2024 Vermont gubernatorial election
The 2024 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on November 5, 2024, to elect the governor of Vermont, concurrently with the 2024 U.S. presidential election, as well as [United States Senate United States Senate elections, 2024|elections, 2024|elections] to the United States Senate and elections to the United States House of Representatives and various state and local elections. Incumbent [Vermont Vermont Republican Party|Republican Party|Republican] governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fifth term, defeating the Democratic nominee, Vermont Commission on Women co-chair Esther Charlestin. Primary elections took place on August 13, 2024.
Being frequently ranked as the nation's most popular governor, Scott has won re-election by continually increasing margins since his first election in 2016. Despite Vermont's strong Democratic lean at the presidential level, Scott was expected to easily win again in 2024.
Along with New Hampshire, this race was one of two Republican-held governorships up for election in 2024 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. This was the best Republican performance in a Vermont gubernatorial election since 1946, with Scott winning every municipality and Scott's coattails allowed Republicans to break Democratic supermajorities in the state legislature.
Republican primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Phil Scott, incumbent governor
Withdrawn
- Peter Duval, former Underhill selectman and independent candidate for governor in 2022 ''''
Democratic primary
Candidates
Nominee
- Esther Charlestin, co-chair of the Vermont Commission on Women and former Middlebury selectman
Eliminated in primary
Declined
- Howard Dean, former governor and former chair of the Democratic National Committee
- Caleb Elder, state representative
- Miro Weinberger, former mayor of Burlington
- David Zuckerman, Lieutenant Governor of Vermont and nominee for governor in 2020 ''''
Progressive primary
Candidates
Withdrew after nomination
- Marielle Blais, speech-language pathologist and nominee for state auditor in 2022
Independent and third party candidates
Declared
- June Goodband, counselor
- Kevin Hoyt, videographer and perennial candidate
- Poa Mutino, program manager