A freshman lawmaker is now the only Libertarian legislator in the Vermont State House.
A freshman lawmaker is now the only Libertarian legislator in the Vermont State House.
“Republicans didn’t earn a red wave nationally in 2022. I don’t blame Democrats. I blame Republicans for why there was no Red Wave nationally.”
A former congressman who almost became NY governor last year will speak at a GOP dinner in South Burlington.
“They’ll probably just impeach Becca Balint anyway, so why wait? Tell Becca Balint to resign now!,” Ericson wrote.
The Republican National Committee chose to bombard people like me with 5 or 6 emails per day asking for money. This happened every day of the week to the end. But the worst of it was, no one answered any of MY messages. Not one.
With all the issues and challenges facing America, good is not good enough. The Republican Party needs change at the very top, Vermont’s national committeeman says.
Returns for ‘down ballot’ statewide office races show less than 100,000 reliably Republican Vermont voters.
Liam Madden responds to Ericka Redic’s call that he quit the race.
Greg Thayer is grateful to his supporters but asks them to vote for fellow Republican Joe Benning.
The thumbs up – thumbs down doesn’t follow the party line. Neither is it limited to well-known candidates.
Less than a week before Election Day, a new VT GOP political ad says employer David Zuckerman isn’t as worker-friendly as the Democratic candidate for lieutenant governor claims to be.
45 candidates from justice of the peace to U.S. senator have been endorsed by a vaccine mandate freedom organization.
Liam Madden has committed very serious campaign finance violations and should immediately withdraw from his race for Congress, Libertarian candidate Ericka Redic said.
Farmer David Zuckerman a slave driver (figuratively speaking) to his field workers? A new GOP ad has a reported farm worker saying it’s so.
Blatantly illegal, questionable, or just using loopholes to get into a televised ‘public’ debate? Depends who you ask about GOP Congressional candidate Liam Madden’s creative campaign financing.
“I am for protecting ~99.9% of all abortion choices, federally, and am to the left of Roe in that regard,” explained Madden, in response to the false statement claiming he was anti-choice.
“The whole Critical Race Theory. My children are taught to hate their mother. That is very concerning to me,” Rohan St. Marthe says.
A big wind power developer has given $1000 in campaign contributions to the Democrat running in a tight House race against Republican Vicki Strong.
A strong opponent of Article 22 is running for a Vermont House seat representing part of Burlington.
Incumbent Orange County Sen. Mark MacDonald plans to return home on November 8 following the stroke he suffered October 9.
A Republican city committee has taken a stand on a controversial ballot question.
His investigation of the EB-5 scandal is dogging rising political star Mike Pieciak.
A woman who makes her home on Lake Dunmore has challenged the Democrat incumbent for a six-town Addison County House seat.
The MAGA bus tour of a national radio show host will visit Rutland and Essex Junction Sunday.
Dem control of the Legislature and/or the State House has meant more government control over industry and individuals’ lives.
Turns out Vermont’s Legislature is just as liberal as the assembly of our big neighbor across the lake.
An Orange County town finds its suddenly in the Washington County senate district.
Libertarian candidate for Congress Ericka Redic’s abbreviated quote from a VTDigger debate: “What I want to see, in Vermont where we give over a million dollars to abortion clinics, and zero dollars to Pregnancy Resource Centers, is for our state to Reject Article 22 to say that abortion up to nine months is not okay.”
A breast cancer survivor wanted a law guaranteeing that women be fully informed about their breast density. Joe Benning listened and helped get the bill passed into law.
As governor, I promise I will ensure that Vermonters have access to emergency, transitional, and permanent housing, including in the rental market and home ownership.
Ms. Becca Balint – the Democratic nominee – is most decidedly NOT a breath of fresh air. She continues to parrot the worn-out and far-left policies of her mentor Bernie Sanders.
Vermonters looking for more diversity should take a stand against the current suppression of free speech, including political speech, Montpelier House candidate Gene Leon said.
A father whose son was shot down in 2018 is running for the Senate to restore public safety.
A social-liberal logger from Stowe and an Addison County retired nurse opposing transgender legislation both must defeat Democratic opponents to win House seats this year.
A rocket scientist, a farmer, and a business owner with six children are among the first-time candidates seeking Republican seats in the Vermont Legislature.
I speak to a lot of young people. And they are scared. They don’t want to speak out. Because they are scared of a backlash.
66 Republican state and local leaders and activists (so far) have signed a letter supporting Libertarian Party nominee Ericka Redic as their preferred candidate for Congress over Democrat Becca Balint or GOP nominee Liam Madden.
A Middlesex engineer and farmer wants to become Vermont’s first Libertarian state senator.
An integral part of the plan must bringing back a bail system that works, to make it clear to “would be” criminals they will be held to account.
On October 25, Peter Welch learned the deadline for reporting his wife’s sale of Exxon stock was November 1. On October 28 he grilled the Exxon CEO about his credibility. On November 9 – eight days after the legal deadline – he reported the sale.
I’ve got to say, if someone told me a year ago that I would be running a campaign like this, I would not have believed them. I am so grateful for the support I have received from not only these guys, but from people all across the county,” Bean said.
Candidates for statewide office will debate tonight online and tomorrow in person.
For four years, St. Johnsbury Rep. Scott Campbell (D) has voted to make gasoline and heating fuel more expensive. Now his Republican challenger is reminding voters.
A popular, pro-life former lieutenant governor has given his endorsement to Sen. Joe Benning as Vermont’s next governor-in-waiting.
The poll respondents were 57% Democrat and 30% Republican.
Republican candidates will gather in Colchester and Whitingham to meet likely voters. And supporters of Greg Thayer are mounting a write-in campaign for lieutenant governor.
The Republican candidate for a key Vermont House district fears for her safety and the safety of others following a confrontation at the local transfer station.
A businessman, former Eagle Scout, and Cuban-American has become the fifth candidate for Montpelier’s two House seats.
A huge battle is looming in Congress next session for the future of the digital economy. House candidate Becca Balint benefited from a huge campaign donation from a company with a strong interest in the battle’s outcome.
Political discontent is reaching a fever pitch, less so between parties and more now than ever between the people and their elected officials.
The federal government applies some of the hefty interest it charges on federal student loans to ObamaCare subsidies, accountant and Libertarian House candidate Ericka Redic notes.
The only Vermont House Democrat to oppose Prop 5/Article 22 ‘reproductive liberty’ Constitutional amendment was voted out in last week’s primary.
House candidate Robin Chesnut-Tangerman didn’t open sealed ballot bags in Middletown Springs in 2020, as incorrectly stated in a Vermont Daily Chronicle news story Tuesday. However, he was there when it happened and his questions led to them being opened, he said.
Vermont’s climate policy could be a major campaign issue in the surprise rematch of two 2020 general election contestants for the Middletown Springs (etc.) House seat.
In the last legislative session, during a time of recovery, Democratic/Progressives/Socialists forced programs and laws to make big government bigger and more invasive, ignoring our constitution and laws, a House candidate for Northeast Kingdom towns says.
The increasing influence of Vermont’s political left was on display at the AFL-CIO annual meeting Saturday at the Old Socialist Party Labor Hall in Barre.
The Vermont State GOP Committee went on record Saturday with a statement of non-support for reluctant House nominee and self-described independent Liam Madden of Bellows Falls.
Meet GOP House Liam Madden: raised in Vermont’s two extremes of wealth and poverty, the son of a father who struggled with addiction joined the Marines Corps, became a leader in the anti-war movement, solar power entrepreneur, and CEO of the Idea Sex Lab.
“Liam let me tell you – you have messed with the wrong broad,” Redic said. “You have underestimated the will of the Republican Party in Vermont. And it will be to your detriment.”
After the story broke last night about the FBI raid on former Pres. Donald Trump’s Mir-A-Lago home in Florida, Vermont Daily Chronicle emailed most participants in statewide races in today’s primary for their comments.
Write-in candidates in four counties and many towns are hoping to get enough support tomorrow to be on the November 8 ballot.
The two GOP candidates for lieutenant governor published their list of endorsements.
“I will promote American energy policies to cut fuel prices which will reduce the cost of food, gasoline and home heating.” – Anya Tynio
I will push for updates to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to allow for the building of safe, “clean”, efficient energy. I will also eliminate all subsidies for EV cars, solar panels and wind turbine technologies.
“Now there exist two separate justice systems (one for the law abiding and one for the lawless), no accountability for criminal actions, a revolving door of criminality, and more effort to protect the criminal than protect the public.” – Myers Mermel
A farmer and engineer wants Washington County Republican Primary voters to write in his name on Tuesday’s ballot so that the GOP will have a full slate of candidates in the November general election.
“School choice, particularly for the economically disadvantaged, is an important component of promoting successful education.” – Christina Nolan
“Knowing all the legislative players, I would become the conduit between those who have the power to make change and those who have the ideas that can bring cost of living reductions into play.” – Joe Benning
“I believe that we can make it possible for anyone to find a meaningful career in Vermont in work that sustains them and fulfills them.” – Charlie Kimball
“My priorities have been clear since the beginning: grow the economy, make Vermont more affordable, and protect the most vulnerable. While we’ve made record progress, I know the pandemic set us back and there is much more work to be done.” – Phil Scott
“I do not believe we are in a climate emergency.” – Gerald Malloy
“The Executive Protection Unit of the Vermont State Police will also be delivered its first all-electric Ford F-150 Lightning, which will serve as the Governor’s official security vehicle,” Gov. Phil Scott’s office said yesterday. His likely Democratic challenger responds.
A Burlington accountant running for Congress as a Republican has received the endorsement of former Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie and the nomination of the Vermont Libertarian Party.
After a 16-year hiatus, there’s a Republican committee for the City of Montpelier. On Saturday it meets to choose justice of the peace candidates.
A longtime Vermont pro-life leader explains why she supports Christina Nolan for senator.
The latest poll shows Becca Balint pulverizing Molly Gray in the Democratic primary for Congress two weeks hence. The GOP races are close, with many undecided voters.
With firefighters and even sitting state’s attorneys endorsing opponent Ted Kenney, and her Soros’-backed compatriots getting thrown out by voters nationwide, are Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George’s days numbered?
Now’s the time to meet Republican candidates for statewide office: Saturday in Bellows Falls, next Friday in Barre.
Gov. Phil Scott has endorsed the lieutenant governor candidate with the most State House experience and centrist political and policy views.
Myers Mermel compares GOP Senate opponent and former U.S. Attorney Christina Nolan to Chittenden County prosecutor Sarah George.
IT’S THE PANDEMIC’S FAULT – Chittenden County State’s Attorney Sarah George and her office have been “scapegoated” over public concern about the rise in crime, she claimed.
“The traditional Democrat Party is dead. It’s gone. Progressivism has subsumed it,” said Independent candidate for the Vermont House Tom Licata of Burlington.
Ericka Redic’s story of recovery is a message of hope and how the lessons along the way led her to conservatism.
One Republican candidate for lieutenant governor is charging another with “involvement in the insurrection of January 6th.”
Barre businesswoman Gina Galfetti is running to fill the House seat now held by Rob LaClair, who is not seeking re-election.
Two sitting Republican legislators from the Northeast Kingdom will face each other in a primary, as a result of population-sensitive redistricting that occurs every 10 years.
A Democratic candidate for Congress says he’s been ignored by the Vermont media because he’s a man.
“I intend to work cooperatively with Governor Scott on his stated agenda,” Lamoille House candidate Richard Bailey said.
“I believe in peace and prosperity through law and order,” House candidate Brian Judd of Barre City said.
I would like to set a few things straight about John’s little letter writing temper tantrum,” former senate colleague David Deen says.
In 2022, it’s hard to remember when Republicans actually had the political ascendancy, however fleeting.
A “foolish” action by a “radical court.” Gov. and Democratic candidate for Congress Molly Gray last week called the SCOTUS decision preventing the EPA from making climate-change policy.
Becca Balint will challenge the status quo and combat the existential threat of climate change, Bernie Sanders said.
Columbia, the personification of the U.S.A., will appear on candidate for Congress Ericka Redic’s parade float.
At a July 6 candidate forum, the Chittenden County state’s attorney supported by George Soros will face questions about the increase of violent crime and shoplifting.
A carpenter and Republican candidate for a Lamoille County House seat wants a Vermont where people can flourish economically with a strong infrastructure and the least amount of government intrusion into people’s lives.
Vermonters bemoaning the lack of new blood in the Vermont Legislature may be encouraged by the decision of three newcomers from Lamoille County.
Becca Balint, Christina Nolan, and Ericka Redic came out ‘winners’ in an online poll conducted this month by the Vermont Public Interest Research Group.
Candidate for Congress Sen. Becca Balint will be politicking from home after testing positive for Covid, just days after her visit to the White House.
Ericka Redic, GOP candidate for Congress, said existing laws must be enforced to protect U.S. Supreme Court justices and their families from potential violence.