2022 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 2022 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Vermont. Incumbent [Vermont Vermont Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fourth term in a landslide, defeating [Vermont Vermont Democratic Party|Democratic Party|Democratic] nominee Brenda Siegel.
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. During the 2022 season, Scott enjoyed one of the highest approval ratings of any governor in the nation, and was expected to easily win reelection. As such, he carried every municipality in the state, this time with the largest margin in a Vermont gubernatorial race since Howard Dean's landslide in 1996. Scott's 47-point victory margin was the largest for a Republican candidate since 1950, even while Democratic congressman Peter Welch won the concurrent U.S. Senate election by a 40-point margin. This was the second-most lopsided gubernatorial election of the 2022 cycle, only behind the election in Wyoming.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Phil Scott, incumbent governor
Eliminated in primary
- Stephen Bellows, landscaping contractor
- Peter Duval, engineer and former Underhill selectman
Declined
- H. Brooke Paige, historian and perennial candidate ''''
Progressive primary
Candidates
Withdrew after winning primary
Replacement nominee
- Brenda Siegel, nonprofit executive, candidate for governor in 2018, and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2020 ''''
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Brenda Siegel, nonprofit executive, candidate for governor in 2018, and candidate for lieutenant governor in 2020
Declined
- Becca Balint, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate '
- T. J. Donovan, former Vermont Attorney General
- Molly Gray, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont '
- Jill Krowinski, Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives
- Doug Racine, former lieutenant governor of Vermont and candidate for governor in 2002 and 2010
Independents
Candidates
Declared
- Peter Duval, engineer and former Underhill selectman
- Kevin Hoyt, candidate for governor in 2020
- Bernard Peters, perennial candidate
Write-ins
Due to Vermont's completely unrestricted write-in laws, many high school students across the United States were legally able to run for governor.Candidates
Declared
- Jackson Williams, high school student from Las Vegas
- Landon Best, high school student from Indiana
General election
Polling
Graphical summary| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Phil Scott | Brenda Siegel | Other | Undecided |
| Data for Progress | October 21–26, 2022 | 1,039 | ± 3.0% | 65% | 24% | 5% | 6% |
| University of New Hampshire | September 29 – October 3, 2022 | 865 | ± 3.5% | 48% | 31% | 9% | 13% |
| The Trafalgar Group | September 3–7, 2022 | 1,072 | ± 2.9% | 68% | 15% | 5% | 12% |
| University of New Hampshire | July 21–25, 2022 | 651 | ± 3.8% | 60% | 16% | 8% | 16% |
Phil Scott vs. generic opponent
| Poll source | Date administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Phil Scott | Generic Opponent | Undecided |
| University of New Hampshire | April 14–18, 2022 | 583 | ± 4.1% | 50% | 25% | 24% |