Robert Plunkett | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Vermont Senate | |
Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 9 January 2025 Servingwith Seth Bongartz | |
| Preceded by | Brian Campion Dick Sears |
| Constituency | Bennington district |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 1,1975 Troy,New York,US |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse | Genevieve Freeman (div.) [1] [2] |
| Children | 2 [2] |
| Education | Amherst College Brooklyn Law School |
| Profession | Attorney |
Robert F. Plunkett (born 1 December 1975) is an American attorney and politician from Bennington,Vermont. A graduate of Amherst College and Brooklyn Law School,he has served for several years as a deputy state's attorney for Bennington County. In 2024,he was elected to one of two at-large Vermont Senate seats that represent the Bennington district.
Robert Plunkett was born in Troy,New York on 1 December 1975,a son of Robert W. Plunkett and Eileen (Kinney) Plunkett. [2] [3] [4] He was raised and educated in Bennington,Vermont and is a 1993 graduate of Mount Anthony Union High School. [4] Plunkett received his Bachelor of Arts in political science from Amherst College in 1998,then spent a year in California working for a private investigation firm. [5] He then returned to Bennington,where he worked for several years as a computer programmer at Global-Z International. [5] In 2003,he began attendance at Brooklyn Law School,from which he received his JD in 2006. [5]
After attaining admission to the bar,Plunkett returned to Vermont,where in March 2007 he was appointed a deputy state's attorney for Bennington County. [5] In July 2009,he joined Bennington's Jacobs,McClintock &Palmer-Ellis law firm,but he left in December to resume working as a deputy state's attorney. [5] [6]
In May 2024,incumbent Brian Campion indicated that he would not run for reelection to the Vermont Senate. [7] In June 2024,Dick Sears,the incumbent in the Bennington district's other seat,died following a long illness. [8] Seth Bongartz,a former state senator,was a successful candidate for one of the two Democratic nominations. [9] Because Sears's name was already on the ballot,Plunkett ran as a write-in candidate for the other nomination,which he received. [10] [11] Bongartz and Plunkett won the November general election and assumed office in January 2025. [12] [13]