Last week H. Brooke Paige withdrew from several statewide offices to make room on the ballot for the Vermont Republican Party to appoint three new names to the November ballot.

State Treasurer candidate:

Lynn LaFleur is a CPA who owns an accounting practice where she has served many Vermont businesses, especially in Lamoille County as well as companies operating in other states.

State Auditor candidate:

Ivar Kronick lives in Poultney and has a broad range of business experience including running his own company for nearly 15 years. Kronick now works in the accounting department of a large international manufacturer based in Vermont and has experience as the point person for the company’s financial audits and the only auditor candidate with this kind of experience.

Attorney General candidate:

Ed Kemon has extensive experience in the private sector with many business start ups. He supervised legal teams in negotiations with a Canadian company to provide encryption technology for military use. After his tenure as adjunct faculty at George Mason University, he served as an elections supervisor in Fairfaix County, VA where he adjudicated disputes between lawyers of both parties to ensure that newly sworn-in citizens who provided proper documentation were not prevented from casting their first ballot.

Secretary of State candidate:

H. Brooke Paige will continue as the Republican candidate for Secretary of State and fight for important reforms related to ballot access and ensuring that Vermont’s election are run in accordance with our constitution and best practices.