2020 Vermont elections

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2020 Vermont elections
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A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 3, 2020. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election, as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2020.

Contents

United States House of Representatives

The incumbent representative was Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor

The incumbent governor was Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election. [1]

Lieutenant governor

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
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Nominee Molly Gray Scott Milne
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote182,820157,065
Percentage51.3%44.1%
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Gray:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Milne:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Tie:     40–50%
Lieutenant Governor before election

Dave Zuckerman
Progressive/Democratic

Elected Lieutenant Governor

Molly Gray
Democratic

Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) declined to run for a third term, and instead ran for governor.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined

Results

Democratic primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Molly Gray 47,636 46.0
Democratic Tim Ashe 35,95434.7
Democratic Brenda Siegel9,9459.6
Democratic Debbie Ingram 9,4669.1
Write-in Write-ins5680.5
Total votes103,645 100.0

Republican primary

Candidates

Nominee
Eliminated in primary
Declined
  • Don H. Turner Jr., nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, former minority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives

Results

Republican primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican Scott Milne 26,817 51.5
Republican Meg Hansen 16,87532.4
Republican Dwayne Tucker 3,0665.9
Republican Dana Colson 2,7365.2
Republican Jim Hogue 1,9443.7
Write-in Write-ins6801.3
Total votes52,118 100.0

Progressive primary

Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman did not run for a third term.

Candidates

Declared
Declined

Results

Progressive primary results
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Cris Ericson 438 57.5
Write-in Write-ins32442.5
Total votes762 100.0

General election

Debate

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial debate
No.DateHostModeratorLink Democratic Republican Progressive Independent Stop the F35s
Key:
 P Participant  A Absent  N Not invited  I Invited  W  Withdrawn
Molly Gray Scott Milne Cris Ericson Wayne Billado IIIRalph Corbo
1Sep. 23, 2022Town Meeting TVStephanie Lahar YouTube PPNNP

Polling

Poll sourceDate(s)
administered		Sample
size [a] 		Margin
of error		Molly
Gray (D)		Scott
Milne (R)		OtherUndecided
co/efficient/Scott Milne for Lt. Governor [16] [A] October 19–29, 2020584 (LV)± 4.05%43%37%7%13%
Braun Research/VPR [17] September 3–15, 2020582 (LV)± 4%35%31%34% [b] –

Results

2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Molly Gray 182,820 51.3
Republican Scott Milne 157,06544.1
Progressive Cris Ericson 7,8622.2
Independent Wayne Billado III5,1011.4
Stop the F35sRalph Corbo2,2890.6
Write-in Write-ins1,0970.3
Total votes356,234 100.0

Secretary of state

2020 Vermont secretary of state election
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Nominee Jim Condos H. Brooke Paige Pamala Smith
Party Democratic Republican Independent
Popular vote214,66699,56421,210
Percentage57.8726.845.72
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Condos:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Paige:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%
Tie:     40–50%
Secretary of State before election

Jim Condos
Democratic

Elected Secretary of State

Jim Condos
Democratic

The incumbent secretary of state was Democrat Jim Condos.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared

State Treasurer

2020 Vermont state treasurer election
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Nominee Beth Pearce Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote197,255114,177
Percentage53.1730.78
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Pearce:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Branagan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
Tie:     40–50%
Treasurer before election

Beth Pearce
Democratic

Elected Treasurer

Beth Pearce
Democratic

The incumbent treasurer was Democrat Beth Pearce.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Carolyn Whitney Branagan, former state representative to Franklin-1 (2003–2017) and former state senator to Franklin (2017–2019)

Attorney general

2020 Vermont Attorney General election
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Nominee T. J. Donovan H. Brooke Paige
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote234,08194,892
Percentage63.1025.58
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Donovan:     40–50%     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%
Paige:     40–50%     50–60%
Tie:     40–50%
Attorney General before election

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

Elected Attorney General

T. J. Donovan
Democratic

The incumbent attorney general was Democrat T. J. Donovan.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Republican primary

The Republican nominee was H. Brooke Paige.

Candidates

Declared

Progressive primary

Candidates

Declared

State Auditor

2020 Vermont Auditor election
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Nominee Doug Hoffer Cris Ericson
Party Democratic Progressive
Alliance Progressive
Republican 		Marijuana
Popular vote266,44548,731
Percentage71.8213.14
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Hoffer:     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     90–100%
Auditor before election

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

Elected Auditor

Doug Hoffer
Democratic

The incumbent auditor was Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared
  • Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Progressive primary)
  • Linda Joy Sullivan, state representative

Republican primary

No candidates filed for the Republican primary. Doug Hoffer won the nomination via write-in.

Progressive primary

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer also ran in the Progressive primary. Perennial candidate Cris Ericson ran for the Progressive nomination for auditor, as well as several other statewide offices.

Candidates

Declared

General election

Candidates

Hoffer won the Democratic and Republican nominations. Ericson, who was not a member of the Progressive Party, won the primary election. However, the Progressive state committee endorsed Hoffer for reelection. He had previously been nominated by both the Democratic and Progressive Parties in elections from 2010 to 2018.

State legislature

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power remained the same in each chamber, with Democrats having large majorities in both; however, Republicans made very small gains in both chambers. While those gains were small, they allowed Republicans to break the Democrat/Progressive supermajority in the state house. This could potentially lead to any veto from Governor Phil Scott being upheld under these new circumstances.

County offices

Some county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was: [18]

Notes

  1. ↑ Key:
    A – all adults
    RV – registered voters
    LV – likely voters
    V – unclear
  2. ↑ "Other/not sure/no opinion" with 24%; Ericson (Progressive) and "No one/not voting on this item" with 4%; Billado (I) with 2%; Cordo (Banish the F35s) with 0%

Partisan clients

  1. ↑ Poll sponsored by Milne's campaign in the 2020 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election

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