About half of the Republican House Red Wave Class of 2024 lost their bids for re-election yesterday, November 3.

Gray received 190,908 votes, a 61.37% share of all votes cast. Rodgers received 112,688, 36.22% of all votes, according to the Vermont Secretary of State’s election results as of 9:51 AM today, with all 247 voting districts reporting.

Vermonters on Tuesday once again elected Republican Gov. Phil Scott to lead the state for what will be a historic sixth term, but as votes were reported, it was clear that it would be his closest race in years. As of 5:44 a.m., Associated Press reported Scott’s margin of victory at 7 points, far less than the 51.6 point margin he enjoyed in 2024.

Phil Scott keeps the governor’s office. The Legislature that can override him is back. Unofficial results as of the state’s 2:01 a.m. update, with 244 of 247 towns reporting.

The Republicans currently hold 13 seats. If they lose three, they will be down to 10 seats and will not be able to sustain a veto by Gov. Phil Scott if the other 20 senators vote to override.

Tonight, VDC will be reporting election results on Facebook Live. We’ll be popping in and out with the latest on who’s leading who and who the winners are. And for the first time, we will be collaborating with FYIVT.com to deliver you upd-to-date results of statewide and local races.

Gov. Phil Scott and Amanda Janoo both hope that their messages about affordability can attract younger voters.

The survey by State Navigate.com, conducted Oct. 23-25 among 1,752 likely Vermont voters, found Scott leading Janoo 49% to 46%. The results are virtually unchanged from the polling organization’s early October survey, which showed Scott ahead 46% to 43%. The poll respondents weigh slightly Democrat over the actual Vermont Republican-Democrat split, based on how they said they voted in the 2024 presidential election vs. the actual outcome.

Postage costs total about $1.5 million this year. In 2024, about 4% of mailed ballots were returned as undeliverable.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo met with Newport city leaders Monday to hear their plans for rebuilding downtown, as she brought her campaign to a packed town hall at the Gateway Center.

She said the money would help finance a universal primary and preventive health care system, which she has previously estimated would cost about $320 million annually.

The announcement did not identify the printing vendor, explain the cause of the delay, or say how much money had been committed to producing and mailing the printed guides.

After weeks of criticism by Republican incumbent John Rodgers, the campaign for the front-running candidate for lieutenant governor Molly Gray took aim at Rodgers this morning, charging that much of his funding and campaign help is from out-of-state – including a Virginia firm characterized as ‘Trump consultants’.

VDC has contacted the Gray campaign for comment and will publish any response received in full. Rodgers, the incumbent, is trailing Gray in two major polls released last month.

Vermont voters will choose a new state auditor on November 3, filling the seat Doug Hoffer has held since 2013. On the ballot: Democrat Tim Ashe of Burlington, the current deputy auditor and former Senate president pro tempore, and Republican Ivar Kronick of Poultney, a former city councilor in Pittsfield, MA.

Vermont Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas announced Wednesday, October 7 that ballots have been mailed to all active registered voters for the November 3 General Election.

Before the hotly contested August 11 primary against Ryan McLaren and Esther Charlestin, Gray won support from the progressive voters when she told the GMDSA she would support a wealth tax. But just last week on the Morning Drive – having won the Democratic primary and now facing a Republican incumbent – she said she doesn’t. 

Gerald Malloy, an Army veteran who has twice previously run for US Senate in Vermont as a Republican, is seeking a seat in the US House, where he will face incumbent Democratic Rep. Becca Balint in the November 3 general election.

Incumbent US Rep. Becca Balint is running for reelection as Vermont’s only member of the US House of Representatives.

On Thursday, September 17, United States District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier dismissed the Department of Justice (DOJ)’s lawsuit against Vermont demanding the state’s voter rolls.

But a closer look at the poll shows that support for socialism, membership in the Democratic Socialists of America and the electoral value of a DSA endorsement are three different things.

Vermont’s mail-ballot system will proceed without new federal Postal Service restrictions after the U.S. Supreme Court on Monday left in place a lower-court order blocking the rules for the November election.

The Burlington resident is running again for Lt. Governor to stand against the Trump administration and tackle the pressures that working families in Vermont face. 

Northeast Kingdom resident and incumbent Lt. Governor, John Rodgers, is seeking reelection to the state’s second highest office. He is running on a record of advocacy and turning the position into an active participant inside the Statehouse on legislation and important policies. Rodgers faces former Democratic Lt. Governor Molly Gray in the November general election.

Vermont’s USPS mail delivery has become intermittent in many towns, due to employee shortages. However, the Secretary of State’s Office told VDC last month that USPS will prioritize delivery of ballots. Nevertheless, Secretary Copeland Hanzas said voters who choose to mail their ballot back to do so promptly.

Suit #64 against the Trump administration by Vermont AG Charity Clark.

Vermont’s plans to mail ballots to all active registered voters for the November general election remain unchanged – for now, anyway – despite a U.S. Supreme Court ruling Monday that removed one legal barrier to the Trump administration’s proposed new restrictions on voting by mail, Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas said Tuesday.

Vermont gubernatorial candidate Brian Judd is promising to use the governor’s executive authority aggressively if elected in November, including seeking to repeal Act 181, restore state psychiatric hospitals and conduct broad audits of state government and nonprofit organizations.

An increasing number of Democrats are endorsing Lt. Gov. John Rodgers (R) over Dem. challenger Molly Gray.

Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo heads a group of Vermont Progressive Party-endorsed candidates who advanced in the Aug. 11 primary and are now headed to the November general election, according to Ballotpedia.com. 

Voters in Connecticut and Vermont went to the polls Tuesday to decide primary races that showcased Democrats’ struggle between moderates and its progressive left wing and demands for generational change in Congress.

House races, however, saw a pair of incumbents replaced. John Bartholomew of Windsor and Jim Masland both finished third in their two-seat district primaries. All of the other House candidates in contested primaries were renominated.

Click on link to contested candidate spreadsheet, and/or Secretary of State Election Results page, for primary election results.

Sarah George won re-election as state’s attorney, despite losing in Burlington.

St. Albans lawyer files for General Election in November

The 2026 Primary Election is tomorrow, August 11. Vermonters will go to the voting booth to decide which candidates will run for their party in the November election. For state representatives, the majority of primary races are being fought within the Vermont Democratic Party. 

In the Democratic race for Governor, Amanda Janoo of Burlington and Aly Richards of Montpelier are facing off to challenge incumbent Republican Governor Phil Scott. Janoo is the current frontrunner of the race with 52% undecided, according to recent polling. Richards’ campaign has drawn scrutiny over her campaign finance with strong ties to nonprofit organizations and receiving Super PAC funding.

Follows state police investigation of Officer Joshua Lake 

Three candidates are vying for the Democratic nomination in the August 11 primary election for the Bennington County Senate district. Amy Moore is running to give rural voices representation in the district and as a working Vermonter, bring some diversity to the district’s representation. She is running in the primary against incumbent Democrats, Sen. Rob Plunkett and Sen. Seth Bongartz.

On Tuesday, August 11, the question is really this: has State’s Attorney Sarah George’s approach to prosecuting crime earned more time to prove itself — or has the county seen enough of it?

The leading fundraiser in the August 11 contested Democrat primary for the three seats in the Chittenden Central Vermont Senate district has raised a significant portion of his campaign treasury from Americans of Indian descent living out of state.

South Burlington resident Esther Charlestin says she wants to use the office to bring Vermonters together, arguing that the lieutenant governor’s greatest strength is the ability to bring people together across political and geographic divides to address the state’s challenges. 

In response to an inquiry from the Vermont Daily Chronicle, Wesley Dunn of the Vermont Secretary of State’s Office said the issue was limited to the sample ballot posted online and did not affect the official absentee ballots sent to voters.

Incumbent Sen. Steven Heffernan, who won his seat in the Senate in 2024 after defeating longtime Democratic Sen. Chris Bray, is seeking a second term.

Republican primaries are rare in Vermont. But in Addison County, three candidates – Andrea Treadway, Andrew Klein, and incumbent Steve Heffernan- are competing for the GOP nomination for the two Senate seats.

Will Bernie win the Democratic nomination in 2028? Hear Mark Halperin explain why he thinks so on Chronicle Conversations at 12:30 ttoday on WVMT.

Sharp dip in governor’s popularity among Republicans

Postmaster General David Steiner defended the rule at a Senate hearing and dismissed accusations that the Postal Service was acting politically after President Donald Trump signed an executive order in March restricting voting by mail. 

LaClair is among the three Republicans seeking the nomination for the three-seat district. He, Christopher Neddo of Barre Town, and Peter Schmeekle of Stowe will face the winners of the contested Democratic primary: incumbents Ann Cumming, Andrew Perchlik, Anne Watson, and challenger Gabriel LaJeunesse. 

Despite political differences, descendants of longtime lawmaker, prosecutor ‘intend to keep the race cordial”

A Richards campaign ad released last week shows her playing the Governor Mom role. Her kitchen – peanut butter jar and all – is her stage as she pitches Vermonters on why Scott was wrong to veto the data center bill. 

Lone state’s attorney’s race is in Chittenden County with George and Kranichfeld

Democratic lieutenant governor candidate Ryan McLaren on Monday, May 18 unveiled his  “Yes In My Back Yard Tax Credit” plan to provide municipalities with $25,000 in education property tax relief for every new home fully permitted this year.

And legislators don’t want to solve it.

Chittenden County candidates gear up for crowded race ahead of August primary.

LaClair served as a Barre Town representative in the Vermont House from 2014-2022.

This seems to reveal the heart of the issue: a fundamental disagreement between the Ethics Commission and the Secretary of State’s office over who should post the disclosure for candidates, with both offices either unwilling or understaffed to answer questions about the form for prospective candidates.

Vermont Republican Party Chair Paul Dame is criticizing Democratic gubernatorial candidate Aly Richards following her campaign launch, framing her candidacy as emblematic of broader Democratic policy priorities.