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The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont.The officeholder is elected in even-numbered years by direct voting for a term of two years. . Vermont and bordering New Hampshire are the only states to hold gubernatorial elections every two years, instead of every four as in the other 48 U.S. st
Philip Brian Scott (born August 4, 1958) is an American politician, businessman, and stock car racer who has been the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was a representative for the Washington District in the Vermont Senate from 2001 to 2011 and served as the 81st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017.
The governor of Vermont is the head of government of the U.S. state of Vermont. Since 1994, Vermont is one of only two U.S. states (New Hampshire being the other) that elects governors for two-year terms. [1] Until 1870, Vermont elected its governors for one-year terms. [2]
Dean was born in East Hampton, New York, to Andrée Belden (née Maitland), an art appraiser, and Howard Brush Dean Jr., an executive in the financial industry. [11] [12] Dean is the eldest of four brothers, including Jim Dean, Chair of Democracy for America, and Charles Dean, who was captured by the Pathet Lao and executed by the North Vietnamese while traveling through Southeast Asia in 1974.
On January 6, 2011, Douglas became an executive in residence at Middlebury College [1] where he taught a 24 student course titled Vermont Government and Politics. [2] Douglas is the interim director of the Vermont Historical Society. [3] Douglas currently serves on the Governors' Council of the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, D.C.
He won reelection in 1974, chaired the New England Governors' Conference for two years, and was a member of the National Governors Association's Executive Committee. [3] Salmon was an unsuccessful candidate for U.S. Senator from Vermont in the 1976 election , losing to the incumbent Robert Stafford .
In the 1976 Vermont gubernatorial election, Snelling was elected governor. He was re-elected three times, in 1978 , 1980 , and 1982 , and served until January 1985. [ 1 ] During his governorship, Snelling worked to protect the environment by opposing a plan to allow uranium mining in Vermont and barring the sale of phosphate detergents, arguing ...
Matt Dunne (born November 20, 1969) is an American politician and businessman from the U.S. state of Vermont.He served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives, two terms in the Vermont State Senate, was the Democratic candidate in the 2006 Vermont Lt. Governor's race, and the fourth-place finisher in the Democratic primary during the Vermont gubernatorial election, 2010.