Category Archives: Elections

Addison
24 of 24 precincts - 100 percent
x-Claire Ayer, Dem (i) 12,953 - 46 percent
x-Christopher Bray, Dem 9,925 - 36 percent
Robert Wagner, Ind 5,074 - 18 percent Continue reading →

Lieutenant Governor
275 of 275 precincts - 100 percent
x-Phil Scott, GOP (i) 163,259 - 57 percent
Cass Gekas, Dem 116,300 - 41 percent
Ben Mitchell, LUn 6,994 - 2 percent Continue reading →

Addison-2
6 of 6 precincts - 100 percent
x-Willem Jewett, Dem (i) 1,400 - 61 percent
Tim Ryan, Ind 882 - 39 percent
Addison-3
5 of 5 precincts - 100 percent
x-Diane Lanpher, Dem (i) 2,637 - 42 percent
x-Gregory Clark, GOP (i) 2,355 - 38 percent Continue reading →

The newly redrawn district of Windsor-1 will send two Democratic incumbents back to Montpelier.
Reps. Donna Sweaney of Windsor and John Bartholomew of Hartland were elected to two-year terms in the House of Representatives. The two were in a three-way election with Republican challenger Ryan Palmer of Windsor.
Sweaney received 2,402 votes, Bartholomew received 2,384 votes and Palmer received 1,448 votes.
Every 10 years, the Legislature redraws the electoral map according to the state’s census. Sweaney previously represented Windsor-3, which included the town of Windsor. Bartholomew previously represented Windsor-4, which included the towns of Hartland and West Windsor.
The new district represents Windsor, West Windsor and Hartland.

Voters are returning the Windsor County State Senate incumbents to Montpelier for another term.
Sens. John Campbell of Hartford, Dick McCormack of Bethel and Alice Nitka of Ludlow defeated three Republican challengers in the Windsor County State Senate election. They were Dick Tracy of Sharon, Jeff Whittemore of Weathersfield and Paul Gibbs of Springfield.
With 24 towns reporting, Campbell received 15,828 votes, McCormack received 14,881 votes and Nitka received 14,431 votes. For the Republicans, Tracy received 9,352 votes, Whittemore received 6,915 votes and Gibbs received 6,370.
Economic development and jobs were a primary issue during the campaign.
Campbell was Senate president pro tem during the last biennium and served on the Senate Agriculture and Rules Committees. McCormack served on the Senate Finance, Natural Resources and Energy and Reapportionment Committees while Nitka was on the Senate Appropriations and Judiciary Committees.
The senators will be assigned to committees when the session begins in January 2013.

Incumbent Rep. Sarah Buxton, a Democrat from Tunbridge, defeated challenger David Ainsworth, a Republican from Royalton in the Windsor-Orange-1 election on Tuesday.
Windsor-Orange-1 comprises the towns of Royalton and Tunbridge. Buxton won Tunbridge 463-306 and Royalton 650-611. The final vote tally was Buxton 1,113 votes and Ainsworth, 917, a 199-vote margin.
This is the second time Buxton defeated Ainsworth to represent Windsor-Orange-1. In 2010, Buxton was the challenger and unseated Ainsworth by one vote. A recount was issued, but the election results were upheld.
This will be Buxton’s second term in the Vermont House. She served on the House Committee on Education last biennium.

President
264 of 275 precincts - 96 percent
x-Barack Obama, Dem (i) 189,920 - 67 percent
Mitt Romney, GOP 88,367 - 31 percent
Gary Johnson, Lib 3,287 - 1 percent
Rocky Anderson, JP 1,078 - 0 percent
Peta Lindsay, PSL 655 - 0 percent
U.S. Senate
263 of 275 precincts - 96 percent
x-Bernie Sanders, Ind (i) 198,136 - 71 percent
John MacGovern, GOP 69,093 - 25 percent
Cris Ericson, Ind 5,537 - 2 percent
Peter Moss, Ind 2,367 - 1 percent
Pete Diamondstone, LUn 2,355 - 1 percent
Laurel LaFramboise, Ind 851 - 0 percent
U.S. House District 1
263 of 275 precincts - 96 percent
x-Peter Welch, Dem (i) 199,101 - 72 percent
Mark Donka, GOP 64,324 - 23 percent
Sam Desrochers, Ind 7,809 - 3 percent
Jane Newton, LUn 3,951 - 1 percent
Andre LaFramboise, Ind 1,081 - 0 percent
Governor
261 of 275 precincts - 95 percent
x-Peter Shumlin, Dem (i) 161,591 - 58 percent
Randy Brock, GOP 105,368 - 38 percent
Emily Peyton, Ind 5,468 - 2 percent
Cris Ericson, Ind 5,207 - 2 percent
Dave Eagle, LUn 1,204 - 0 percent

Lieutenant Governor
258 of 275 precincts - 94 percent
x-Phil Scott, GOP (i) 154,101 - 57 percent
Cass Gekas, Dem 109,137 - 40 percent
Ben Mitchell, LUn 6,588 - 2 percent
Treasurer
258 of 275 precincts - 94 percent
x-Beth Pearce, Dem (i) 139,392 - 52 percent
Wendy Wilton, GOP 108,132 - 41 percent
Don Schramm, Prg 12,250 - 5 percent
Jessy Diamondstone, LUn 6,497 - 2 percent
Secretary of State
258 of 275 precincts - 94 percent
x-Jim Condos, Dem (i) 213,418 - 87 percent
Mal Herbert, LUn 31,895 - 13 percent
Auditor
258 of 275 precincts - 94 percent
x-Doug Hoffer, Dem 133,308 - 51 percent
Vince Illuzzi, GOP 116,736 - 45 percent
Jerry Levy, LUn 9,771 - 4 percent
Attorney General
258 of 275 precincts - 94 percent
x-William Sorrell, Dem (i) 153,664 - 58 percent
Jack McMullen, GOP 88,973 - 34 percent
Ed Stanak, Prg 14,865 - 6 percent
Rosemarie Jackowski, LUn 7,283 - 3 percent

WEATHERSFIELD — A Vermont town has rejected renovating a former schoolhouse built in 1879.
Voters in Weathersfield decided against financing the restoration of the brick portion of the village school and demolishing the more recently built wings, constructed in 1954 and 1969.
The Eagle Times reports the school has remained vacant since 2008 when the district voted to consolidate its kindergarten to eighth-grade students into one upgraded building in Ascutney.