Jim Condos Explained

Jim Condos
Office:39th Secretary of State of Vermont
Governor:Peter Shumlin
Phil Scott
Term Start:January 6, 2011
Term End:January 5, 2023
Predecessor:Deborah Markowitz
Successor:Sarah Copeland Hanzas
Birth Date:29 January 1951
Birth Place:Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Party:Democratic
Education:University of Vermont (BS)

James Christos Condos[1] (born January 29, 1951) is an American politician from Vermont. He is a former Vermont Secretary of State and former Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. The district includes all of Chittenden County, except the town of Colchester.

Condos served in the Vermont State Senate from 2001 to 2009. He was succeeded by Tim Ashe.

In June 2010, Jim Condos announced he was running for Vermont Secretary of State in the November 2010 election. He won the Democratic Party primary by a 2 to 1 vote, winning in every Vermont county. In the general election, Condos defeated Jason Gibbs.

Biography

Jim Condos was raised, educated, and worked his entire career in Vermont. He comes from a working-class family. His father, Chris, worked in the restaurant business, and his mother, Irene, worked as an administrative assistant to the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont. He is of Greek descent.

Condos attended Burlington public schools until his family moved to South Burlington where he graduated from South Burlington High School. He graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in Resource Economics.

His entire working career has been in Vermont, with both public and private experience. His experience has involved managing, policy making, operations, and service to Vermonters. He worked for a Fortune 100 company, a $30 million Vermont family owned business, and a state regulated utility.

He has one daughter, Chelsea, living in South Burlington with her husband and two children.

Public life

Condos served for eight years in the Vermont Senate representing Chittenden County, and for 18 years on the South Burlington City Council.

Condos served as Chair of Senate Education and Chair of Senate Government Operations Committees, and Chair of the South Burlington City Council for eight years.

Condos has also served on the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Chittenden Solid Waste District, The Chittenden County Transportation Authority; the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization; and he also served as a board member for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the National League of Cities.

Condos became President of the National Association of Secretaries of State in July 2018.[2]

Electoral history

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2000
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Leddy (inc.)31,2309.84
DemocraticJean Ankeney (inc.)28,7149.04
RepublicanBarbara Snelling27,6898.72
DemocraticJanet Munt (inc.)27,4558.65
DemocraticJim Condos25,5658.05
DemocraticVirginia Lyons23,8537.51
DemocraticKaren Moran Lafayette22,7007.15
RepublicanSkip Vallee22,5207.09
RepublicanDonald Brunelle20,6986.52
RepublicanWilliam Parkinson17,1065.39
RepublicanLeigh Pfenning17,0005.35
RepublicanTut Parmly16,8775.32
IndependentOtto Engelberth12,9994.09
IndependentGavin Mills9,6843.05
IndependentBruce Cunningham4,9231.55
LibertarianStephen Pollak3,0280.95
LibertarianBrendan Kinney2,3770.75
LibertarianChristopher Coolidge2,1780.69
Write-insWrite-ins8780.28
Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2002
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJames Leddy (inc.)26,52710.27
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)25,0259.69
RepublicanBarbara Snelling (inc.)23,3259.03
DemocraticJanet Munt (inc.)23,1388.96
DemocraticHinda Miller22,5728.74
DemocraticVirginia Lyons (inc.)22,1288.56
DemocraticArt Hogan21,0688.15
RepublicanKate Purcell19,2297.44
RepublicanDonald Brunelle17,9076.93
RepublicanScot Shumski14,8005.73
RepublicanLynn Shepard14,1445.47
RepublicanBill Shahady12,8984.99
IndependentBruce Cunningham5,2862.05
LibertarianBrendan Kinney2,6621.03
LibertarianChristopher Coolidge2,1330.83
LibertarianMark Winer1,9590.76
LibertarianSheldon Katz1,7300.67
LibertarianSpencer Sherman1,6140.62
Write-insWrite-ins2150.08
Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2004
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)36,63411.09
DemocraticEd Flanagan36,41011.02
DemocraticJames Leddy (inc.)35,89510.86
DemocraticVirginia Lyons (inc.)32,2129.75
DemocraticHinda Miller (inc.)29,3398.88
RepublicanBarbara Snelling (inc.)29,1578.82
RepublicanDennis Delaney24,7957.50
RepublicanKate Purcell23,7887.20
DemocraticSamuel Osborne22,5686.83
RepublicanMichael Quaid18,4235.58
RepublicanCarroll Towne16,0974.87
RepublicanPaula Spadaccini15,0944.57
Vermont GrassrootsBenjamin Clarke9,6502.92
Write-insWrite-ins3590.11
Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2006
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticDoug Racine38,32112.85
DemocraticEd Flanagan (inc.)35,68311.96
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)34,03911.41
DemocraticVirginia Lyons (inc.)32,66110.95
DemocraticHinda Miller (inc.)29,0009.72
RepublicanDiane Snelling (inc.)26,7198.96
DemocraticDennis McMahon23,0347.72
RepublicanDennis Delaney21,1617.09
RepublicanJohn Stewart17,5385.88
RepublicanRobert Sims13,8394.64
RepublicanAgnes Clift13,8044.63
RepublicanChuck Furtado12,1834.08
Write-insWrite-ins3480.12
Vermont Secretary of State Democratic Primary Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos36,44366.1
DemocraticCharles Merriman17,81532.3
DemocraticWrite-ins8811.6
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2010
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos122,59953.5
RepublicanJason Gibbs101,14444.1
Liberty UnionLeslie Marmorale5,3152.3
Write-insWrite-ins770.0
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2012
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)225,57086.8
Liberty UnionMary Alice Herbert34,06013.1
Write-insWrite-ins1910.1
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2014
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)126,42774.8
ProgressiveBen Eastwood24,51814.5
Liberty UnionMary Alice Herbert17,46010.3
Write-insWrite-ins6120.4
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2016
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)255,20189.6
Liberty UnionMary Alice Herbert29,71110.4
Write-insWrite-ins6ß20.2
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2018
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)178,86366.8
RepublicanH. Brooke Paige79,03529.5
Liberty UnionMary Alice Herbert9,7063.6
Write-insWrite-ins1080.0
Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2020
PartyCandidateVotes%
DemocraticJim Condos (inc.)214,66657.8
RepublicanH. Brooke Paige99,56426.8
Independent Pamala Smith21,2105.7

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33304634/the-burlington-free-press/ University of Vermont Commencement, 1974
  2. Web site: Jim Condos named head of national organization . vermontbiz . Vermont Business Magazine . November 5, 2019 . July 16, 2018.

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