A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 8, 2016. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election as well as Vermont's Class III Senate seat and at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives . Primary elections were held on August 9, 2016.
President of the United States [ edit ] United States Senate [ edit ] United States House of Representatives [ edit ] Lieutenant governor [ edit ] Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016
Incumbent Republican lieutenant governor Phil Scott (since 2011) ran for governor.[ 1]
Randy Brock , former State Auditor (2005–2007) and State Senator (2009–2013), was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Progressive primary [ edit ] Boots Wardinski, farmer, activist Dave Zuckerman, state senator, farmer (write-in) (also ran in Democratic primary) Liberty Union nomination [ edit ] Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for lieutenant governor. He also unsuccessfully ran in the Progressive primary.
Randy Brock (R) Boots Wardinski (LU) Dave Zuckerman (P/D) Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error Randy Brock (R) David Zuckerman (P/D) Boots Wardinksi (LU) Other Undecided RRH Elections October 24–26, 2016 1,052 ± 3.0% 39% 40% 1% — 20% Castleton Polling Institute ? 579 ± 3.9% 26% 43% 1% 8% 20%
Vermont secretary of state election, 2016
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jim Condos (since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Incumbent Jim Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Liberty Union nomination [ edit ] Mary Alice Herbert , candidate for secretary of state in 2012 , ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for secretary of state.
Jim Condos (D/R)[ 4] Mary Alice "Mal" Herbert (LU) 2016 Vermont treasurer election
Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce (since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Beth Pearce, incumbent (also ran in Republican primary) Richard Dunne, policy consultant Beth Pearce, incumbent (write-in) (also ran in Democratic primary) Wendy Wilton, nominee for Treasurer in 2012 (write-in) Progressive primary [ edit ] Liberty Union nomination [ edit ] Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in 2014 , 2010 , and 2008 , ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Treasurer.
Murray Ngoima (LU) Beth Pearce (D/R) Don Schramm (P) Vermont attorney general election, 2016
Incumbent Democratic attorney general William Sorrell , the state's longest-serving attorney general (since 1997), did not run for reelection.[ 5]
Deborah Bucknam, a private practice attorney, was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Liberty Union nomination [ edit ] Rosemarie Jackowski, journalist, teacher, activist, nominee for attorney general in 2014 , and 2012 , ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for attorney general.
Deborah Bucknam (R) T.J. Donovan (D) Rosemarie Jackowski (LU) Poll source Date(s) administered Sample size Margin of error T.J. Donovan (D) Deborah Bucknam (R) Rosemarie Jackowski (LU) Other Undecided Castleton Polling Institute ? 579 ± 3.9% 54% 12% 3% 8% 21%
Auditor of Accounts [ edit ] Vermont auditor election, 2016
Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer (since 2013) ran again for a third term.
Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Democratic primary. (Also ran in Progressive primary)
Dan Feliciano, strategic policy consultant, Libertarian nominee for governor in 2014 and 2010 , was unopposed in the Republican primary.
Progressive primary [ edit ] Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Progressive primary. (Also ran in Democratic primary)
Liberty Union nomination [ edit ] Marina Brown, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014 , ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.
Marina Brown (LU) Dan Feliciano (R) Doug Hoffer (D/P) All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power before the elections for each chamber was:
Party # of seats Democratic 19 Republican 9[ 6] Progressive 2 Total 30
House of Representatives [ edit ] Party # of seats Democratic 85 Republican 53 Progressive 6 Independent 6 Total 150
And the results of the elections for both chambers was:
Party # of seats Democratic 21 Republican 7 Progressive 2 Total 30
House of Representatives [ edit ] Party # of seats Democratic 83 Republican 53 Progressive 7 Independent 7 Total 150
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