Lyndon State College was a public liberal arts college in Lyndon,Vermont. In 2018,it merged with Johnson State College to create Northern Vermont University;the former campus of Lyndon State College is now the university's Lyndon campus. In July 2023,Castleton University,Northern Vermont University-Johnson,Northern Vermont University-Lyndon,and Vermont Technical College merged to become Vermont State University. It is accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
George David Aiken was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years,from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his retirement,he was the most senior member of the Senate,a feat which would be repeated by his immediate successor Patrick Leahy.
Douglas Alan Racine is an American politician and former Vermont Secretary of Human Services,a former Vermont State Senator and was the 79th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1997 to 2003. He is a Democrat. Racine was a candidate for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont. He previously ran for governor in 2002,but lost to Republican Jim Douglas. In an election where no candidate won a majority,Douglas won a 45% plurality,and Racine declined to contest the outcome before the Vermont General Assembly.
Robert Theodore Stafford was an American politician from Vermont. In his lengthy political career,he served as the 71st governor of Vermont,a United States representative,and a U.S. Senator. A Republican,Stafford was generally considered a liberal,or "Rockefeller Republican".
David E. Zuckerman is an American politician who is currently serving as the 84th lieutenant governor of Vermont since 2023. 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.
The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly,the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The senate consists of 30 members elected from multi-member districts. Each senator represents at least 20,300 citizens. Senators are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit to the number of terms that a senator may serve.
Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermont. He served as the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 2005 to 2007 and as a member of the Vermont Senate from 2009 to 2013,and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2012,losing to Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin. He ran unopposed for the 2016 Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. In December 2017,Governor Phil Scott announced that he had appointed Brock to the Vermont Senate,filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dustin Allard Degree.
The Vermont Republican Party is the affiliate of the Republican Party in Vermont and has been active since its foundation in the 1860s. The party is the second largest in the state behind the Vermont Democratic Party,but ahead of the Vermont Progressive Party. The party historically dominated Vermont politics until the mid-20th century,but was replaced by the Vermont Democratic Party. The party currently has very weak federal electoral power in the state,controlling none of Vermont's federal elected offices. The only statewide office that the party currently controls is the governorship,held by Phil Scott.
William T. Doyle was an American politician,academic,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.
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.
Dustin Allard Degree is a politician from the city of St. Albans in the U.S. state of Vermont. A Republican,he represented St. Albans in the Vermont General Assembly during the 2011-2012 biennial session. Degree graduated from Bellows Free Academy,St. Albans in 2003,attended the Tilton School in 2004,and attended Norwich University and the University of Vermont. He worked in the office of Governor Jim Douglas.
The president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate presides over the Senate of the U.S. state of Vermont in the absence of the lieutenant governor. The president pro tempore also sets the policy priorities and legislative agenda for the Senate.
Sarah L. Copeland Hanzas is an American Democratic Party politician who is currently serving as the Secretary of State of Vermont. She previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives from Orange County's 2nd district,having been first elected in 2004.
Louis Provost Peck was a Vermont attorney and public official. He is notable for his service as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 1981 to 1990.
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.
David Soucy is an American politician and was a Republican member of the Vermont Senate representing the Rutland District from 2017 to 2019. He was appointed to the State Senate by Governor Phil Scott.
Martha "Marty" Feltus is an American politician from Vermont. She serves in the Vermont House of Representatives alongside Patrick Seymour. From 1980 to 1997 she served on the Lyndonville,Vermont planning commission,zoning board of appeals,and as a village trustee. From 1997 to 2018 she was on the village's select board. Feltus was first elected to the Vermont House of Representatives in 2012. She previously worked for Weidmann Electrical Technology.
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.
The 2022 Vermont Senate election took place on November 8,2022,as part of the biennial United States elections. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate,U.S. House,Governor,and State House. Vermont voters elected all 30 state senators from 16 districts,with each district electing between one and three senators. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections were held on August 9,2022. This election would be the first to use new districts adopted by the Vermont General Assembly to allocate for population changes across the state after the 2020 census.
