2018 Vermont Senate election

2018 Vermont State Senate elections
All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate; 15 (plus the Lt. Gov.) seats needed for a majority
President of the Senate before election; Tim Ashe; Democrat/Progressive	Elected President of the Senate ; Tim Ashe; Democrat/Progressive

The 2018 Vermont State Senate elections took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Vermont voters elected State Senators in all 30 seats. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. A primary election on August 14, 2018 determined which candidates appeared on the November 6 general election ballot.

Following the 2016 State Senate elections, Democrats maintained effective control of the Senate with 23 members in the majority caucus (21 Democrats and 2 Progressives). To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans would have needed to net gain 8 or 9 seats depending on the winner of the 2018 Vermont Lieutenant Governor election, which was Progressive Dave Zuckerman. However, in the elections, the Democrats instead gained one seat from the Republicans.

Summary of results[]

Primary election results can be obtained from the Vermont Secretary of State's website.^[1]

State Senate District	Incumbent		Elected Senator
Addison	Claire D. Ayer	Dem	Ruth Hardy	Dem
Addison	Christopher Bray	Dem	Christopher Bray	Dem
Bennington	Brian Campion	Dem	Brian Campion	Dem
Bennington	Dick Sears, Jr.	Dem	Dick Sears, Jr.	Dem
Caledonia	Joe Benning	Rep	Joe Benning	Rep/Dem
Caledonia	Jane Kitchel	Dem/Rep	Jane Kitchel	Dem/Rep
Chittenden	Tim Ashe	Dem/Prog	Tim Ashe	Dem/Prog
	Philip Baruth	Dem/Prog	Philip Baruth	Dem/Prog
	Debbie Ingram	Dem	Debbie Ingram	Dem/Prog
	Ginny Lyons	Dem	Ginny Lyons	Dem/Prog
	Christopher Pearson	Prog/Dem	Christopher Pearson	Prog/Dem
	Michael Sirotkin	Dem	Michael Sirotkin	Dem/Prog
Essex-Orleans	John S. Rodgers	Dem	John S. Rodgers	Dem/Rep
Essex-Orleans	Robert Starr	Dem/Rep	Robert Starr	Dem/Rep
Franklin	Carolyn Whitney Branagan	Rep	Corey Parent	Rep
Franklin	Randy Brock	Rep	Randy Brock	Rep
Colchester-Grand Isle	Richard Mazza	Dem	Richard Mazza	Dem
Lamoille	Richard Westman	Rep	Richard Westman	Rep
Orange	Mark MacDonald	Dem	Mark MacDonald	Dem
Rutland	Brian Collamore	Rep	Brian Collamore	Rep
	Peg Flory	Rep	James L. McNeil	Rep
	David Soucy	Rep	Cheryl Hooker	Dem/Prog
Washington	Francis K. Brooks	Dem	Andrew Perchlik	Dem/Prog
	Ann Cummings	Dem	Ann Cummings	Dem
	Anthony Pollina	Prog/Dem	Anthony Pollina	Prog/Dem
Windham	Becca Balint	Dem	Becca Balint	Dem
Windham	Jeanette White	Dem	Jeanette White	Dem
Windsor	Alison Clarkson	Dem	Alison Clarkson	Dem
	Dick McCormack	Dem	Dick McCormack	Dem/Prog
	Alice W. Nitka	Dem	Alice W. Nitka	Dem

Sources:^[2]^[3]

Detailed results[]

Note: Primary election results are only shown for contested primary elections. For information on non-contested primaries, visit the Vermont Secretary of State's website.

Addison • Bennington • Caledonia • Chittenden • Essex-Orleans • Franklin • Colchester-Grand Isle • Lamoille • Orange �� Rutland • Washington • Windham • Windsor

Addison[]

The Addison district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Addison district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Independent	Marie Audet	5,169	13.84%
	Democratic	Christopher Bray (incumbent)	8,898	23.83%
	Republican	Peter Briggs	5,290	14.16%
	Libertarian	Archie Flower	602	1.61%
	Democratic	Ruth Hardy	9,040	24.21%
	Independent	Paul Ralston	3,100	8.3%
	N/A	Write-ins
	N/A	Blanks
	N/A	Spoiled
Total votes				100.0

Bennington[]

The Bennington district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Bennington district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peter Briggs	5,290	14.16%
	Democratic	Brian Campion (incumbent)	9,734	30.67%
	Libertarian	Jeff Kaufer	2,762	8.7%
	Democratic	Dick Sears, Jr. (incumbent)	10,525	33.17%
Total votes				100.0

Caledonia[]

The Caledonia district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Caledonia district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Joe Benning (incumbent)^[d]	9,818	30.19%
	Democratic	Jane Kitchel (incumbent)^[e]	10,967	35.61%
Total votes				100.0
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold

Chittenden[]

The Chittenden district has 6 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Chittenden district Republican primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Alex Farrell	3,507	9.25
	Republican	Dana Maxfield	3,255	8.59
	Write-in	Total Write-ins	431	1.14
	N/A	Overvotes	30	0.08
	N/A	Blank Votes	30,688	80.95
Total votes			37,911	100.0

Vermont Senate Chittenden district Progressive primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Tim Ashe (incumbent) (write-in)	118	11.05
	Progressive	Chris Pearson (incumbent) (write-in)	118	10.86
	Progressive	Philip Baruth (incumbent) (write-in)	98	9.18
	Progressive	Debbie Ingram (incumbent) (write-in)	37	3.46
	Progressive	Michael Sirotkin (incumbent) (write-in)	35	3.28
	Progressive	Ginny Lyons (incumbent) (write-in)	30	2.81
	Progressive	Steve May (write-in)	18	1.69
	Progressive	Val Carzello (write-in)	11	1.03
	Progressive	Alex Farrell (write-in)	5	0.47
	Progressive	Dana Maxfield (write-in)	5	0.47
	Progressive	Finnian Boardman Abbey (write-in)	3	0.28
	Write-in	Write-ins (other)	39	3.65
	N/A	Overvotes	10	0.94
	N/A	Blank Votes	541	50.66
Total votes			1,068	100.0

Vermont Senate Chittenden district Democratic primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Ashe (incumbent)	13,527	11.97
	Democratic	Ginny Lyons (incumbent)	12,886	11.40
	Democratic	Michael Sirotkin (incumbent)	10,727	9.49
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram (incumbent)	10,701	9.47
	Democratic	Philip Baruth (incumbent)	10,302	9.12
	Democratic	Christopher Pearson (incumbent)	9,029	7.99
	Democratic	Val Carzello	5,229	4.63
	Democratic	Steve May	4,018	3.56
	Democratic	Finnian Boardman Abbey	3,771	3.34
	Write-in	Total Write-ins	180	0.16
	N/A	Overvotes	50	0.04
	N/A	Blank Votes	32,590	28.84
Total votes			113,010	100.0

Vermont Senate Chittenden district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Tim Ashe (incumbent)^[f]	44,002	10.34%
	Democratic	Phil Baruth (incumbent)^[f]	38,075	9.18%
	Libertarian	Seth Cournoyer	5,389	1.3%
	Republican	Paul Dame	17,521	4.22%
	Republican	Alex R. Farrell	19,602	4.73%
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram (incumbent)	40,751	9.82%
	Independent	Joshua H. Knox^[g]	4,173	1.1%
	Democratic	Virginia "Ginny" Lyons (incumbent)	41,617	10.3%
	Republican	Dana Maxfield	16,422	3.96%
	Independent	Louis Meyers	8,848	2.13%
	Progressive	Christopher A. Pearson (incumbent)^[h]	30,863	7.44%
	Libertarian	Loyal Ploof	4,599	1.11%
	Democratic	Michael Sirotkin (incumbent)	38,569	9.3%
Total votes				100.0

Essex-Orleans[]

The Essex-Orleans district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Essex-Orleans district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	American Independent	Ron Horton	2,795	9.53%
	Democratic	John S. Rodgers (incumbent)^[e]	8,799	30.77%
	Democratic	Robert Starr (incumbent)^[e]	9,323	32.6%
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

Franklin[]

The Franklin district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Franklin district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Randy Brock (incumbent)	9,422	26.09%
	Democratic	Pam McCarthy	7,016	19.43%
	Republican	Corey Parent	9,387	23.28%
	Democratic	Dustin Tanner^[f]	4,038	11.18%
Total votes				100.0

Colchester-Grand Isle[]

The Colchester-Grand Isle district has 1 seat in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Colchester-Grand Isle district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Mazza (incumbent)^[e]	8,253	84.38%
Total votes				100.0
	Democratic hold

Lamoille[]

The Lamoille district has 1 seat in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Lamoille district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Westman (incumbent)^[d]	9,099	83.13%
Total votes				100.0
	Republican hold

Orange[]

The Orange district has 1 seat in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Orange district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Huff	3,842	41.33%
	Democratic	Mark MacDonald (incumbent)	5,167	55.59%
Total votes				100.0

Rutland[]

The Rutland district has 3 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Rutland district Republican primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Collamore (incumbent)	3,504	21.15
	Republican	James L. McNeil	2,811	16.97
	Republican	Edward Larson	2,049	12.37
	Republican	Terry Williams	2,044	12.34
	Republican	David Soucy (incumbent)	1,661	10.02
	Republican	Greg Cox (write-in)	15	0.1
	Republican	Cheryl Hooker (write-in)	10	0.06
	Write-in	Write-ins (other)	27	1.46
	N/A	Overvotes	1	0.01
	N/A	Blank Votes	4,447	26.84
Total votes			16,569	100.0

Vermont Senate Rutland district Progressive primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Greg Cox (write-in)	13	5.89
	Progressive	Cheryl Hooker (write-in)	13	6.07
	Progressive	Scott Garren (write-in)	13	4.53
	Progressive	Brian Collamore (incumbent) (write-in)	6	5.00
	Progressive	James McNeil (write-in)	4	3.33
	Progressive	Terry Williams (write-in)	2	1.67
	Progressive	Dave Soucy (incumbent) (write-in)	2	1.67
	Write-in	Write-ins (other)	14	11.67
	N/A	Overvotes	0	0.0
	N/A	Blank Votes	53	44.17
Total votes			120	100.0

Vermont Senate Rutland district Democratic primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Cheryl Hooker	735	6.07
	Democratic	Greg Cox	714	5.89
	Democratic	Scott Garren	549	4.53
	Democratic	Brian Collamore (incumbent) (write-in)	88	0.73
	Democratic	James McNeil (write-in)	85	0.70
	Democratic	Ed Larsen (write-in)	58	0.48
	Democratic	Terry Williams (write-in)	49	0.40
	Democratic	Dave Soucy (incumbent) (write-in)	38	0.31
	Democratic	Bill Carris (write-in)	6	0.05
	Write-in	Write-ins (other)	236	1.95
	N/A	Overvotes	698	5.76
	N/A	Blank Votes	8,858	73.12
Total votes			12,114	100.0

Vermont Senate Rutland district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Brian Collamore (incumbent)	11,380	15.65%
	Democratic	Greg Cox^[f]	9,949	13.69%
	Democratic	Scott Garren^[f]	7,371	10.14%
	Democratic	Cheryl Hooker^[f]	10,767	14.81%
	Republican	Edward Larson	10,004	13.76%
	Republican	James L. McNeil	10,673	14.68%
Total votes				100.0

Washington[]

The Washington district has 3 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Washington district Republican primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Chris Bradley	1,843	16.47
	Republican	Dwayne Tucker	1,680	15.01
	Republican	Ken Alger	1,645	14.70
	Write-in	Total Write-ins	163	1.46
	N/A	Overvotes	5	0.04
	N/A	Blank Votes	5,857	52.33
Total votes			11,193	100.0

Vermont Senate Washington district Progressive primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Progressive	Anthony Pollina (incumbent) (write-in)	19	13.19
	Progressive	Andrew Perchlik (write-in)	13	9.03
	Progressive	Ann Cummings (incumbent) (write-in)	7	4.86
	Progressive	Ashley Hill (write-in)	4	2.78
	Write-in	Write-ins (other)	39	27.08
	N/A	Overvotes	0	0.0
	N/A	Blank Votes	62	43.06
Total votes			144	100.0

Vermont Senate Washington district Democratic primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Anthony Pollina (incumbent)	4,793	19.48
	Democratic	Ann Cummings (incumbent)	4,632	18.82
	Democratic	Andrew Perchlik	3,872	15.74
	Democratic	Ashley Hill	2,739	11.13
	Democratic	Theo Kennedy	2,149	8.73
	Democratic	Andrew Brewer	2,033	8.26
	Write-in	Total Write-ins	67	0.27
	N/A	Overvotes	10	0.04
	N/A	Blank Votes	4,311	17.52
Total votes			24,606	100.0

Vermont Senate Washington district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Ken Alger	7,244	8.67%
	Republican	Chris S. Bradley	7,523	9.1%
	Democratic	Ann Cummings (incumbent)	16,834	20.15%
	Democratic	Andrew Perchlik^[f]	12,614	15.1%
	Progressive	Anthony Pollina (incumbent)^[h]	14,547	17.42%
	Republican	Dwayne Tucker	7,195	8.61%
	Independent	Barry Wadle	2,565	3.7%
Total votes				100.0

Windham[]

The Windham district has 2 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Windham district Democratic primary election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Becca Balint (incumbent)	4,697	37.82
	Democratic	Jeanette White (incumbent)	4,308	34.69
	Democratic	Wayne Vernon Estey	1,076	8.66
	Write-in	Total Write-ins	26	0.21
	N/A	Overvotes	2	0.02
	N/A	Blank Votes	2,311	18.61
Total votes			12,420	100.0

Vermont Senate Windham district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Becca Balint (incumbent)	11,464	32.4%
	Republican	Tyler Colford	3,861	10.91%
	Liberty Union	Aaron Diamondstone	763	2.16%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	659	1.86%
	Independent	Beverly Stone	1,675	4.73%
	Democratic	Jeanette White (incumbent)	10,644	30.08%
Total votes				100.0

Windsor[]

The Windsor district has 3 seats in the Vermont Senate.

Vermont Senate Windsor district election, 2018
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Alison Clarkson (incumbent)	15,091	18.62%
	Republican	Randy Gray	7,183	8.86%
	Democratic	Dick McCormack (incumbent)^[f]	13,591	16.76%
	Democratic	Alice W. Nitka (incumbent)	14,276	17.61%
	Republican	Wayne Townsend	6,882	8.49%
	Independent	Mason "Cloud" Wade	2,055	2.53%
	Republican	Jack Williams	6,389	7.88%
Total votes				100.0

^ Not counting Democratic candidates who were also nominated by the Progressive Party
^ Not counting Progressive and Republican candidates who were also nominated by the Democratic Party
^ Not counting Democratic candidates who were also nominated by the Republican Party
^ ^a ^b Running as "Republican/Democratic"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Running as "Democratic/Republican"
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Running as "Democratic/Progressive"
^ Running as "Fair Representation Vermont"
^ ^a ^b Running as "Progressive/Democratic"

References[]

^ "Election Results". Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ "Vermont State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2018.
^ Election Results, Vermont Secretary of State, August 2018, choose August 14, 2018 primary election, Senate, Rutland, and each possible party, archived from the original on August 11, 2017, retrieved August 25, 2018

[1] Not counting Democratic candidates who were also nominated by the Progressive Party

[2] Not counting Progressive and Republican candidates who were also nominated by the Democratic Party

[3] Not counting Democratic candidates who were also nominated by the Republican Party

[Rep/Dem-7] Running as "Republican/Democratic"

[Dem/Rep-8] Running as "Democratic/Republican"

[Dem/Prog-9] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Running as "Democratic/Progressive"

[Knox-10] Running as "Fair Representation Vermont"

[Prog/Dem-11] Running as "Progressive/Democratic"

[4] "Election Results". Vermont Secretary of State. Archived from the original on August 13, 2018. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[5] "Vermont State Senate elections, 2018". Ballotpedia. Retrieved August 14, 2018.

[6] Election Results, Vermont Secretary of State, August 2018, choose August 14, 2018 primary election, Senate, Rutland, and each possible party, archived from the original on August 11, 2017, retrieved August 25, 2018

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