chittenden District
Lamoille-1 District
Lamoille-2 District
Lamoille-3 District
Lamoille-Washington District
Orange-1 District
Orange-2 District
Orange-3 District
Orange-Caledonia District
Orange-Washington-Addison District
Orleans-1 District
Orleans-2 District
Orleans-3 District
Ken Wells (R)
Orleans-4 District
Orleans-Lamoille District
Rutland-1 District
Rutland-10 District
Rutland-11 District
Rutland-2 District
Rutland-3 District
Rutland-4 District
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Washington-1 District
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Washington-5 District
Washington-6 District
Washington-Chittenden District
Washington-Orange District
Windham-1 District
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Windham-5 District
Windham-6 District
Windham-7 District
Windham-8 District
Windham-9 District
Windham-Windsor-Bennigton District
Windsor-1 District
Windsor-2 District
VL Coffin (R)
Windsor-3 District
Windsor-4 District
Windsor-5 District
Windsor-6 District
Esme Cole (D)
Windsor-Addison District
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Windsor-Windham District
Democratic Party (86)
Republican Party (56)
Independent (4)
Vermont Progressive Party (3)