| Election Name: | 2016 Vermont elections |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Vermont elections |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Vermont elections |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
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.
See main article: 2016 United States presidential election in Vermont.
See also: 2016 Vermont Democratic primary.
See main article: 2016 United States Senate election in Vermont.
See main article: 2016 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont.
See main article: 2016 Vermont gubernatorial election.
| Election Name: | Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2016 |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Nominee1: | Dave Zuckerman |
| Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| Alliance1: | Progressive |
| Popular Vote1: | 159,738 |
| Percentage1: | 52.09% |
| Nominee2: | Randy Brock |
| Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
| Alliance2: | — |
| Popular Vote2: | 139,344 |
| Percentage2: | 45.44% |
| Lieutenant Governor | |
| Before Election: | Phil Scott |
| Before Party: | Vermont Republican Party |
| After Election: | Dave Zuckerman |
| After Party: | Democratic/Progressive |
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.
Boots Wardinski ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for lieutenant governor. He also unsuccessfully ran in the Progressive primary.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | 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% | align=center | 40% | 1% | — | 20% | |
| Castleton Polling Institute | ? | 579 | ± 3.9% | 26% | align=center | 43% | 1% | 8% | 20% |
| Election Name: | Vermont secretary of state election, 2016 |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Vermont Secretary of State election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Vermont Secretary of State election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Nominee1: | Jim Condos |
| Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 255,201 |
| Percentage1: | 89.38% |
| Nominee2: | Mary Alice Herbert |
| Party2: | Liberty Union Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 29,711 |
| Percentage2: | 10.41% |
| Secretary of State | |
| Before Election: | Jim Condos |
| Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Jim Condos |
| After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Democratic Secretary of State Jim Condos (since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Incumbent Jim Condos was unopposed in the Democratic primary.
Mary Alice Herbert, candidate for secretary of state in 2012, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for secretary of state.
| Election Name: | 2016 Vermont treasurer election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Vermont State Treasurer election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Vermont State Treasurer election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Nominee1: | Beth Pearce |
| Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| Alliance1: | Vermont Republican Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 234,566 |
| Percentage1: | 82.3% |
| Nominee2: | Don Schramm |
| Party2: | Vermont Progressive Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 37,301 |
| Percentage2: | 13.1% |
| Nominee3: | Murray Ngoima |
| Party3: | Liberty Union Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 12,453 |
| Percentage3: | 4.4% |
| Treasurer | |
| Before Election: | Beth Pearce |
| Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Beth Pearce |
| After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce (since 2011) ran again for a fourth term.
Murray Ngoima, nominee for Treasurer in 2014, 2010, and 2008, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Treasurer.
| Election Name: | Vermont attorney general election, 2016 |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | Vermont attorney general election, 2014 |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | Vermont attorney general election, 2018 |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Nominee1: | T.J. Donovan |
| Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 200,020 |
| Percentage1: | 66.56% |
| Nominee2: | Deborah Bucknam |
| Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 88,431 |
| Percentage2: | 29.43% |
| Nominee3: | Rosemarie Jackowski |
| Party3: | Liberty Union Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 11,844 |
| Percentage3: | 4.0% |
| Attorney General | |
| Before Election: | T.J. Donovan |
| Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| After Election: | T.J. Donovan |
| After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
Incumbent Democratic attorney general William Sorrell, the state's longest-serving attorney general (since 1997), did not run for reelection.[3]
Deborah Bucknam, a private practice attorney, was unopposed in the Republican primary.
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.
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | class=small | Sample size | Margin of error | T.J. Donovan (D) | Deborah Bucknam (R) | Rosemarie Jackowski (LU) | Other | Undecided | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castleton Polling Institute | ? | 579 | ± 3.9% | align=center | 54% | 12% | 3% | 8% | 21% |
| Election Name: | Vermont auditor election, 2016 |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2014 Vermont Auditor election |
| Previous Year: | 2014 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Vermont auditor election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2016 |
| Nominee1: | Doug Hoffer |
| Party1: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| Popular Vote1: | 159,695 |
| Percentage1: | 55.4% |
| Nominee2: | Dan Feliciano |
| Party2: | Vermont Republican Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 113,231 |
| Percentage2: | 39.28% |
| Nominee3: | Marina Brown |
| Party3: | Liberty Union Party |
| Popular Vote3: | 15,099 |
| Percentage3: | 5.24% |
| Auditor | |
| Before Election: | Doug Hoffer |
| Before Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Doug Hoffer |
| After Party: | Vermont Democratic Party |
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.
Incumbent Doug Hoffer was unopposed in the Progressive primary. (Also ran in Democratic primary)
Marina Brown, nominee for lieutenant governor in 2014, ran unopposed for the Liberty Union State Committee's nomination for Auditor.
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 |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 19 | |
| Republican | 9[4] | |
| Progressive | 2 | |
| Total | 30 | |
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 85 | |
| Republican | 53 | |
| Progressive | 6 | |
| Independent | 6 | |
| Total | 150 | |
And the results of the elections for both chambers was:
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 21 | |
| Republican | 7 | |
| Progressive | 2 | |
| Total | 30 | |
| Party |
| |
|---|---|---|
| Democratic | 83 | |
| Republican | 53 | |
| Progressive | 7 | |
| Independent | 7 | |
| Total | 150 | |