Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

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Vermont State House elections, 2010

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Vermont House of Representatives

Elections for the office of Vermont House of Representatives were held in Vermont on November 2, 2010. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in these elections was July 19, 2010 and the primary Election Day was on August 24, 2010.

The partisan composition of the chamber did not change as a result of the 2010 elections and Democrats retained a majority.

November 2 General Election Results

The following candidates won election on November 2, 2010:

  1. Paul Ralston
  2. Bert Munger
  3. Heidi Scheuermann
  4. Linda Martin
  5. Floyd Nease
  6. Adam B. Howard
  7. Peter Peltz
  8. Shap Smith
  9. Philip Winters
  10. Susan Hatch Davis
  11. Sarah Copeland Hanzas
  12. Patsy French
  13. Larry Townsend
  14. Lynn Batchelor
  15. Robert Lewis (Vermont)
  16. Michael Marcotte (Vermont)
  17. Duncan Kilmartin
  18. Betty Nuovo
  19. Willem Jewett
  20. Diane Lanpher
  21. Gregory Clark (Vermont)
  22. Michael Fisher (Vermont)
  23. Will Stevens
  24. Bill Botzow
  25. Timothy Corcoran II
  26. Alice Miller
  27. Mary Morrissey
  28. David Sharpe (Vermont)
  29. Jeff Wilson (Vermont)
  30. Cynthia Browning
  31. Patti Komline
  32. Harvey Smith
  33. Lucy Leriche
  34. Leigh Larocque
  35. Brian Campion
  36. Robert South
  37. Howard Crawford, Jr.
  38. Anne Lamy Mook
  39. William Lippert Jr.
  40. Terence Macaig
  41. Jim McCullough
  42. Michael Yantachka
  43. William Aswad
  44. Mark Larson (Vermont)
  45. Kurt Wright
  46. Jason Lorber
  47. Kesha Ram Hinsdale
  48. Christopher Pearson
  49. Johannah Leddy Donovan
  50. Suzi Wizowaty
  51. Kenneth Atkins
  52. Clement Bissonnette
  53. Michele Ferland Kupersmith
  54. Ann Pugh
  55. Helen Head
  56. Gary Reis
  57. Kate Webb
  58. Richard Lawrence
  59. Tim Jerman
  60. Linda Myers
  61. Linda Waite-Simpson
  62. Martha Heath
  63. Jim Condon
  64. Kitty Toll
  65. Patrick Brennan (Vermont legislator)
  66. George Till
  67. Donald Turner Jr.
  68. William Johnson, Vermont Representative
  69. Carolyn Whitney Branagan
  70. Richard Howrigan, Sr.
  71. Eileen Dickinson
  72. Brian Savage (Vermont)
  73. Norman McAllister
  74. Rachel Weston
  75. Anne O'Brien
  76. Joan Lenes
  77. Debbie Evans
  78. Bob Bouchard
  79. Kristy Kurt Spengler
  80. William Frank, Vermont Representative
  81. Gary Gilbert
  82. Ronald Hubert
  83. Janice Peaslee
  84. Kathleen Keenan
  85. Dustin Degree
  86. Michel Consejo
  87. Peter Perley
  88. Albert Pearce
  89. Mitzi Johnson
  90. Bob Krebs
  91. Sam Young
  92. Vicki Strong
  93. Andrew Donaghy
  94. Dave Potter
  95. Tom Burditt
  96. Eldred French
  97. Robert Helm
  98. William Canfield
  99. James McNeil
  100. Peter Fagan
  101. Margaret Andrews
  102. Herb Russell
  103. Gale Courcelle
  104. Charles Shaw (Vermont)
  105. Joe Acinapura
  106. John Malcolm
  107. Adam Greshin
  108. James Eckhardt
  109. Patti Lewis
  110. Maxine Jo Grad
  111. Anne Donahue
  112. Paul Poirier
  113. Tess Taylor
  114. Janet Ancel
  115. Tony Klein
  116. Warren Kitzmiller
  117. Mary Hooper
  118. Francis McFaun
  119. Thomas Koch (Vermont)
  120. Mike Hebert
  121. Sue Minter
  122. Tom Stevens
  123. Ann Manwaring
  124. Mollie Burke
  125. Sarah Edwards
  126. Michael Obuchowski
  127. Carolyn Partridge
  128. Valerie Stuart
  129. David Deen
  130. Mike Mrowicki
  131. Richard Marek
  132. John Moran (Vermont)
  133. Oliver Olsen
  134. Alice Emmons
  135. Cynthia Martin
  136. Ernest Shand
  137. Donna Sweaney
  138. Leigh Dakin
  139. John Bartholomew
  140. Kevin Christie
  141. Alison Clarkson
  142. Mark Mitchell (Vermont)
  143. Charles Bohi
  144. Margaret Cheney
  145. James Masland
  146. Dennis Devereux
  147. Sarah Buxton
  148. Sandy Haas
  149. Chip Conquest
  150. Mark Higley

Majority control

See also: Partisan composition of state houses

Heading into the November 2 election, the Democratic Party held the majority in the Vermont House of Representatives:

Vermont House of Representatives
Party As of November 1, 2010 After the 2010 Election
     Democratic Party 94 94
     Republican Party 48 48
     Vermont Progressive Party 5 5
     Independent 3 3
Total 150 150


Campaign contributions

This chart shows how many candidates ran for state house in Vermont in past years and the cumulative amount of dollars raised in state senate races, including contributions in both primary and general election contests. All figures come from Follow The Money.[1]

Year Number of candidates Total contributions
2010 266 $615,441
2008 278 $807,477
2006 263 $865,790
2004 274 $826,737
2002 284 $534,955

In 2010, the candidates for state house raised a total of $615,441 in campaign contributions. The top 10 donors were:[2]

Donor Amount
Campaign Research Center $8,050
Contributions by Candidate or Candidates Immediate Family $7,334
Vermont House Republican PAC $5,450
Contributions by Candidate or Candidates Immediate Family $5,409
Vermont State Employees Association $5,250
Obuchowski Tribute 90 $5,009
Vermont Association of Realtors $4,900
Branagan, Chris $4,867
Contributions by Candidate or Immediate Family $4,862
Skrill, S $4,452


Incumbency

Unopposed incumbents

44 incumbents (33%) faced no competition in the November 2 general election.

  • 25 Democratic incumbents faced no November challenger.
  • 18 GOP incumbents faced no November challenger.
  • 1 Independent incumbent faced no November challenger.

Primary challenges

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6 incumbents (4.5%) faced competition in the August 24 primary. All 6 moved on to the general election.

Retiring incumbents

17 incumbent representatives did not run for re-election, while 133 incumbents (88.6%) ran for re-election. Of the 17 incumbents who did not run for re-election, 9 are Democrats, 7 are Republicans, and 1 is a Progressive.

Incumbents who retired are:

Qualifications

The Vermont Constitution states, "No person shall be elected a Representative or a Senator until the person has resided in this State two years, the last year of which shall be in the legislative district for which the person is elected."[3]

List of candidates

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State house elections
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State legislative elections

Addison 1

Note:Maier withdrew from the race and was replaced by Paul Ralston[4]

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Paul Ralston 1,903 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Betty Nuovo 2,075 Green check mark transparent.png

Addison 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Willem Jewett 1,595 Green check mark transparent.png

Addison 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Democratic Party Diane Lanpher 1,744 Green check mark transparent.png
Democratic Party Liz Markowski 1,135
Republican Party Gregory Clark 1,809 Green check mark transparent.png
Republican Party Thelma Oxholm 1,442

Addison 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Addison 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Addison-Rutland 1

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Bennington 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington 2-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington 2-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Bennington-Rutland 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Caledonia 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Caledonia 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Caledonia 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Caledonia 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Caledonia-Washington 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 1-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 1-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-3

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-4

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-5

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-6

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-7

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-8

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-9

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 3-10

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 5-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 5-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 6-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 6-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Chittenden 6-3

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 7-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 7-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 8

November 2 General election candidates:

Chittenden 9

November 2 General election candidates:

Essex-Caledonia

November 2 General election candidates:

Essex-Caledonia-Orleans

November 2 General election candidates:

Franklin 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Franklin 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Franklin 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Franklin 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Franklin 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Franklin 6

November 2 General election candidates:

Grand Isle-Chittenden 1-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Lamoille 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Lamoille 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Lamoille 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Lamoille 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Lamoille-Washington 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Orange 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Orange 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Orange-Addison 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Orange-Caledonia 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Orleans 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Orleans 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Orleans-Caledonia 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Orleans-Franklin 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 1-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 1-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Rutland 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 5-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 5-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 5-3

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Rutland 5-4

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Rutland 6

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 7

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland 8

November 2 General election candidates:

Rutland-Windsor 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 3-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 3-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 3-3

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 6

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington 7

November 2 General election candidates:

Washington-Chittenden 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 3-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 3-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 3-3

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham 6

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham-Bennington 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windham-Bennington-Windsor 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 1-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 1-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 3

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 4

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 5

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 6-1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor 6-2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor-Orange 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Note: A recount was conducted for this race

Windsor-Orange 2

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor-Rutland 1

November 2 General election candidates:

Windsor-Rutland 2

November 2 General election candidates:

See also

External links

Footnotes


Current members of the Vermont House of Representatives
Leadership
Majority Leader:Emily Long
Minority Leader:Patricia McCoy
Representatives
Addison-1 District
Addison-2 District
Addison-3 District
Addison-4 District
Addison-5 District
Addison-Rutland District
Bennington-1 District
Bennington-2 District
Bennington-3 District
Bennington-4 District
Bennington-5 District
Bennington-Rutland District
Mike Rice (D)
Caledonia-1 District
Caledonia-2 District
Caledonia-3 District
Caledonia-Essex District
Caledonia-Washington District
Chittenden 3 District
Chittenden-1 District
Chittenden-10 District
Chittenden-11 District
Chittenden-12 District
Chittenden-13 District
Chittenden-14 District
Chittenden-15 District
Chittenden-16 District
Chittenden-17 District
Chittenden-18 District
Carol Ode (D)
Chittenden-19 District
Chittenden-2 District
Chittenden-20 District
Chittenden-21 District
Chittenden-22 District
Chittenden-23 District
Chittenden-24 District
Chittenden-25 District
Chittenden-4 District
Chittenden-5 District
Chittenden-6 District
Chittenden-7 District
Chittenden-8 District
Chittenden-9 District
Chittenden-Franklin District
Essex-Caledonia District
Essex-Orleans District
Franklin-1 District
Franklin-2 District
Franklin-3 District
Franklin-4 District
Franklin-5 District
Franklin-6 District
Franklin-7 District
Franklin-8 District
Grand Isle-Chittenden District
Lamoille-1 District
Lamoille-2 District
Lamoille-3 District
Lamoille-Washington District
Orange-1 District
Orange-2 District
Orange-3 District
Orange-Caledonia District
Orange-Washington-Addison District
Orleans-1 District
Orleans-2 District
Orleans-3 District
Orleans-4 District
Orleans-Lamoille District
Rutland-1 District
Rutland-10 District
Rutland-11 District
Rutland-2 District
Rutland-3 District
Rutland-4 District
Rutland-5 District
Rutland-6 District
Rutland-7 District
Rutland-8 District
Rutland-9 District
Rutland-Bennington District
Rutland-Windsor District
Washington-1 District
Washington-2 District
Washington-3 District
Washington-4 District
Washington-5 District
Washington-6 District
Washington-Chittenden District
Washington-Orange District
Windham-1 District
Windham-2 District
Windham-3 District
Windham-4 District
Windham-5 District
Windham-6 District
Windham-7 District
Windham-8 District
Windham-9 District
Windham-Windsor-Bennigton District
Windsor-1 District
Windsor-2 District
Windsor-3 District
Windsor-4 District
Windsor-5 District
Windsor-6 District
Esme Cole (D)
Windsor-Addison District
Windsor-Orange-1 District
Windsor-Orange-2 District
Windsor-Windham District
Democratic Party (107)
Republican Party (37)
Independent (3)
Vermont Progressive Party (2)
Libertarian Party (1)