Chittenden County is the most populous county in the U.S. state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census,its population was 168,323. The county seat is Vermont's most populous municipality,the city of Burlington. The county has over a quarter of Vermont's population and more than twice the population of Vermont's second-most populous county,Rutland. The county also has more than twice the population density of Vermont's second-most dense county,Washington. The county is named for Vermont's first governor and one of the framers of its constitution as an independent republic and later U.S. state,Thomas Chittenden.
Williston is a town in Chittenden County,Vermont,United States. Originally rural and laid out with many farms,in recent decades it has developed into a thriving suburb of Burlington,the largest city in the state of Vermont. As of the 2020 census,the population of Williston was 10,103,an increase of over 1,000 people since the 2010 census. Williston is one of the fastest-growing towns in Vermont,and while becoming more populated,it has also developed as a major retail center for the Burlington area as well as much of central and northern Vermont. The town has a National Register Historic District in its unincorporated central village.
Thomas Chittenden was an American politician from Vermont,who was a leader of the territory for nearly two decades. He was the state's first and third governor,serving from 1778 to 1789—when it was a largely unrecognized independent state called the Vermont Republic—and again from 1790 until his death. Vermont was admitted to the Union in 1791 as its 14th state.
The Vermont Progressive Party,formerly the Progressive Coalition,is a progressive political party in the United States founded in 1999 and active only in the state of Vermont. As of 2023,the party has one member in the Vermont Senate and five members in the Vermont House of Representatives,as well as several more affiliated legislators who caucus with the Democratic Party. After the Democratic and Republican parties,the Progressive Party has the highest number of seats in state and national offices for any organized political party in the country.
Martin Chittenden was an American politician from Vermont. He served as a United States representative from 1803 to 1813 and as the seventh governor of Vermont from 1813 to 1815,during a crucial portion of the War of 1812.
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.
James Christos Condos is an American politician from Vermont. He is a former Vermont Secretary of State and former Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate,representing the Chittenden senate district. The district includes all of Chittenden County,except the town of Colchester.
The Chittenden Senate District was one of 13 Vermont Senate districts included in the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly. After the 2022 Census,it was divided into three districts.
The Chittenden-2 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-3-8 Representative District is a one-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-3-9 Representative District is a one-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one- or two-member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-4 Representative District is a one-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-6-3 Representative District is a one-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-7-2 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
The Chittenden-8 Representative District is a two-member state Representative district in the U.S. state of Vermont. It is one of the 108 one or two member districts into which the state was divided by the redistricting and reapportionment plan developed by the Vermont General Assembly following the 2000 U.S. Census. The plan applies to legislatures elected in 2002,2004,2006,2008,and 2010. A new plan will be developed in 2012 following the 2010 U.S. Census.
Diane B. Snelling is an American politician from Vermont who served as a Republican member of the Vermont Senate,representing Chittenden County. Snelling was first appointed to the Vermont State Senate in January 2002 by Governor Howard Dean to serve the remainder of her mother,Barbara Snelling's,term in office,after her mother retired from the Senate.
Robert A. Starr is an American politician from Vermont who currently serves as a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate. He has represented the Essex-Orleans senate district since 2004. He had previously spent a quarter-century in the Vermont House of Representatives.
Kesha Ram Hinsdale is an American activist and politician who serves as a member of the Vermont Senate. She served in the Vermont House of Representatives from 2009 to 2016,representing the Chittenden 6-4 District,which encompasses the Hill Section of Burlington and the University of Vermont. In her early career,Ram was the youngest member of the House of Representatives and the youngest state legislator in the country. She is the youngest Indian American to ever serve in state elected office.
Debbie Ingram is an American politician,who served in the Vermont Senate from 2017 to 2021. She lost her 2020 bid for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.
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 will 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.
