2024 Vermont Senate election

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2024 Vermont Senate election
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  2022 November 5, 20242026 

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate
16 seats needed for a majority
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Leader Philip Baruth Randy Brock Tanya Vyhovsky
(de facto)
Party Democratic Republican Progressive
Leader sinceNovember 13, 2022January 6, 2021January 6, 2023
Leader's seat Chittenden Central Franklin Chittenden Central
Last election22 seats7 seats1 seat
Current seats2271
Seats neededSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg 9Increase2.svg 15

2024 Vermont Senate election map.svg
Map of the incumbents:
     Democratic incumbent
     Republican incumbent
     Progressive incumbent

Incumbent President pro tempore

Philip Baruth
Democratic/Progressive



The 2024 Vermont Senate election will take place on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial United States elections. The election will coincide with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and State House. Vermont voters will elect all 30 state senators from 16 districts, with each district electing between one and three senators. Districts that elect more than one senator use plurality block voting; in districts that elect two senators, each voter can select up to two candidates on their ballot, and in districts that elect three senators, voters can select up to three candidates. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Under Vermont's electoral fusion system, candidates ran receive the nomination of more than one party, with all their nominations being listed on the ballot. Primary elections will be held on August 13, 2024. [1]

Contents

Democrats and Progressives currently hold a 23-seat supermajority in the senate. In order to gain control, Republicans would either need to flip 9 seats in the senate or flip 8 seats and the office of lieutenant governor, which presides over the senate and acts as the tiebreaking vote. However, Republicans would only need to flip 4 seats to break the Democrats' supermajority.

Summary of results

PartyCandidatesVotes%Primary seatsSecondary seats
PrimarySecondaryBeforeAfter+/−BeforeAfter+/−
Democratic 22 [lower-alpha 1] 3
Republican 7 [lower-alpha 2] 1
Progressive 1 [lower-alpha 3] 4
Total100.03030±08
District Incumbent PartyElected SenatorParty
Addison Ruth Hardy Dem
Christopher Bray Dem
Bennington Dick Sears Dem/Rep
Brian Campion Dem
Caledonia Jane Kitchel Dem
Chittenden Central Philip Baruth Dem/Prog
Martine Gulick Dem
Tanya Vyhovsky Prog/Dem
Chittenden North Irene Wrenner Dem
Chittenden Southeast Thomas Chittenden Dem
Ginny Lyons Dem
Kesha Ram Hinsdale Dem/Prog
Essex Russ Ingalls Rep/Dem
Franklin Randy Brock Rep
Robert Norris Rep
Grand Isle Richard Mazza Dem
Lamoille Richard Westman Rep/Dem
Orange Mark MacDonald Dem
Orleans Robert Starr Dem
Rutland Brian Collamore Rep
Dave Weeks Rep
Terry Williams Rep
Washington Ann Cummings Dem
Andrew Perchlik Dem/Prog
Anne Watson Dem/Prog
Windham Wendy Harrison Dem
Nader Hashim Dem
Windsor Alison Clarkson Dem
Richard McCormack Dem
Rebecca White Dem

Addison

The incumbents are Democrats Christopher Bray and Ruth Hardy, who won with 33.8% and 33.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (67.1% combined).

Democratic primary

Declared

Filed paperwork

Potential

Bennington

The incumbents are Democrats Brian Campion and Dick Sears, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022. Sears is running for re-election, while Campion is not. [4]

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Seth Bongartz
State legislators
Dick Sears
State legislators

Republican primary

Declared

  • Joe Gervais, lumber business owner [5]

Independents

Declared

Caledonia

The incumbent is Democrat Jane Kitchel, who won with 63.4% of the vote in 2022. Kitchel is not running for re-election. [7]

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Amanda Cochrane, nonprofit executive [8]

Declined

Republican primary

Declared

  • Scott Beck, state representative [9]
  • J.T. Dodge, systems engineer, nominee for this district in 2022 and Libertarian nominee in 2020 [10]

Chittenden Central

The incumbents are Democrats Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick and Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky, who won with 31.5%, 29.0%, and 25.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (86.2% combined), against an independent candidate. All three incumbents are running for re-election.

Democratic primary

Declared

Endorsements

Steward Ledbetter
State legislators
  • John Campbell, former president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate [11]
  • John Tracy, former state representative [11]

Chittenden North

The incumbent is Democrat Irene Wrenner, who won with 51.3% of the vote in 2022.

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

Chittenden Southeast

The incumbents are Democrats Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Thomas Chittenden and Ginny Lyons, who won with 32.1%, 26.6%, and 25.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (83.8% combined).

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

Essex

The incumbent is Republican Russ Ingalls, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022.

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Franklin

The incumbents are Republicans Randy Brock and Robert Norris, who won with 33.1% and 29.6% of the vote in 2022, respectively (62.7% combined).

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Potential

Grand Isle

The incumbent was Democrat Richard Mazza, who won with 73.0% of the vote in 2022. Mazza resigned on April 8, 2024, due to health issues; he later died on May 28. [12] Governor Phil Scott appointed Democrat Andy Julow, a nonprofit executive and former chair of the Champlain Valley School District Board, to Mazza's vacant seat. [13]

Democratic primary

Declared

  • Julie Hulburd, member of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board [11]

Publicly expressed interest

Declined

Republican primary

Declared

Lamoille

The incumbent is Republican Richard Westman, who won against only write-in opposition in 2022.

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Orange

The incumbent is Democrat Mark MacDonald, who won with 55.4% of the vote in 2022.

Democratic primary

Potential

Orleans

The incumbent is Democrat Robert Starr, who won with 58.1% of the vote in 2022. Starr is not running for re-election. [14]

Democratic primary

Declared

Declined

Endorsements

Katherine Sims
State legisators

Republican primary

Declared

  • Conrad Bellavance, compliance manager [16]
  • Sam Douglass, chair of the Orleans County Republican Party and nominee for this district in 2022 [17]

Declined

Rutland

The incumbents are Republicans Brian Collamore, Terry Williams, and Dave Weeks, who won with 21.0%, 17.3%, and 16.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (54.6% combined).

Republican primary

Filed paperwork

Washington

The incumbents are Democrats Ann Cummings, Anne Watson, and Andrew Perchlik, who won with 26.2%, 22.9%, and 21.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (70.2% combined).

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

Windham

The incumbents are Democrats Wendy Harrison and Nader Hashim, who won with 34.2% and 31.2% of the vote in 2022, respectively (65.6% combined).

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

Windsor

The incumbents are Democrats Alison Clarkson, Rebecca White, and Richard McCormack, who won with 23.4%, 22.9%, and 22.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (69.0% combined). McCormack is not running for re-election. [19]

Democratic primary

Filed paperwork

Declined

See also

Notes

  1. In the 2022 election, 22 of the elected senators were primarily Democrats. However, 3 of the elected senators were primarily affiliated with a different party but were also nominated by the Democratic Party and listed "Democratic" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.
  2. In the 2022 election, 7 of the elected senators were primarily Republicans. However, 1 of the elected senators was primarily affiliated with a different party but was also nominated by the Republican Party and listed "Republican" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.
  3. In the 2022 election, 1 of the elected senators was primarily a Progressive. However, 4 of the elected senators were primarily affiliated with a different party but were also nominated by the Progressive Party and listed "Progressive" on the ballot as a secondary nomination. Additionally, the elected senator that is primarily a Progressive was listed "Democratic" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.

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