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Wendy Wilton
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Wendy Wilton was a 2012 Republican candidate for Vermont Treasurer in the 2012 election.
Wilton serves as Treasurer for the city of Rutland, a position she has held since 2007. She previously served as a member of the Vermont State Senate from 2005 – 2006.[1]
Elections
2012
Wilton ran for Vermont Treasurer in 2012. She ran unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary.[2] Democratic incumbent Elizabeth Pearce and Progressive Party candidate Don Schramm were also unopposed in their respective parties' primaries. The three candidates, in addition to Liberty Union Party candidate Jessica Diamondstone, ran in the general election on November 6, 2012 where incumbent Pearce was victorious.[3][4]
| Vermont Treasurer General Election, 2012 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Elizabeth Pearce Incumbent |
52.3% | 147,700 | |
| Republican | Wendy Wilton | 40.7% | 114,947 | |
| Progressive | Don Schramm | 4.4% | 12,497 | |
| Liberty Union | Jessica Diamondstone | 2.5% | 6,939 | |
| Independent | Write-in | 0.1% | 198 | |
| Total Votes | 282,281 | |||
| Election results via Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Issue positions
In announcing her campaign Wilton stated, "I am seeking the office of state treasurer because I am concerned about the independence of the office and poor ratings regarding transparency and accountability. The state of Vermont recently received a D minus from US Public Interest Research Group, relating to state spending disclosure. That needs to change."[5]
On her campaign website, Wilton says she is concerned about the following five issues:[1]
- "$3 billion in unfunded liabilities for the state employees' and teachers' retirement funds"
- Current unfunded liabilities are nearly $5,000 for each Vermonter, $10,000 for each working Vermonter"
- Systemic budget deficits and over-reliance on federal funding"
- "VT's poor ratings in transparency and accountability: D minus from USPIRG and D plus from CPPI"
- "Future of the state's bond ratings due to excessive long term liabilities"
Campaign finance summary
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Wendy Wilton | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large delegate |
| State: | Vermont |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Wilton was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Vermont.[6] In the Vermont Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump and John Kasich won eight delegates each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Wilton was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Vermont’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[7]
Delegate rules
Delegates from Vermont to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Delegates were required to complete a petition with 25 signatures from town, city, county, or state committee members and be a current member of one such committee, an elected official, or a former delegate from Vermont to a Republican National Convention. Delegates from Vermont were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate released them, suspended his or her campaign, or was not placed into contention at the convention.
Vermont primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Vermont, 2016
| Vermont Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
|
Donald Trump |
32.3% | 19,974 | 8 | |
| John Kasich | 30% | 18,534 | 8 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.1% | 11,781 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.6% | 5,932 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.1% | 2,551 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 1,106 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.7% | 423 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.6% | 361 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 212 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.3% | 164 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.6% | 390 | 0 | |
| Spoiled votes | 0.2% | 137 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 0.3% | 191 | 0 | |
| Totals | 61,756 | 16 | ||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Vermont had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all for the state's single congressional district). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[8][9]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[8][9]
See also
External links
- Official campaign website
- Facebook campaign page
- Wendy Wilton on Twitter
- Wendy Wilton on LinkedIn
- Campaign contributions: 2012, 2006, 2004
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Wendy Wilton, "Homepage," accessed July 5, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Unofficial election results," August 28, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Public Radio, "Campaign 2012 Election Results" accessed November 6, 2012
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State Elections Division, "2012 Candidate Listing," accessed October 19, 2012
- ↑ Burlington Free Press, "Republican Wendy Wilton files to challenge appointed Democratic treasurer," June 12, 2012
- ↑ VT GOP, "Final List of Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention," May 26, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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