2016 Vermont elections


A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 8, 2016. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class III Senate seat and at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.

President of the United States

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Governor

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Phil Scott, who was first elected in 2010, did not run for reelection, and instead ran successfully for governor.

Republican primary

, former State Auditor and State Senator, was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

Declared

Progressive primary

Candidates

  • Boots Wardinski, farmer, activist
  • Dave Zuckerman, state senator, farmer

    Results

Liberty Union nomination

Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for lieutenant governor. He also unsuccessfully ran in the Progressive primary.

General election

Candidates

  • Randy Brock
  • Boots Wardinski
  • Dave Zuckerman

    Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jim Condos ran again for a fourth term. This is to date the most recent election without H. Brooke Paige as the Republican nominee.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Jim Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

, candidate for secretary of state in 2012, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for secretary of state.

General election

Candidates

  • Jim Condos
  • Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert

    Results

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce ran again for a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

  • Beth Pearce, incumbent
  • Richard Dunne, policy consultant

    Results

Republican primary

Candidates

  • Beth Pearce, incumbent
  • Wendy Wilton, nominee for Treasurer in 2012

    Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

  • Don Schramm, nominee for Treasurer in 2014, 2012, 2010, and 2008

    Results

Liberty Union nomination

Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in 2014, 2010, and 2008, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Treasurer.

General election

Candidates

  • Murray Ngoima
  • Beth Pearce
  • Don Schramm

    Results

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic attorney general William Sorrell, the state's longest-serving attorney general, did not run for reelection.

Democratic primary

Candidates

Republican primary

Deborah Bucknam, a private practice attorney, was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Rosemarie Jackowski, journalist, teacher, activist, nominee for attorney general in 2014, and 2012, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for attorney general.

General election

Candidates

  • Deborah Bucknam
  • T.J. Donovan
  • Rosemarie Jackowski

    Polling

Results

Auditor of Accounts

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer ran again for a third term.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

Dan Feliciano, strategic policy consultant, Libertarian nominee for governor in 2014 and 2010, was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Progressive primary

Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Progressive primary.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Marina Brown, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.

General election

Candidates

  • Marina Brown
  • Dan Feliciano
  • Doug Hoffer

    Results

State legislature

All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:

Senate

House of Representatives

And the results of the elections for both chambers was:

Senate

House of Representatives