2022 Vermont Attorney General election

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2022 Vermont Attorney General election
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  2020 November 8, 2022 2024  
  Charity Clark.jpg Mike Tagliavia.jpg
Nominee Charity Clark Mike Tagliavia
Party Democratic Republican
Popular vote179,09895,661
Percentage65.07%34.76%

2022 Vermont attorney general election results map by county.svg
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Clark:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%     80–90%     >90%
Tagliavia:     50–60%     60–70%     70–80%
     No votes

Attorney General before election

Susanne Young
Republican

Elected Attorney General

Charity Clark
Democratic

The 2022 Vermont Attorney General election took place on November 8, 2022, to elect the next attorney general of Vermont. Former Democratic Attorney General T.J. Donovan resigned after three terms in office. [1] [2] [3] Susanne Young, appointed by Governor Phil Scott to fill the vacancy left by Donovan, was not running for a full term, and Vermont Republicans nominated Mike Tagliavia to run against Charity Clark, the Democratic candidate.

Contents

Republican primary

Candidates

Withdrew after winning primary

Replacement nominee

  • Mike Tagliavia, retired businessman [5] [6]

Declined

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Republican H. Brooke Paige 20,668 95.7%
Write-in 9194.3%
Total votes21,587 100.0%

Democratic primary

Candidates

Nominee

Eliminated in primary

Declined

Results

Democratic primary results [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charity Clark 58,589 67.1%
Democratic Rory Thibault28,38332.5%
Write-in 3760.4%
Total votes87,348 100.0%

Progressive primary

Candidates

Withdrew after winning primary

Results

Progressive primary results [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Progressive Elijah Bergman 477 92.6%
Write-in 387.4%
Total votes515 100.0%

General election

Clark was considered to be nearly certain to win, and the race was called for her as soon as polls closed. Upon her swearing-in, she became Vermont's first elected female Attorney General.

Predictions

SourceRankingAs of
Sabato's Crystal Ball [16] Safe D (flip)September 14, 2022
Elections Daily [17] Safe D (flip)November 1, 2022

Results

Republican primary results [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%
Democratic Charity Clark 179,098 65.1%
Republican Mike Tagliavia95,66134.8%
Write-in 4670.2%
Total votes275,226 100.0%
Democratic gain from Republican

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