Loyal Ploof
Loyal Ploof (Libertarian Party) ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Chittenden District. Ploof lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Ploof was a 2014 Libertarian candidate for Chittenden-6-1 District of the Vermont House of Representatives.[1]
Ploof was a 2012 Democratic candidate for the Chittenden District of the Vermont State Senate.
Biography
Ploof's professional experience includes working as a small business owner.[2]
Elections
2018
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Timothy Ashe (D) | 14.2 | 44,002 |
| ✔ |  | Virginia Lyons (D) | 13.4 | 41,617 |
| ✔ |  | Debbie Ingram (D) | 13.1 | 40,751 |
| ✔ |  | Michael Sirotkin (D) | 12.4 | 38,569 |
| ✔ |  | Philip Baruth (D) | 12.2 | 38,075 |
| ✔ |  | Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 9.9 | 30,863 |
 | Alex Farrell (R) | 6.3 | 19,602 | |
 | Paul Dame (R) | 5.6 | 17,521 | |
| Dana Maxfield (R) | 5.3 | 16,422 | |
 | Louis Meyers (Independent) | 2.8 | 8,848 | |
| Seth Cournoyer (L) | 1.7 | 5,389 | |
 | Loyal Ploof (L) | 1.5 | 4,599 | |
| Joshua Knox (Fair Representation Vermont Party) | 1.3 | 4,173 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 465 | ||
| Total votes: 310,896 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Timothy Ashe | 19.0 | 13,527 |
| ✔ | | Virginia Lyons | 18.1 | 12,886 |
| ✔ | | Michael Sirotkin | 15.1 | 10,727 |
| ✔ | | Debbie Ingram | 15.0 | 10,701 |
| ✔ | | Philip Baruth | 14.5 | 10,302 |
 | Val Carzello | 7.3 | 5,229 | |
 | Steve May | 5.6 | 4,018 | |
| Finnian Boardman Abbey | 5.3 | 3,771 | |
| Total votes: 71,161 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Alex Farrell and Dana Maxfield advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Alex Farrell | 51.9 | 3,507 |
| ✔ | | Dana Maxfield | 48.1 | 3,255 |
| Total votes: 6,762 | |||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)
Incumbent Christopher Pearson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Christopher Pearson | 100.0 | 9,029 |
| Total votes: 9,029 | |||
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2014
Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Chittenden-6-1 has two state representatives. Incumbent Joanna Cole was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Kurt Wright and Michael Ly were unopposed in the Republican primary. Loyal Ploof and Roy Collette ran as Libertarian candidates.[1][3][4][5] Democrat Robert Hooper secured a place on the general election ballot after a successful write-in campaign. Wright and Cole defeated Hooper, Ly, Ploof and Collette in the general election.[6]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Republican |  Kurt Wright Incumbent |
31% | 1,598 | |
| Democratic | Joanna Cole Incumbent |
24.6% | 1,265 | |
| Republican | Michael Ly | 23.6% | 1,217 | |
| Democratic | Robert Hooper | 18.5% | 953 | |
| Libertarian | Loyal Ploof | 1.3% | 68 | |
| Libertarian | Roy Collette | 1% | 49 | |
| Total Votes | 5,150 | |||
2012
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2012
Ploof ran in the 2012 election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District. He was defeated by incumbent Timothy Ashe, incumbent Philip Baruth, incumbent Sally Fox, incumbent Virginia Lyons, Peter Hunt, Debbie Ingram, Ed Adrian and David Zuckerman in the Democratic primary on August 28, 2012.[7]
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
|---|---|---|
|
Timothy Ashe Incumbent |
16.3% | 9,150 |
| Virginia Lyons Incumbent |
15.8% | 8,873 |
| Sally Fox Incumbent |
15.2% | 8,558 |
| David Zuckerman |
13.9% | 7,838 |
| Philip Baruth Incumbent |
12.2% | 6,859 |
| Debbie Ingram |
9% | 5,068 |
| Peter Hunt | 8.2% | 4,595 |
| Ed Adrian | 6.4% | 3,629 |
| Loyal Ploof | 3% | 1,696 |
| Total Votes | 56,266 | |
Campaign themes
2014
Ploof's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[8]
- Education Funding
- Excerpt: "With all of the uncertainty with our education funding, one of my solutions as your legislator would be find an alternative funding mechanism to remove the education funding from our property tax burden."
- Taxes
- Excerpt: "We can bring in more revenue to the state without tax increases by legalizing Marijuana. It can bring in an estimated 50 to 100 million in tax dollars."
- Second Amendement
- Excerpt: "My priority is to preserve the second Amendment. Citizens must maintain their right to protect their family, home, and selves…We need to focus on keeping guns out of the hands of people who use their guns for criminal behavior, and I will enact the toughest laws for people who use or have used their gun for criminal behavior."[8]
See also
- State legislative elections, 2018
- Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
- Vermont State Senate
- Vermont State Legislature
- Vermont state legislative districts
- Vermont House of Representatives
- Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014
External links
- Search Google News for this topic
- Vermont State Senate
- Vermont State Legislature
- Loyal Ploof on Facebook
- Loyal Ploof on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Loyal Ploof, "Biography," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Official primary candidate list"
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Loyal Ploof for Vermont State Representative, "Issues," accessed October 25, 2014
