A general election was held in the

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on November 8, 2016. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class III

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seat and at-large seat in the

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s were held on August 9, 2016.

President of the United States

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Governor

Lieutenant governor

Incumbent Republican

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, who was first elected in 2010, did not run for reelection, and instead ran successfully for

governor A governor is an politician, administrative leader and head of a polity or Region#Political regions, political region, in some cases, such as governor-general, governors-general, as the head of a state's official representative. Depending on the ...

Republican primary

Randy Brock Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III (born September 28, 1943) is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermo ...

, former

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(2005–2007) and

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(2009–2013), was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declared

= *

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, State Representative *

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, Speaker of the

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* Dave Zuckerman, state senator, farmer (also ran in Progressive primary)

=Withdrawn

= *Brandon Riker, businessman ''(endorsed Zuckerman)''

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

*Boots Wardinski, farmer, activist *Dave Zuckerman, state senator, farmer (write-in) (also ran in Democratic primary)

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 (R) *Boots Wardinski (LU) *Dave Zuckerman (P/D)

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State

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(since 2011) 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

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, candidate for secretary of state in

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

General election

Candidates

*Jim Condos (D/R) *Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (LU)

Results

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic

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(since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Candidates

*Beth Pearce, incumbent (also ran in Republican primary) *Richard Dunne, policy consultant

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

*Beth Pearce, incumbent (write-in) (also ran in Democratic primary) *Wendy Wilton, nominee for Treasurer in

(write-in)

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

*Don Schramm, nominee for Treasurer in

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, and

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(write-in)

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in

, and

, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Treasurer.

General election

Candidates

*Murray Ngoima (LU) *Beth Pearce (D/R) *Don Schramm (P)

Results

Attorney general

Incumbent Democratic

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, the state's longest-serving attorney general (since 1997), did not run for reelection.

Democratic primary

Candidates

* T.J. Donovan, Chittenden County

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* H. Brooke Paige, businessman, perennial candidate (also ran for governor)

Results

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

, and

, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for attorney general.

General election

Candidates

*Deborah Bucknam (R) *T.J. Donovan (D) *Rosemarie Jackowski (LU)

Polling

Results

Auditor of Accounts

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive

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(since 2013) ran again for a third term.

Democratic primary

Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary. (Also ran in Progressive primary)

Results

Republican primary

Dan Feliciano, strategic policy consultant,

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nominee for governor in

and

, was unopposed in the Republican primary.

Results

Progressive primary

Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Progressive primary. (Also ran in Democratic primary)

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Marina Brown, nominee for lieutenant governor in

, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.

General election

Candidates

*Marina Brown (LU) *Dan Feliciano (R) *Doug Hoffer (D/P)

Results

State legislature

All 30 seats in the

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and all 150 seats of the

were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:

President of the United States

United States Senate

United States House of Representatives

Governor

Lieutenant governor

Republican primary

Results

Democratic primary

Candidates

=Declared

=Withdrawn

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Democratic primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

Treasurer

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Candidates

Results

Progressive primary

Candidates

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

Attorney general

Democratic primary

Candidates

Results

Republican primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Polling

Results

Auditor of Accounts

Democratic primary

Results

Republican primary

Results

Progressive primary

Results

Liberty Union nomination

General election

Candidates

Results

State legislature

Senate

House of Representatives

Senate

House of Representatives

References