Joe Benning Explained

Joe Benning
Office:Minority Leader of the Vermont Senate
Term Start:January 4, 2018
Term End:January 6, 2021
Predecessor:Dustin Degree
Successor:Randy Brock
Term Start1:January 2013
Term End1:January 2017
Predecessor1:Bill Doyle
Successor1:Dustin Degree
State Senate2:Vermont
State2:Vermont
District2:Caledonia
Term Start2:January 2011
Term End2:January 4, 2023
Predecessor2:Matthew Choate
Successor2:Seat abolished
Birth Name:Joseph Charles Benning
Birth Date:7 December 1956
Birth Place:Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Party:Republican
Spouse:Debbie
Children:2

Joseph Charles Benning[1] (born December 7, 1956) is an American politician and a Republican who served as a member of the Vermont Senate representing Caledonia District from 2011 to 2023.[2] He served as the Senate's Minority leader from January 2013 to January 2017, when he was succeeded by Dustin Allard Degree.[3] In late 2017, Degree resigned from the Senate, and Benning was again chosen by the Senate's Republicans to serve as Minority Leader.[4]

Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Benning graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1975.[5] He earned a B.A. in Social Science from Lyndon State College in 1979 and a J.D. from the Vermont Law School in 1983.

Benning is former Chair of Vermont's Human Rights Commission and former member of the Board of Trustees for the Vermont State Colleges. He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2010.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Joe Benning's Biography . . January 4, 2018.
  2. Web site: Senator Joe Benning . . Montpelier, Vermont . January 4, 2018.
  3. News: Johnson . Mark . January 9, 2017 . Senate GOP changes leadership as last year’s divisions linger . VT Digger . Montpelier, VT.
  4. News: Walters . John . January 10, 2018 . Fair game: A Triumphant Return . Seven Days . Burlington, VT.
  5. https://legislature.vermont.gov/people/single/2018/15792 Senator Joe Benning