Now that the legislative biennium has wrapped up, elected officials and new candidates are turning their attention to the 2022 election season, complete with announcements of who is running and who is not.
Vermont is one of two states that allows incarcerated people to vote. But data show just a fraction of those who are incarcerated use that right. “Vermont is already doing a lot of things that other places don’t do, and we still see these very low numbers,” White said.
Scott was first elected in 2016. A centrist Republican, he is criticized by activists on both ends of the political spectrum but enjoys support from many Democrats and most Republicans.
To put his legislative goals in a nutshell, Dave stated, “My focus now is to rejuvenate the economic condition in Rutland County while respecting the unique soul of Vermont.”
President Joe Biden issued an executive order last year directing the heads of all federal executive agencies to submit a strategic plan detailing their efforts to increase voter registration and voting, even though their agencies have no statutory authority to have anything to do with voting.
The departure of chairwomen in the Vermont House of Representatives continues with Ann Pugh, longtime chair of the Human Services Committee, announcing this week she will not seek re-election.
They are so furious with people who use fossil fuels that one Democrat running for Congress swore that she would “tax the hell out of” fossil fuels. Why are Democrats using such aggressive language with Vermonters who are just trying to get to work and heat their homes?
Multiple Vermonters announced campaigns for state and federal office this past week, as the legislative session winds down and attention begins to turn toward the elections in November.
The Democratic candidate for Congress who was not welcome at an April 13 debate with the other four candidates supports nuclear power, opposes reparations payments to minorities, and says ‘defund the police’ is “one of the stupidest slogans I can remember.”
I am pleased to announce that I am seeking your vote in 2022 as Orange County senator.
Two major election raters have shifted their projected outcomes for several House races toward the GOP in yet another signal Republicans are favored to retake control in the midterms.
New Hampshire’s highest court is taking over redrawing of new congressional maps for the state amid an impasse between Gov. Chris Sununu and lawmakers that have made it one of the last states to finalize new House districts.