During every contested election, campaign signs are trashed, removed and stolen. This year is no exception. Vermont Daily Chronicle is hearing reports from all over Vermont about the removal or destruction of campaign signs.
J.T. Dodge is running against Democrat state Sen. Jane Kitchel to represent the state Senate Caledonia district. The Republican from Newbury says Kitchel’s views on energy and the economy are simply bad for Vermonters.
State Rep. Sally Achey, R-Middletown Springs, is once again battling it out with Robin Chestnut-Tangerman to see who will represent voters in the Rutland-Bennington district, which includes Pawlet, Rupert, Tinmouth and part of Wells.
A handful of conservative candidates gathered at the Statehouse on Saturday to raise awareness about rising suicides in the military and to pledge their support for vets if elected to office on Nov. 8.
Republican Zachary Lang and Democrat Monique Priestley, both of Bradford, are vying for the seat vacated by state Rep. Sarah Copeland Hanzas, D-Bradford, who is running instead for Vermont Secretary of State.
Barre Town Clerk Tina Lunt said out of the more than 6,230 absentee ballots sent out for the General Election in November, just over 1,500 had come back to town officials as of Oct. 19. That’s at a higher rate than during the summer primaries, Lunt said.
Speaking from the Statehouse steps on Thursday, liberal-leaning political and community leaders gathered with Democratic gubernatorial candidate Brenda Siegel to discuss a list of gun control measures they would like to see enacted in the Green Mountain State.
Gene Leon is running as a Republican for the Vermont House of Representatives Washington-4 district. He spoke with True North Reports about where he stands on important issues facing Vermonters.
“I am running because — first of all I’m not a politician — but I’m running because I am very worried as to what’s happening in Vermont and nationally. As an immigrant to this country, what I once knew America to be is no longer what it is.”
A Vermont school district punished both 14-year-old Blake Allen and her father for stating that a biologically male student who identifies as a transgender girl is male. Now the Allens are suing the school district — and accusing it of retaliating against their family for speaking out.
In an interview with True North Reports, GOP candidate for Vermont House Jarrod Sammis, of Castleton, said he believes Vermonters are focused on the economy, rising crime and how to protect their civil liberties — not his views on the 2020 election.
“We have the jobs right now we need to fill,” the governor said. “If you want to be a nurse, or a physician’s assistant, or a dental assistant, or a dental hygienist, there’s a good job here for you.”