A general election was held in the

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on November 6, 2018. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class I

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seat and at-large seat in the

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s were held on August 14, 2018.

United States Senate

Independent incumbent Bernie Sanders was elected to a third term.

United States House of Representatives

Democratic incumbent

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was elected to a seventh term.

Governor

Incumbent Republican

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was elected to a second term.

Lieutenant Governor

Incumbent Progressive/Democratic

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Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) was elected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Zuckerman was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

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Republican Minority Leader Don H. Turner Jr. ran uncontested in the Republican primary.

Results

Progressive primary

Zuckerman also again ran as a write-in candidate in the Progressive primary and was unopposed.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Murray Ngoima, candidate for

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, and 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Lieutenant Governor.

General election

Polling

Results

Secretary of State

Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jim Condos (since 2011) was elected to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a

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, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Attorney General, Treasurer and Auditor of Accounts.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

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, candidate for Secretary of State in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Secretary of State.

General election

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projected the race as "safe Democratic".

Treasurer

Incumbent Democratic

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(since 2011) was elected to a fifth term.

Democratic primary

Pearce was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a

, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Auditor of Accounts.

Results

Post-primary

Paige withdrew August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected Rick Morton, the current state party treasurer.

General election

Attorney General

Incumbent Democratic

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(since 2017) was elected to a second term.

Democratic primary

Donovan was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a

, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Secretary of State, State Treasurer and State Auditor of Accounts.

Results

Post primary

Paige withdrew August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected State Representative Janssen Willhoit (Caledonia-3) as their Attorney General nominee.

Liberty Union nomination

Rosemarie Jackowski, candidate for

in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Attorney General.

General election

Auditor of Accounts

Incumbent Democratic/Progressive

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(since 2013) was elected to a fourth term.

Democratic primary

Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary.

Results

Republican primary

H. Brooke Paige, a

, was unopposed in the Republican primary. Paige also ran in and won the Republican primary for U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Attorney General, Secretary of State and State Treasurer.

Results

Post-primary

Paige withdrew August 24, allowing the state Republican party to name a replacement. On August 29, the Vermont Republican Party selected Rick Kenyon, a tax preparer from

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Progressive primary

Hoffer also again ran as a write-in candidate in the Progressive primary and was unopposed.

Results

Liberty Union nomination

Marina Brown, candidate for

in 2016, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.

General election

State Legislature

All 30 seats in the

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and all 150 seats of the

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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:

County offices

All county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was:

Before

Addison County

After

Addison County

Bennington County

Caledonia County

Chittenden County

Essex County

Franklin County

Grand Isle County

Lamoille County

Orange County

Orleans County

Rutland County

Washington County

Windham County

Windsor County

Notes

References

External links

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;Official Lieutenant Governor campaign websites
Don Turner Jr. (R) for Lt. Governor

David Zuckerman (P/D) for Lt. Governor
;Official Attorney General campaign websites
T.J. Donovan (D) for Attorney GeneralJanssen Willhoit (R) for Attorney General
;Official Auditor of Accounts campaign websites
Doug Hoffer (D/P) for Auditor
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