The GOP needs to win 52% of its House races to give Gov. Phil Scott veto support.

To me the best part of our great State is You, the People,” Thayer said.

Three GOP are going to the general election to face two incumbent Windsor County Democrat senators and another Democrat newcomer in November.

Either Pritchard or Lacoste will face Chesnut-Tangerman. Both GOP candidates are critical of the super-majority, though they vary in rhetoric and experiences.

Two GOP candidates squaring off in Tuesday’s primary. The winner will face Democrat Katherine Sims.

GOP Senate candidates in the August 13 primary are Andrea Murray and Jack Williams of Weathersfield, Jonathan Gleason of Ludlow, and Robert Luhlin of Cavendish.

Endorsements for GOP lieutenant governor nomination.

Amanda Cochrane and Shawn Hallisey, want the Dems’ nomination for the lone Caledonia Senate seat, which includes the Orange County town of Newbury.

GOP candidates working hard to raise $$ to flip Senate.

Former Hazen Union School Board chair David Kelley, Greensboro, is running as a Democrat for the Orleans-4 district House seat.

Zuckerman told Digger he was just trying to be a “very inclusive, welcoming lieutenant governor.”

“Getting Vermonters to sign the petitions was literally like pulling molars without anesthetic,” said Vicki Master, team captain and elector for Kennedy.

A popular commentator and activist now wants to more directly affect decision-making under the Golden Dome.

“Those delegates met in an informal meeting tonight to discuss the current state of the Presidential race and decided as a group to lend their voices to the chorus cheering Vice President Harris on,” Glidden said. 

BLM wants a snap primary because “we have no idea where Kamala Harris stands on the issues, now that she has assumed Joe Biden’s place, and we have no idea of the record of her potential vice president because we don’t even know who it is yet.”

Democrats are running roughly 132 House candidates, while Republicans are running 79. The Progressive party is officially running only two candidates for the 150 House seats.

“I have great respect for President Biden,” Welch writes. “He saved our country from a tyrant. He is a man of uncommon decency. He cares deeply about our democracy. He has been one of the best presidents of our time. But…..”

Democratic incumbent senators face primaries in two Chittenden County districts, and in Windsor, Grand Isle, and Addison Counties.

A prize will be awarded for the Most Patriotic Vehicle. 

Part Three in a series on races for the Vermont House. List of every House candidate, thus far.

Incumbents’ departures have prompted candidates from both parties to square off in primaries in August.

Just stay home and save your vote for the November election, the robocaller told Democrat voters.

Ledbetter said, “We need a lot more housing that working people can afford or we risk losing a generation of young Vermonters now spending almost all of their paychecks on rent.”

The ribbon isn’t “his,” it’s “theirs.”

“Gov. Scott’s a popular governor. My polling shows that the most important issue for Vermonters is taxation. And the governor has talked a lot about this,” Dean told reporters.

“I’ve come to realize I cannot step away at a time when Vermont’s Legislature is so far out of balance, so I’ve decided to run for reelection to keep working for you,” Scott said. 

Scott said at a press conference this week that the Senate’s treatment of Education Secretary nominee Zoie Saunders has made him more likely to run for re-election.

The Orleans District of the Vermont Legislature includes 20 towns spanning Orleans, Caledonia, and Franklin counties. 

Major graduated with a BA in Broadcast Journalism from Howard University in 1987 and is a former U.S. Army officer.

The executive committees in Colchester and Grand Isle counties both moved quickly and quietly to begin the process of picking a new state senator.

The county committee voted: “We, hereby formally Endorse and Support the presumptive Republican Presidential Nominee, Donald J. Trump, for President of the United States!”

Republicans suing Republicans in spat over county chair position.

Gov. Scott said he’s open to voting for Democrat Joe Biden. Again.

A large slate of current, former elected Republicans – and some Democrats – turned out for Haley campaign stop before tomorrow’s Super Tuesday Vermont presidential primary.

Nikki Haley is coming to Vermont Sunday afternoon, and some state GOP leaders are coming out in favor of her over Donald Trump.

Ley: “We failed when we support a Governor who refused to vote for the best president in recent history.” Dame: “I think the blame goes both ways – right? There’s plenty of Republicans Donald Trump refuses to support.”

“The work is about recognizing where our system has disproportionately impacted people of color, and digging in to how to rectify that,” Charity Clark said of her job at the Vermont Attorney General’s office in 2020.

Castro charges that Trump gave direction, “aid and comfort” to ‘insurrectionist’ Proud Boys who stormed the Capitol January 6.

Several committee members have expressed outrage that McGovern made donations to national Democratic candidates.

Elected officials and activists on Vermont’s left rally for Palestine, vote against funding Israel’s military response, and refuse to support a resolution condemning anti-semitism.

Just like so many times at Thunder Road, Phil Scott is in front of a large field of challengers.

“Most of our donors no longer live in Vermont,” GOP National Committeeman Jay Shepard told podcaster Ivan Raiklin.

“I did repost this,” Paul Dame said. “But this represents one of the problems that Donald Trump has posed as a candidate. It is incredibly foolish to tell people not to vote because you ‘have plenty of votes’.”

“The Republican-appointed supermajority that controls the Supreme Court is an existential threat to our rights and our democracy,” a group of progressive Vermont elected officials claim.

Yes, someone needs to ask hard questions of those who wish to run the country.

Notably absent was Gov. Phil Scott — something that lined up with the uncertainty and frustrations of a party with one of the country’s most popular chief executives but practically no power in its statehouse. 

The winner will be drawn July 18.