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.
Ernest William Gibson Jr. was an American attorney,politician,and judge. He served briefly as an appointed United States Senator,as the 67th governor of Vermont,and as a federal judge.
Sterry Robinson Waterman was a Vermont lawyer and a United States circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit.
Peter Elliott Shumlin is an American politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party,he served as the 81st governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017.
Thomas L. Hayes was the 71st lieutenant governor of Vermont and a Vermont Supreme Court Justice. He was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1985 by then-Governor Madeleine M. Kunin.
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.
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 federal court of appeals. Robinson served as an associate justice of the Vermont Supreme Court from 2011 to 2021.
John S. Burgess was an American attorney and politician from Vermont who served as Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives (1969–1971) and the 72nd lieutenant governor of Vermont (1971–1975).
Michael J. Obuchowski is a former member of the Vermont House of Representatives. Elected at age 20 in 1972,he won reelection 19 times,serving continuously from January,1973 until resigning in January,2011 to accept appointment as Vermont's Buildings and General Services Commissioner. Obuchowski served as Speaker from 1995 to 2001.
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.
Frank Elliott Barber Jr. was a Vermont attorney and politician who served as Vermont Attorney General from 1953 to 1955.
Charles E. Gibson Jr. was an attorney and Republican political official who served one term as Vermont Attorney General.
The 2020 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on November 3,2020,to elect the Governor of Vermont. As Vermont does not impose term limits upon its governors,incumbent Republican Governor Phil Scott was eligible to run for re-election to a third two-year term in office. On November 18,2019,he confirmed that he was running for reelection,but did not yet publicly announce his campaign. On May 28,2020,he officially announced his candidacy but stated that he would not campaign,maintain a campaign staff,or fundraise because of the state of emergency due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont. The primary was held on August 11. Scott won re-election to a third term in a landslide,defeating Progressive and Democratic nominee,Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman.
Molly Rose Gray is an American attorney and politician who served as the 83rd lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,she was an assistant attorney general for Vermont from 2018 to 2021.
Charles Tetzlaff is an American attorney from Vermont. He is best known for his service as United States Attorney for the District of Vermont from 1993 to 2001.
Charity Rae Clark is an American lawyer and politician from Vermont. A member of the Democratic Party,she has served as Vermont Attorney General since January 2023.
Jerome F. O'Neill was an American attorney from the state of Vermont. He is most notable for his service as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for Vermont (1973–1975),First Assistant U.S. Attorney (1975–1981),and United States Attorney (1981).
Charles N. Davenport was an American attorney,businessman,and political candidate from Vermont. A Democrat during the American Civil War and post-war era when Republicans won every election for statewide office,Davenport was an unsuccessful candidate for offices including governor and U.S. representative. He was a delegate to many local,state,and county Democratic conventions,and was the founder of the Brattleboro Reformer newspaper.
John L. Edwards was a Vermont attorney and politician. A Democrat during the more than 100 years when Republicans won every statewide election,he was the Democratic nominee for governor of Vermont in 1867 and 1868. In addition,he was an successful candidate for the United States House of Representatives in 1874 and 1876.
