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The 2022 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the lieutenant governor of the state of Vermont. The election coincided with various other federal and state elections, including for Governor of Vermont. Primary elections were held on August 9. Vermont is one of 21 states that elects its lieutenant governor separately from its governor.
Incumbent Democratic lieutenant governor Molly Gray retired to run for the U.S. House of Representatives. She was first elected in 2020, defeating Republican businessman Scott Milne with 51.3% of the vote. Former lieutenant governor David Zuckerman won the election as the Progressive candidate, defeating his Republican opponent Joe Benning. Zuckerman became the first Vermont Progressive to be elected lieutenant governor in Vermont's history and the first person elected to a statewide office without a formal designation as a Democrat or Republican since 2004. Benning was the second-best-performing Republican in Vermont during the 2022 cycle, only being outperformed by incumbent governor Phil Scott in the concurrent gubernatorial election.
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | Charlie Kimbell | Patricia Preston | Kitty Toll | David Zuckerman | Other | Undecided |
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University of New Hampshire | July 21–25, 2022 | 352 (LV) | ± 5.2% | 4% | 7% | 23% | 38% | 0% | 27% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Democratic | David Zuckerman | 42,562 | 43.71 | |
Democratic | Catherine Toll | 37,868 | 38.89 | |
Democratic | Patricia Preston | 9,326 | 9.58 | |
Democratic | Charles Kimbell | 7,253 | 7.45 | |
Write-in | 356 | 0.37 | ||
Total votes | 97,365 | 100.00 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | Joe Benning | Gregory Thayer | Other | Undecided |
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University of New Hampshire | July 21–25, 2022 | 196 (LV) | ± 7.0% | 33% | 20% | 0% | 47% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Republican | Joe Benning | 14,678 | 53.51 | |
Republican | Gregory Thayer | 12,188 | 44.44 | |
Write-in | 562 | 2.05 | ||
Total votes | 27,428 | 100.00 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | |
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Progressive | David Zuckerman (write-in) | 118 | 55.14 | |
Write-in | 96 | 44.86 | ||
Total votes | 214 | 100.00 |
Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size [lower-alpha 2] | Margin of error | David Zuckerman (P/D) | Joe Benning (R) | Other | Undecided |
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University of New Hampshire | September 29 – October 3, 2022 | 865 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 51% | 35% | 2% [lower-alpha 3] | 12% |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | David Zuckerman [lower-alpha 4] | 150,102 | 53.85% | +0.09 | |
Republican | Joe Benning | 118,724 | 42.60% | –3.42 | |
Green Mountain | Ian Diamondstone | 8,159 | 2.93% | N/A | |
Write-in | 1,738 | 0.62% | +0.21 | ||
Total votes | 278,823 | 100.00% | |||
Progressive gain from Democratic |
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