Montpelier is the capital city of the U.S. state of Vermont and the seat of Washington County. The site of Vermont's state government,it is the least populous state capital in the United States. As of the 2020 census,the population was 8,074. However,the daytime population grows to about 21,000,due to the large number of jobs within city limits. The Vermont College of Fine Arts is located in the municipality. It was named after Montpellier,a city in the south of France.
David E. Zuckerman is an American politician,who is the lieutenant governor-elect of Vermont. He previously served two terms as the 82nd lieutenant governor of Vermont,from 2017 to 2021. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party,he previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives for seven terms (1997–2011),and the Vermont Senate for two (2013–2017). In 2020,Zuckerman was a candidate for governor of Vermont. He ran with the support of both the Progressive Party and the Democratic Party,but lost to incumbent Governor Phil Scott in the general election.
Spaulding High School and the Central Vermont Career Center has a long history in the city of Barre. Established in 1890,the school is located at 155 Ayers Street with Luke Aither as principal of the high school and Jody Emerson director of the Career Center.
William T. Doyle is a retired American politician and author who served as a Republican member of the Vermont Senate. As a senator from the Washington Vermont Senate District from 1969 to 2017,he is the longest-serving state legislator in Vermont history.
Anthony Pollina is an American Progressive politician who has served as a member of the Vermont Senate since 2011.
George B. "Jeb" Spaulding is an American politician and the former chancellor of the Vermont State Colleges. He previously served as Vermont State Treasurer and as Governor Peter Shumlin's secretary of administration.
The 2010 Vermont gubernatorial general election took place on November 2. Vermont and New Hampshire are the only two states where the governor serves a two-year term instead of four. Primary elections took place on August 24.
Bernard Joseph Leddy was a United States district judge of the United States District Court for the District of Vermont.
Beth Robinson is an American lawyer and judge from Vermont. She is a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit and is the first openly lesbian judge to serve on any Circuit Court. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
Levi Underwood was a lawyer and politician from Vermont. Originally a Democrat,Underwood's antislavery views caused him to join the new Republican Party when it was founded. Underwood was most notable for his service as the 23rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1860 to 1862.
Scott Edward Milne is an American businessman and political candidate from North Pomfret,Vermont. A Republican,Milne was the party's nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2020,losing to Democrat Molly Gray;the nominee for United States Senate in 2016,losing to incumbent Democrat Patrick Leahy;and the nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2014,losing to two-term incumbent Peter Shumlin in the closest gubernatorial election in Vermont since 1962.
Paul N. Poirier is a Vermont politician who served several terms in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Mark A. MacDonald is a Vermont educator,farmer,and Democratic Party politician who served several terms in both the Vermont House of Representatives and Vermont Senate.
Francis K. Brooks is a Vermont educator and politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 1983 to 2007. Brooks was a member of the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2019.
Calvin H. Blodgett was a businessman and politician from Burlington,Vermont. A Democrat,he served as a member of Burlington's board of aldermen and was the city's mayor from 1874 to 1876.
Andrew John Perchlik is an American activist and politician from Vermont. A Democrat,in 2018 he was elected to the Vermont Senate from the three-member at-large Washington County Senate District.
Christopher A. Bray is a Vermont businessman and politician. A Democrat,he served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2007 to 2011. Since 2013,he has represented the Addison District in the Vermont Senate.
Elliot M. Sutton was a Vermont businessman and politician. A Democrat,among the offices in which he served was mayor of Burlington (1898-1899) and member of the Vermont Senate (1902-1904).
Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician serving as the 83rd and current lieutenant governor of Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party,she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
