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.

“I was raised in a family where we, I think all of us, were raised with the notion that our lives would be consumed in some great controversy.”

“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.”

“They’ll probably just impeach Becca Balint anyway, so why wait? Tell Becca Balint to resign now!,” Ericson wrote.

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.

Greg Thayer is grateful to his supporters but asks them to vote for fellow Republican Joe Benning.

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.

“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.

Incumbent Orange County Sen. Mark MacDonald plans to return home on November 8 following the stroke he suffered October 9.

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.

Turns out Vermont’s Legislature is just as liberal as the assembly of our big neighbor across the lake.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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

“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.