by Taylor Dobbs vtdigger.orgAfter an initially weak showing by Republicans in the last two weeks’petition filing window, the party finished strong, fielding candidates for all statewide except Secretary of State.
(See full, unofficial list of all candidates below.)
Jim Condos will run unopposed for re-election, but all other incumbents in statewide offices will have to hit the campaign trail and beat out opposition, some in an Aug. 28 primary.
The filing period, lasting roughly two weeks, opened May 29. Republican gubernatorial candidate Randy Brock was among the first to file that day, but Republican candidates were hard to come by.
â At this point, thatâ s all I have,’Vermont GOP chairman Jack Lindley said in a May 29 interview, speaking about Wendy Wilton and Randy Brock, who besides incumbent Lt. Gov. Phil Scott, were the only Republicans to have announced their candidacy for statewide office.
The final tally, which is still unofficial pending validation by the Secretary of Stateâ s office, lists seven Republicans running for statewide office. The final frenzy of submissions Thursday added Sen. Vince Illuzzi, who is running for auditor as a Republican, despite early rumors he would file as an independent; Jack McMullen, a Burlington-area businessman running for attorney general; John McGovern for U.S. Senate; and Mark Donka for the U.S. House of Representatives.
Democrats made a late addition to their field of candidates when Cassandra Gekas of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group (VPIRG) filed a petition Thursday for a run at the lieutenant governorâ s office ‘one of the Republican Partyâ s only power positions in the Statehouse.
Multiple third-party presidential candidates were absent from the Secretary of Stateâ s Thursday listing. A representative from Green Party candidate Jill Steinâ s campaign brought petitions to the Secretary of Stateâ s office Thursday, along with two volunteers from the campaign of the Justice Partyâ s Rocky Anderson. Independent presidential candidates must verify all voter signatures with the town clerkâ s office in the municipality where the voter lives, and with 1,000 required signatures, members of the Anderson campaign said the process was onerous.
Below is the Vermont candidate petition filing list as of Thursday June 14 at 5 pm.THESE ARE STILL UNOFFICIAL ‘the Vermont Secretary of State's elections staff will be working through Saturday to verify and finalize a DRAFT list.This list includes the candidates that have filed. Petitions have not yet been verified.The Representative District Clerks and Senate District clerks have 72 hours to verify the petitions.
Secretary of State Jim Condos hopes to have the DRAFT list on the Elections website sometime over the weekend, with afinalized list on Monday. CLICKHERE FOR SECRETARY OF STATE'S WEBSITE.
Unoficial Filing List as of deadline, June 14, 2012:
Office
Name
Party
District
Date Rec'd
PRESIDENT
Peta Lindsay
Socialism & Liberation
5/29/2012
GOVERNOR
Martha Abbott
Progressive
6/14/2012
Randy Brock
Republican
5/29/2012
Cris Ericson
United States Marijuana
5/29/2012
Emily Peyton
Independent
6/7/2012
Peter Shumlin
Democratic
6/12/2012
LT. GOVERNOR
Cassandra Gekas
Democratic
6/14/2012
Marjorie Powers
Progressive
6/14/2012
Phil Scott
Republican
6/14/2012
SEC. OF STATE
James C. Condos
Democratic
6/6/2012
TREASURER
Beth Pearce
Democratic
6/14/2012
Wendy Wilton
Republican
6/12/2012
AUDITOR
Doug Hoffer
Democratic
6/14/2012
Vincent Illuzzi
Republican
6/14/2012
ATTY GENERAL
Thomas "T.J." Donovan
Democratic
6/6/2012
Jack McMullen
Republican
6/14/2012
William Sorrell
Democratic
5/29/2012
U.S. SENATE
Cris Ericson
United States Marijuana
5/29/2012
Laurel LaFramboise
VoteKISS
5/31/2012
John MacGovern
Republican
6/14/2012
Peter Moss
Peace and Prosperity
6/12/2012
H. Brook Paige
Republican
5/29/2012
Bernie Sanders
Democratic
6/11/2012
Bernie Sanders
Independent
5/30/2012
U.S. REP
James "Sam" Desrochers
Independent
5/30/2012
Mark Donka
Republican
6/11/2012
Andre LaFramboise
VoteKISS
6/13/2012
Peter Welch
Democratic
6/14/2012
STATE SENATE
Robert Wagner
Independent
Addison
6/14/2012
Dick Sears
Democratic
Bennington
6/13/2012
Bob Hartwell
Democratic
Bennington
6/14/2012
Stephen H. Amos
Democratic
Caledonia
6/14/2012
Joe Benning
Republican
Caledonia
6/6/2012
David Dill
Republican
Caledonia
5/31/2012
Jane Kittel
Democratic
Caledonia
6/14/2012
Ed Adrian
Democratic
Chittenden
6/8/2012
Tim Ashe
Democratic
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Philip Baruth
Democratic
Chittenden
6/12/2012
Patrick Brown
Independent
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Larkin Forney
Independent
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Sally Fox
Democratic
Chittenden
6/12/2012
Peter D. Hunt
Democratic
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Debbie Ingram
Democratic
Chittenden
6/5/2012
Richard "Terry" Jeroloman
Progressive
Chittenden
5/30/2012
Bob Kiss
Independent
Chittenden
6/8/2012
Robert Letovsky
Independent
Chittenden
6/11/2012
Virginia "Ginny" Lyons
Democratic
Chittenden
6/13/2012
Shelley Palmer
Republican
Chittenden
5/31/2012
Shelley Palmer
Tea Party (Independent)
Chittenden
5/30/2012
Loyal Ploof
Democratic
Chittenden
6/13/2012
Sean Selby
Independent
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Diane B. Snelling
Republican
Chittenden
6/14/2012
David E. Zuckerman
Democratic
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Jay Dudley
Republican
Essex-Orleans
6/12/2012
James Guyette
Democratic
Essex-Orleans
6/8/2012
Robert W. Lewis
Republican
Essex-Orleans
6/12/2012
John S. Rodgers
Democratic
Essex-Orleans
6/13/2012
Robert A. Starr
Democratic
Essex-Orleans
6/13/2012
Caroline Bright
Democratic
Franklin
6/13/2012
Donald Collins
Democratic
Franklin
6/14/2012
Dustin Allard Degree
Republican
Franklin
6/14/2012
Norm MacAllister
Republican
Franklin
6/14/2012
Judith McLaughlin
Independent
Franklin
6/5/2012
Peter Moss
Peace and Prosperity
Franklin
6/4/2012
Joe Sinagra
Republican
Franklin
6/13/2012
Richard "Dick" Mazza
Democratic
Grand Isle
6/13/2012
Jerry Colby
Democratic
Lamoille
6/14/2012
Richard A. Westman
Republican
Lamoille
6/5/2012
Mark A. MacDonald
Democratic
Orange
6/14/2012
Tig Tillinghast
Democratic
Orange
6/14/2012
Bill Carris
Democratic
Rutland
5/31/2012
Peg Flory
Republican
Rutland
6/14/2012
Kevin J. Mullin
Republican
Rutland
6/12/2012
Bernard "Buddy" Barnett
Republican
Washington
6/14/2012
Ann Cummings
Democratic
Washington
6/5/2012
William "Bill" Doyle
Republican
Washington
6/14/2012
Jeremy Hansen
Independent
Washington
6/14/2012
Dexter LeFavour
Republican
Washington
6/14/2012
Anthony Pollina
Democrat
Washington
6/14/2012
Mary Cain
Democratic
Windham
6/11/2012
Peter W. Galbraith
Democratic
Windham
5/31/2012
Jeanette White
Democratic
Windham
6/14/2012
John Campbell
Democratic
Windsor
6/14/2012
Paul E. Gibbs, Jr.
Republican
Windsor
6/14/2012
Richard "Dick" McCormack
Democratic
Windsor
6/14/2012
Alice W. Nitka
Democratic
Windsor
6/14/2012
Dick Tracy
Republican
Windsor
6/11/2012
Jeff Whittemore
Republican
Windsor
6/14/2012
STATE REP
Paul Ralston
Democratic
Addison-1
6/11/2012
Betty Nuovo
Democratic
Addison-1
6/6/2012
Willem Jewett
Democratic
Addison-2
6/7/2012
Tim Ryan
Independent
Addison-2
6/14/2012
Michael Fisher
Democratic
Addison-4
6/14/2012
Dave Sharpe
Democratic
Addison-4
5/29/2012
Edward V. McGuire
Democratic
Addison-5
6/13/2012
Harvey T. Smith
Republican
Addison-5
6/14/2012
Will Stevens
Independent
Addison-Rutland
6/12/2012
Bill Botzow
Democratic
Bennington-1
6/7/2012
Brian Campion
Democratic
Bennington 2-1
6/7/2012
Timothy R. Corcoran II
Democratic
Bennington 2-1
6/4/2012
Warren Roaf
Republican
Bennington 2-1
6/12/2012
Dale Gerity
Democratic
Bennington 2-2
6/14/2012
Anne Mook
Democratic
Bennington 2-2
6/12/2012
Mary A. Morrissey
Republican
Bennington 2-2
6/14/2012
Alice Miller
Democratic
Bennington-3
6/7/2012
Cynthia Browning
Democratic
Bennington-4
6/11/2012
Jeff Wilson
Democratic
Bennington-4
6/8/2012
Patti Komline
Republican
Bennington-Rutland -1
6/14/2012
Leigh Larocque
Republican
Caledonia- 1
6/14/2012
Claudette Sortino
Democratic
Caledonia-1
6/14/2012
Michelle Fay
Democratic
Caledonia-3
6/14/2012
Gary Reis
Republican
Caledonia-3
6/8/2012
Bob South
Democratic
Caledonia-3
6/14/2012
Martha (Marty) Feltus
Republican
Calendonia-4
6/14/2012
Celeste Marie Girrell
Democratic
Caledonia-4
6/14/2012
Richard Lawrence
Republican
Caledonia-4
6/14/2012
Anne T. O'Brien
Democratic
Chittenden-1
6/7/2012
Terry Macaig
Democratic
Chittenden-2
6/14/2012
Jim McCullough
Democratic
Chittenden- 2
6/14/2012
Jay P. Michaud
Republican
Chittenden-2
6/14/2012
Thomas M. Nelson
Republican
Chittenden-2
6/14/2012
Bill Frank
Democratic
Chittenden-3
6/1/2012
Debbie Rackliff
Republican
Chittenden-3
6/12/2012
George Till
Democratic
Chittenden-3
6/11/2012
Ed Stone
Republican
Chittenden 4-1
5/30/2012
Mike Yantachka
Democratic
Chittenden 4-1
6/5/2012
Bill Lippert
Democratic
Chittenden 4-2
6/12/2012
Kathryn "Kate" Webb
Democratic
Chttenden 5-1
6/13/2012
Joan G. Lenes
Democratic
Chittenden 5-2
6/11/2012
George Schiavone
Republican
Chittenden 5-2
6/14/2012
Bill Aswad
Democratic
Chittenden 6-1
6/12/2012
Joanna Cole
Democratic
Chittenden 6-1
6/13/2012
Robert Hooper
Democratic
Chittenden 6-1
6/6/2012
Kurt Wright
Republican
Chittenden 6-1
6/14/2012
Jean O'Sullivan
Democratic
Chittenden 6-2
6/6/2012
Kit Andrews
Progressive
Chittenden 6-3
6/14/2012
Gene Bergman
Progressive
Chittenden 6-3
6/12/2012
Chris Cwieka
Independent
Chittenden 6-3
6/14/2012
Jill Krowinski
Democratic
Chittenden 6-3
6/13/2012
Kesha Ram
Democratic
Chittenden 6-4
6/13/2012
Johannah Leddy Donovan
Democratic
Chittenden 6-5
6/12/2012
Suzi Wizowaty
Democratic
Chittenden 6-5
6/13/2012
Barbara Rachelson
Democratic
Chittenden 6-6
6/14/2012
Clement "Clem" Bissonnette
Democratic
Chittenden 6-7
6/12/2012
George C. Cross
Democratic
Chittenden 6-7
6/11/2012
Michele F. Kupersmith
Democratic
Chittenden 7-1
6/13/2012
Ann Pugh
Democratic
Chittenden 7-2
6/14/2012
Helen Head
Democratic
Chittenden 7-3
6/11/2012
Timothy E. Cutter
Republican
Chittenden 7-4
6/14/2012
Maida F. Townsend
Democratic
Chittenden 7-4
5/29/2012
Debbie Evans
Democratic
Chittenden 8-1
6/12/2012
Linda K. Myers
Republican
Chittenden 8-1
6/12/2012
Paul Dame
Republican
Chittenden 8-1
6/14/2012
Carlton Houghton
Independent
Chittenden 8-2
6/13/2012
Tim Jerman
Democratic
Chittenden 8-2
6/4/2012
Linda J. Waite-Simpson
Democratic
Chittenden 8-2
6/12/2012
Martha Heath
Democratic
Chittenden 8-3
6/6/2012
Patricia "Pat" Porter
Independent
Chittenden 9-2
6/13/2012
Todd Buik
Democratic
Chittenden-10
6/13/2012
Ronald Hubert
Republican
Chittenden-10
6/4/2012
Donald H. Turner, Jr.
Republican
Chittenden-10
6/7/2012
Amos Bell
Independent
Essex Caledonia
6/13/2012
Maurice G. Connary
Republican
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans
6/12/2012
William F. Johnson
Republican
Essex-Caledonia-Orleans
6/11/2012
Carolyn Whitney Branagan
Republican
Franklin-1
5/30/2012
John I. Mitchell
Republican
Franklin-2
6/1/2012
Mike O'Day
Progressive
Franklin-2
6/14/2012
Bob Shea
Independent
Franklin-2
6/11/2012
Stephen A. Trahan
Republican
Franklin 3-1
6/14/2012
Kathleen C. Keenan
Democratic
Franklin 3-1
6/14/2012
Mike McCarthy
Democratic
Franklin 3-1
6/14/2012
Casey J. Toof
Republican
Franklin 3-1
6/14/2012
Eileen "Lynn" Dickensen
Republican
Franklin 3-2
6/14/2012
Michel Consejo
Deomcratic
Franklin-4
6/14/2012
Brian K. Savage
Republican
Franklin-4
6/14/2012
Steve Beyor
Republican
Franklin-5
6/11/2012
Bob Irish
Progressive
Franklin-5
6/14/2012
Albert "Chuck" Pearce
Republican
Franklin-5
6/7/2012
Patrick Dupont
Republican
Grand Isle-Chittenden
6/8/2012
Mitzi Johnson
Democratic
Grand Isle- Chittenden
6/14/2012
Robert C. Krebs
Democratic
Grand Isle-Chittenden
6/8/2012
Jason Lee
Republican
Grand Isle-Chittenden
6/14/2012
Heidi E. Scheurmann
Republican
Lamoille- 1
6/14/2012
Lucien G. Gravel
Republican
Lamoille-2
6/14/2012
Linda J. Martin
Democratic
Lamoille-2
6/14/2012
Colin Santee
Republican
Lamoille-2
6/14/2012
Mark Woodward
Democratic
Lamoille-2
6/14/2012
Peter Ingvoldstad
Democratic
Lamoille-3
6/11/2012
Bernard C. Juskiewicz
Republican
Lamoille-3
6/14/2012
Justin R. Marsh
Independent
Lamoille-3
6/6/2012
Peter Peltz
Democratic
Lamoille-Washington
6/8/2012
Mickey C. Smith
Democratic
Lamoille-Washington
6/14/2012
Shap Smith
Democratic
Lamoille-Washington
6/11/2012
Susan Davis
Progressive
Orange-1
6/14/2012
Rodney Graham
Republican
Orange-1
6/5/2012
John H. Taylor
Progressive
Orange-1
6/14/2012
Philip C. Winters
Republican
Orange-1
6/12/2012
Mary Daly
Republican
Orange-2
6/14/2012
Sarah Copeland Hanzas
Democratic
Orange-2
6/14/2012
Chip Conquest
Democratic
Orange-Caledonia
6/11/2012
Patsy French
Democratic
Orange-Wash-Addison
6/5/2012
Larry Townsend
Democratic
Orange-Wash-Addison
6/8/2012
Lynn D. Batchelor
Republican
Orleans-1
6/7/2012
Loren T. Shaw
Republican
Orleans-1
6/7/2012
Tim delaBruere
Independent
Orleans-2
6/13/2012
Paul L. Monette
Independent
Orleans-2
5/30/2012
Vicki Strong
Republican
Orleans-Caledonia
6/11/2012
Sam Young
Democratic
Orleans-Caledonia
6/12/2012
Mark Higley
Republican
Orleans-Lamoille
6/14/2012
Katherine Sims
Progressive
Orleans-Lamoille
6/14/2012
Estella Leach
Independent
Rutland-Bennington
6/14/2012
John W. Malcolm
Democratic
Rutland-Bennington
6/11/2012
Thomas "Tom" Burditt
Republican
Rutland-2
6/14/2012
Glenn Eno
Republican
Rutland-2
6/14/2012
Ken Fredette
Democratic
Rutland-2
6/13/2012
Dave Potter
Democratic
Rutland-2
6/13/2012
William "Bill" Canfield
Republican
Rutland-3
6/14/2012
Peter J. Fagan
Republican
Rutland 5-1
6/14/2012
Margaret "Peg" Andrews
Democratic
Rutland 5-2
6/14/2012
Larry "Cooper" Cupoli
Republican
Rutland 5-2
6/8/2012
John E. Mattison Jr.
Republican
Rutland 5-3
6/11/2012
Herb Russell
Democratic
Rutland 5-3
6/14/2012
Sherri Durgin-Campbell
Democratic
Rutland 5-4
6/13/2012
Douglas Gage
Republican
Rutland 5-4
6/12/2012
Stephen A. Carr
Democratic
Rutland-6
6/14/2012
Seth Hopkins
Republican
Rutland-6
6/14/2012
Charles "Butch" Shaw
Republican
Rutland-6
6/11/2012
James "Jim" Eckhardt
Republican
Rutland-Windsor-1
6/14/2012
Anne L. Gallivan
Democratic
Rutland-Windsor-1
6/8/2012
Dennis J. Devereux
Republican
Rutland-Windsor-2
6/12/2012
Eldred French
Democratic
Rutland-Windsor-2
6/14/2012
Colin T. Bright
Democratic
Washington-1
6/14/2012
Anne B. Donahue
Republican
Washington-1
6/14/2012
Patti J. Lewis
Republican
Washington-1
6/14/2012
Thomas F. "Tom" Koch
Republican
Washington-2
5/30/2012
Francis "Topper" McFaun
Republican
Washington-2
6/1/2012
Paul N. Poirier
Independent
Washington-3
6/13/2012
John Santorello
Republican
Washington-3
6/12/2012
Tess Taylor
Democratic
Washington-3
6/13/2012
Benjamin Eastwood
Independent
Washington-4
6/14/2012
Tony Klein
Domcratic
Washington-5
6/14/2012
Janet Ancel
Democratic
Washington-6
6/12/2012
Maxine Grad
Democratic
Washington-7
6/12/2012
Adam Greshin
Independent
Washington-7
5/30/2012
Sal Spinosa
Independent
Washington-7
6/6/2012
Rebecca Ellis
Democratic
Washington-Chittenden
6/11/2012
Tom Stevens
Democratic
Washington-Chittenden
6/14/2012
Michael "Mike" Hebert
Republican
Windham-1
6/14/2012
Valerie A. Stuart
Democratic
Windham 2-1
6/13/2012
Mollie S. Burke
Democratic
Windham 2-2
6/13/2012
Kate O'Connor
Democratic
Windham 2-3
6/1/2012
Tristan Toleno
Democratic
Windham 2-3
6/8/2012
Christopher Moore
Democratic
Windham-3
6/14/2012
Carolyn W. Partridge
Democratic
Windham-3
6/14/2012
Matthew A. Trieber
Democratic
Windham-3
6/14/2012
David L. Deen
Democratic
Windham-4
6/13/2012
Mike Mrowicki
Democratic
Windham-4
6/13/2012
Richard Marek
Democratic
Windham-5
6/14/2012
John Moran
Democratic
Windham-Bennington
6/5/2012
Emmet S. Dunbar
Independent
Windham/Bennington/Windsor
6/14/2012
Charles "Tim" Goodwin
Independent
Windham/Bennington/Windsor
6/14/2012
John Bartholomew
Democratic
Windsor-1
6/14/2012
Ryan Palmer
Republican
Windsor-1
6/14/2012
Donna Sweaney
Democratic
Windsor-1
6/14/2012
Mark Huntley
Democratic
Windsor-2
6/14/2012
Scott Ranney
Republican
Windsor-2
6/12/2012
Leigh J. Dakin
Democratic
Windsor 3-1
6/14/2012
Alice M. Emmons
Democratic
Windsor 3-2
5/31/2012
Cynthia Martin
Democratic
Windsor 3-2
6/13/2012
Teo Žagar
Democratic
Windsor 4-1
6/13/2012
Kevin "Coach" Christie
Democratic
Windsor 4-2
6/12/2012
Alex S. DeFelice
Republican
Windsor 4-2
6/14/2012
Paul Keane
Independent
Windsor 4-2
6/1/2012
Sheila Vowinkel
Democratic
Windsor 4-2
6/12/2012
Alison Clarkson
Democratic
Windsor-5
6/13/2012
David M. Ainsworth
Republican
Windsor-Orange-1
6/14/2012
Sarah E. Buxton
Democrat
Windsor-Orange-1
6/14/2012
Margaret Cheney
Democratic
Windsor-Orange-2
6/14/2012
Jim Masland
Democratic
Windsor-Orange-2
6/12/2012
Sandy Haas
Democratic
Windsor-Rutland
6/14/2012
HIGH BALIFF
James A. Gulley, Jr.
Democratic
Bennington
6/13/2012
Manfred "Fred" Wessner
Republican
Bennington
6/14/2012
Steven N. Hartwell, Jr.
Republican
Caledonia
6/14/2012
Randall Barrows
Republican
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Gordon Gilbert
Republican
Chittenden
6/5/2012
Michael R. Major
Democratic
Chittenden
6/14/2012
Tayt R. Brooks
Republican
Franklin
6/14/2012
Jacqui C. Hood
Democratic
Franklin
6/7/2012
Carol B. Tremble
Democratic
Grand Isle
6/12/2012
Ronald Audet, Jr.
Republican
Lamoille
6/14/2012
Curtis A. Hardy
Republican
Orleans
6/14/2012
Michael E. Manley
Democratic
Windsor
6/11/2012
Claude E. Weyant
Republican
Windsor
6/11/2012
June 14, 2012 vtdigger.orgVince Illuzzi hands nominating petitions to seek the state auditor office to elections administrator Will Senning on Thursday. VTD/Alan Panebaker