Vermont elections
During the 2002 Vermont gubernatorial election Ericson was one of four independent candidates and ran under the Make Marijuana Legal party line. [3] In the general election she placed fourth behind Jim Douglas, Doug Racine, and Cornelius Hogan. [4]
During the 2004 Vermont gubernatorial election she ran as an independent under the Marijuana party line. [5] [6] In the general election she placed third behind Douglas and Peter Clavelle. [7]
She ran for governor of Vermont in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2018.
In 2020, she ran for the gubernatorial, lieutenant gubernatorial, attorney general, treasurer, secretary of state, and auditor nominations of the Vermont Progressive Party. The Vermont Progressive Party sought volunteers to run in the primaries and for party members to write-in David Zuckerman in the gubernatorial primary and Doug Hoffer in the auditor general primary to prevent Ericson from winning. [8] [9] She was able to appear on the ballot due to lower ballot access requirements instituted due to COVID-19. [10] She was defeated by Zuckerman, who won as a write-in candidate, in the gubernatorial primary. [11] However, she won the Progressive nominations for lieutenant governor, auditor, secretary of state, attorney general, and treasurer. Ericson called for a recount in the gubernatorial primary. [10]
