Paul Dame | |
|---|---|
| Chair of the Vermont Republican Party | |
| Assumed office November 6, 2021 | |
| Preceded by | Deb Billado |
| Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden 8-2 District | |
| In office January 7,2015 –January 2017 | |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education | Rochester Institute of Technology University of Vermont (BS) |
Paul Dame is an American politician serving as the chair of the Vermont Republican Party.
Dame grew up in Brandon,Vermont. He graduated from Otter Valley Union High School and got a bachelor's from the University of Vermont. [1]
Dame served as a member of the Vermont House from 2015 to 2017. He ran for election in the 2022 Vermont House of Representatives election,but lost by 5 votes in the Republican primary. He was elected Chair of the Vermont Republican party in 2021 against far-right politician Jim Sexton. [2] He runs a retirement planning company called Shepherd Financial. [3]
Dame describes himself as a Libertarian. [4]
As chair of the VT Republican Party Dame was the decisive vote (via abstention),that overturned the prior party policy of not supporting convicted felons that would have applied to Donald Trump. [5] [6]