Earlier this year, the VT Chapter of the Sierra Club tasked a Political Committee with digging in to find the best candidates to move forward with Vermont's environmental and social justice goals. Based on their track record, their responses to a candidate questionnaire, web research, and personal knowledge, that committee recommended, and our Executive Committee has officially endorsed, the candidates listed below.
We believe these are the environmental champions we need at this time, and we encourage our members and others to vote for these leaders and find other ways to support them in their efforts.
And then, we invite you all to join us in following the action through the next legislative session, bringing our hopes into real success. Please look up your voter information through the Vermont Secretary of State's office to see what Senate and House district you are located in and the status of your ballot. To see the Sierra Club federal endorsements click here for the U.S. Senate and U.S. Congressional endorsments.
Governor Brenda Seigel
Lt. Governor David Zuckerman
Secretary of State Sarah Copeland Hanzas
State Senate Candidates
ADDISON CHRISTOPHER BRAY BRISTOL
RUTH HARDY EAST MIDDLEBURY
BENNINGTON BRIAN CAMPION BENNINGTON
CHITTENDEN Central PHIL BARUTH BURLINGTON
TANYA VYHOVSKY ESSEX
CHITTENDEN North IRENE WRENNER ESSEX
CHITTENDEN South THOMAS CHITTENDEN SOUTH BURLINGTON
VIRGINIA "GINNY" LYONS WILLISTON
KESHA RAM HINSDALE BURLINGTON
FRANKLIN PAM MCCARTHY SWANTON
ORANGE MARK A. MACDONALD WILLIAMSTOWN
RUTLAND ANNA TADIO RUTLAND CITY
WASHINGON ANN CUMMINGS MONTPELIER
ANDREW PERCHLIK MARSHFIELD
ANNE WATSON MONTPELIER
WINDHAM WENDY HARRISON BRATTLEBORO
NADER HASHIM DUMMERSTON
WINDSOR ALISON H. CLARKSON WOODSTOCK
RICHARD "DICK" MCCORMACK BETHEL
REBECCA WHITE HARTFORD
State House Candidates
ADDISON COUNTY
ADD 1 AMY SHELDON MIDDLEBURY
ADD 3 MATT BIRONG VERGENNES
ADD 3 DIANE LANPHER VERGENNES
ADD 4 MARI CORDES LINCOLN
ADD 4 CALEB ELDER STARKSBORO
ADD 5 JUBILEE MCGILL BRIDPORT
WDR-ADD KIRK WHITE BETHEL
BENNINGTON COUNTY
BEN 4 SETH BONGARTZ MANCHESTER
BEN 4 KATHLEEN JAMES MANCHESTER
BEN-RUT MIKE RICE DORSET
CALEDONIA, ESSEX and ORLEANS COUNTY
CAL 2 CHIP TROIANO STANNARD
CAL ESX SCOTT CAMPBELL SAINT JOHNSBURY
CAL ESX BRENDAN HADASH SAINT JOHNSBURY
ESS-ORL PEGGY STEVENS CHARLESTON
ORL 1 AIMEE ALEXANDER DERBY
ORL 4 KATHERINE SIMS CRAFTSBURY
CHITTENDEN COUNTY
CHI 1 JANA BROWN RICHMOND
CHI 9 EMILY KRASNOW SOUTH BURLINGTON
CHI 10 KATE NUGENT SOUTH BURLINGTON
CHI 12 MARTIN LALONDE SOUTH BURLINGTON
CHI 13 TIFF BLUEMLE BURLINGTON
CHI 13 GABRIELLE STEBBINS BURLINGTON
CHI 14 BARBARA RACHELSON BURLINGTON
CHI 15 BRIAN CINA BURLINGTON
CHI 16 JILL KROWINSKI BURLINGTON
CHI 16 KATE LOGAN BURLINGTON
CHI 17 EMMA MULVANEY-STANAK BURLINGTON
CHI 18 ROBERT HOOPER BURLINGTON
CHI 18 CAROL ODE BURLINGTON
CHI 19 SARITA AUSTIN COLCHESTER
CHI 2 ANGELA ARSENAULT WILLISTON
CHI 2 ERIN BRADY WILLISTON
CHI 20 SETH CHASE COLCHESTER
CHI 21 TAYLOR SMALL WINOOSKI
CHI 23 LEONORA DODGE ESSEX TOWN
CHI 3 TREVOR SQUIRRELL UNDERHILL
FRANKLIN COUNTY
FRA 3 MIKE MCCARTHY SAINT ALBANS CITY
FRA 6 BRENDA KAI CHURCHILL BAKERSFIELD
FRA 7 CINDY WEED ENOSBURGH
FRA 8 LAUREN DEES-ERIKSON LAUREN DEES-ERICKSON
LAMOILLE COUNTY
LAM 1 SCOTT WEATHERS SCOTT WEATHERS
LAM WAS AVRAM PATT WORCESTER
LAM WAS SAUDIA LAMONT MORRISTOWN
ORANGE COUNTY
ORA 1 CARL DEMROW CORINTH
ORA 2 MONIQUE PRIESTLY BRADFORD
ORA CAL KELSEY ROOT-WINCHESTER NEWBURY
ORA WAS ADD LARRY SATCOWITZ RANDOLPH
ORA WAS ADD JAY HOOPER RANDOLPH
WDR ORA 1 JOHN O'BRIEN TUNBRIDGE
WDR ORA 2 REBECCA HOLCOMBE NORWICH
RUTLAND COUNTY
RUT 2 KEN FREDETTE WALLINGFORD
RUT 2 DAVE POTTER CLARENDON
RUT BEN ROBIN CHESNUT-TANGERMAN MIDDLETOWN SPRINGS
RUT WDR LOGAN NICOLL LUDLOW
WASHINGTON COUNTY
WAS 1 LAURA HILL-EUBANKS NORTHFIELD
WAS 2 KARI DOLAN ESSEX
WAS 3 JONATHAN WILLIAMS BARRE CITY
WAS 4 KATE MCCANN MONTPELIER
WAS 4 CONOR CASEY MONTPELIER
WAS 5 ELA CHAPIN EAST MONTPELIER
WAS 6 MARC MIHALY CALAIS
WAS-ORA MELISSA BATAAH BARRE TOWN
LAM WAS AVRAM PATT WORCESTER
LAM WAS SAUDIA LAMONT MORRISTOWN
ORA WAS ADD LARRY SATCOWITZ RANDOLPH
ORA WAS ADD JAY HOOPER RANDOLPH
WINDHAM COUNTY
WDH 3 MICHELLE BOS-LUN WESTMINSTER
WDH 4 MIKE MROWICKI PUTNEY
WDH 7 EMILIE KORNHEISER BRATTLEBORO
WDH 8 MOLLIE S. BURKE BRATTLEBORO
WINDSOR COUNTY
WDR 1 JOHN BARTHOLOMEW HARTLAND
WDR 4 HEATHER SURPRENANT BARNARD
WDR 6 KEVIN "COACH" CHRISTIE HARTFORD
WDR ORA 1 JOHN O'BRIEN TUNBRIDGE
WDR ORA 2 REBECCA HOLCOMBE NORWICH
WDR ORA 2 JIM MASLAND THETFORD
WDR 3 ALICE EMMONS SPRINGFIELD
WDR 5 TESSA BUSH WOODSTOCK
WDR-ADD KIRK WHITE BETHEL