| Election Name: | 2022 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Country: | Vermont |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Type: | presidential |
| Election Date: | November 8, 2022 |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Next Year: | 2024 |
| Next Election: | 2024 Vermont gubernatorial election |
| Image1: | Phil Scott 2019 (cropped).jpg |
| Nominee1: | Phil Scott |
| Party1: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Popular Vote1: | 202,147 |
| Percentage1: | 70.91% |
| Nominee2: | Brenda Siegel |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (United States) |
| Alliance2: | Vermont Progressive Party |
| Popular Vote2: | 68,248 |
| Percentage2: | 23.94% |
| Governor | |
| Before Election: | Phil Scott |
| Before Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| After Election: | Phil Scott |
| After Party: | Republican Party (United States) |
| Turnout: | 57.62% |
The 2022 Vermont gubernatorial election was held on November 8, 2022, to elect the governor of Vermont. Incumbent Republican governor Phil Scott won re-election to a fourth term in a landslide, defeating Democratic nominee Brenda Siegel.[1] [2]
This race was one of six Republican-held governorships up for election in 2022 in a state carried by Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election. During the 2022 season, Scott enjoyed one of the highest approval ratings of any governor in the nation, and was expected to easily win reelection. As such, he carried every municipality in the state, this time with the largest margin in a Vermont gubernatorial race since Howard Dean's landslide in 1996. Scott's 47-point victory margin was the largest for a Republican candidate since 1950, even while Democratic congressman Peter Welch won the concurrent U.S. Senate election by a 40-point margin.
Due to Vermont's completely unrestricted write-in laws, many high school students across the United States were legally able to run for governor.
| Source | Ranking | As of | |
|---|---|---|---|
| align=left | The Cook Political Report[15] | March 4, 2022 | |
| align=left | Inside Elections[16] | July 22, 2022 | |
| align=left | Sabato's Crystal Ball[17] | August 18, 2022 | |
| align=left | Politico[18] | November 3, 2022 | |
| align=left | RCP[19] | November 1, 2022 | |
| align=left | Fox News[20] | August 22, 2022 | |
| 538[21] | August 26, 2022 | ||
| Elections Daily[22] | November 7, 2022 |
| Poll source | Date(s) administered | Sample size | Margin of error | Phil Scott (R) | Brenda Siegel (D/P) | Other | Undecided | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Data for Progress (D) | October 21–26, 2022 | 1,039 (LV) | ± 3.0% | 65% | 24% | 5% | 6% | ||
| University of New Hampshire | September 29 – October 3 2022 | 865 (LV) | ± 3.5% | 48% | 31% | 9% | 13% | ||
| The Trafalgar Group (R) | September 3–7, 2022 | 1,072 (LV) | ± 2.9% | 68% | 15% | 5% | 12% | ||
| University of New Hampshire | July 21–25, 2022 | 651 (LV) | ± 3.8% | 60% | 16% | 8% | 16% |