Kirby is a town in Caledonia County,Vermont,United States. The population was 575 at the 2020 census.
James Merrill Jeffords was an American lawyer and politician who served as a U.S. senator from Vermont. Sworn into the Senate in 1989,he served as a Republican until 2001,when he left the party to become an independent and began caucusing with the Democrats. Jeffords retired from the Senate in 2007. Prior to serving in the Senate,he served as the U.S. representative for Vermont's at-large congressional district from 1975 to 1989.
George David Aiken was an American politician and horticulturist. A member of the Republican Party,he was the 64th governor of Vermont (1937–1941) before serving in the United States Senate for 34 years,from 1941 to 1975. At the time of his retirement,he was the most senior member of the Senate,a feat which would be repeated by his immediate successor Patrick Leahy.
Greta Conway Van Susteren is an American commentator,lawyer,and television news anchor for Newsmax TV. She was previously on CNN,Fox News,and MSNBC. She hosted Fox News's On the Record w/ Greta Van Susteren for 14 years (2002–2016) before departing for MSNBC,where she hosted For the Record with Greta for roughly six months in 2017. On June 14,2022,she began hosting The Record with Greta van Susteren on Newsmax. A former criminal defense and civil trial lawyer,she appeared as a legal analyst on CNN co-hosting Burden of Proof with Roger Cossack from 1994 to 2002,playing defense attorney to Cossack's prosecutor. In 2016,she was listed as the 94th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes,up from 99th in 2015.
Thomas Paul Salmon is an American Democratic Party politician who served as the 75th governor of Vermont from 1973 to 1977.
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.
Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermont. He served as the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 2005 to 2007,as a member of the Vermont Senate from 2009 to 2013 and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2012,losing to Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin. He ran unopposed for the 2016 Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. In December 2017,Governor Phil Scott announced that he had appointed Brock to the Vermont Senate,filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dustin Allard Degree.
Horace French Graham was an American politician who served as the 56th governor of Vermont from 1917 to 1919.
Richard Walker Mallary was an American businessman and politician. He served for three years as a U.S. Representative from Vermont and was the Republican nominee for United States Senator in 1974,losing narrowly to Patrick Leahy. He died by suicide on September 27,2011.
Ethan Allen Institute (EAI),founded in 1993,is a public policy research and education organization in Vermont focused on free-market solutions. It is named after the 18th-century Vermont military leader Ethan Allen.
The 2012 United States Senate election in Vermontwas held on November 6,2012. Incumbent independent Senator Bernie Sanders won reelection to a second term in a landslide,defeating Republican nominee John MacGovern with 71% of the vote. Sanders,a self-described democratic socialist,was first elected with 65% of the vote in 2006,and was the first non-Republican to win this seat since 1850.
George Franklin Edmunds was an American attorney and Republican politician who represented the state of Vermont in the United States Senate from 1866 to 1891. He was a candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 1880 and 1884 as a leading representative of New England and of the faction favoring civil service reform.
Vermont's 2012 general elections were held on November 6,2012. Primary elections were held on August 28,2012.
Edward G. Janeway was a Vermont politician who served as President of the Vermont State Senate.
The 2016 Vermont gubernatorial election took place on November 8,2016,and elected the governor of Vermont,concurrently with the 2016 U.S. presidential election,as well as elections to the United States Senate in other states and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections.
The 1982 United States Senate election in Vermont took place on November 2,1982. Incumbent Republican Robert Stafford successfully ran for re-election to another term in the United States Senate,defeating Democratic candidate James A. Guest. This election marks the last time a Democrat won any counties in a race for Vermont's Class 1 US Senate seat,as well as the last time the winner of the seat did not win every county in the state.
The 2018 United States Senate election in Vermont was held November 6,2018,alongside a gubernatorial election,U.S. House election,and other state and local elections. Incumbent independent Senator Bernie Sanders was re-elected to a third term. The primaries were held on August 14.
The 2022 United States Senate election in Vermont was held on November 8,2022,to elect a member of the United States Senate to represent the state of Vermont. It was held concurrently with U.S. Senate elections in other states,along with elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections across the country. The incumbent senator,Democrat Patrick Leahy,announced on November 15,2021,that he would not seek re-election to a ninth term,leaving the seat open for the first time since 1974.
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 reelection 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.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont was held on November 8,2022,to elect the U.S. representative from Vermont's at-large congressional district. The election coincided with other elections to the House of Representatives,elections to the U.S. Senate,as well as various other state and local elections.
