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Elections in Vermont |
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The 2024 Vermont Senate election will take place on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial United States elections. The election will coincide with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and State House. Vermont voters will elect all 30 state senators from 16 districts, with each district electing between one and three senators. Districts that elect more than one senator use plurality block voting; in districts that elect two senators, each voter can select up to two candidates on their ballot, and in districts that elect three senators, voters can select up to three candidates. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Under Vermont's electoral fusion system, candidates ran receive the nomination of more than one party, with all their nominations being listed on the ballot. Primary elections will be held on August 13, 2024. [1]
Democrats and Progressives currently hold a 23-seat supermajority in the senate. In order to gain control, Republicans would either need to flip 9 seats in the senate or flip 8 seats and the office of lieutenant governor, which presides over the senate and acts as the tiebreaking vote. However, Republicans would only need to flip 4 seats to break the Democrats' supermajority.
Party | Candidates | Votes | % | Primary seats | Secondary seats | ||||||
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Primary | Secondary | Before | After | +/− | Before | After | +/− | ||||
Democratic | 22 [lower-alpha 1] | 3 | |||||||||
Republican | 7 [lower-alpha 2] | 1 | |||||||||
Progressive | 1 [lower-alpha 3] | 4 | |||||||||
Total | 100.0 | 30 | 30 | ±0 | 8 |
District | Incumbent | Party | Elected Senator | Party | ||
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Addison | Ruth Hardy | Dem | ||||
Christopher Bray | Dem | |||||
Bennington | Dick Sears | Dem/Rep | ||||
Brian Campion | Dem | |||||
Caledonia | Jane Kitchel | Dem | ||||
Chittenden Central | Philip Baruth | Dem/Prog | ||||
Martine Gulick | Dem | |||||
Tanya Vyhovsky | Prog/Dem | |||||
Chittenden North | Irene Wrenner | Dem | ||||
Chittenden Southeast | Thomas Chittenden | Dem | ||||
Ginny Lyons | Dem | |||||
Kesha Ram Hinsdale | Dem/Prog | |||||
Essex | Russ Ingalls | Rep/Dem | ||||
Franklin | Randy Brock | Rep | ||||
Robert Norris | Rep | |||||
Grand Isle | Richard Mazza | Dem | ||||
Lamoille | Richard Westman | Rep/Dem | ||||
Orange | Mark MacDonald | Dem | ||||
Orleans | Robert Starr | Dem | ||||
Rutland | Brian Collamore | Rep | ||||
Dave Weeks | Rep | |||||
Terry Williams | Rep | |||||
Washington | Ann Cummings | Dem | ||||
Andrew Perchlik | Dem/Prog | |||||
Anne Watson | Dem/Prog | |||||
Windham | Wendy Harrison | Dem | ||||
Nader Hashim | Dem | |||||
Windsor | Alison Clarkson | Dem | ||||
Richard McCormack | Dem | |||||
Rebecca White | Dem |
The incumbents are Democrats Christopher Bray and Ruth Hardy, who won with 33.8% and 33.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (67.1% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats Brian Campion and Dick Sears, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022. Campion is not running for re-election. [4]
The incumbent is Democrat Jane Kitchel, who won with 63.4% of the vote in 2022. Kitchel is not running for re-election. [5]
The incumbents are Democrats Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick and Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky, who won with 31.5%, 29.0%, and 25.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (86.2% combined), against an independent candidate. All three incumbents are running for re-election.
The incumbent is Democrat Irene Wrenner, who won with 51.3% of the vote in 2022.
The incumbents are Democrats Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Thomas Chittenden and Ginny Lyons, who won with 32.1%, 26.6%, and 25.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (83.8% combined).
The incumbent is Republican Russ Ingalls, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022.
The incumbents are Republicans Randy Brock and Robert Norris, who won with 33.1% and 29.6% of the vote in 2022, respectively (62.7% combined).
The incumbent was Democrat Richard Mazza, who won with 73.0% of the vote in 2022. Mazza resigned on April 8, 2024, due to health issues. [7] Governor Phil Scott appointed Democrat Andy Julow, a nonprofit executive and former chair of the Champlain Valley School District Board, to Mazza's vacant seat. [8]
The incumbent is Republican Richard Westman, who won against only write-in opposition in 2022.
The incumbent is Democrat Mark MacDonald, who won with 55.4% of the vote in 2022.
The incumbent is Democrat Robert Starr, who won with 58.1% of the vote in 2022. Starr is not running for re-election. [9]
The incumbents are Republicans Brian Collamore, Terry Williams, and Dave Weeks, who won with 21.0%, 17.3%, and 16.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (54.6% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats Ann Cummings, Anne Watson, and Andrew Perchlik, who won with 26.2%, 22.9%, and 21.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (70.2% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats Wendy Harrison and Nader Hashim, who won with 34.2% and 31.2% of the vote in 2022, respectively (65.6% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats Alison Clarkson, Rebecca White, and Richard McCormack, who won with 23.4%, 22.9%, and 22.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (69.0% combined). McCormack is not running for re-election. [10]
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