2020 Vermont elections

A general election was held in the U.S. state of Vermont on November 3, 2020. All of Vermont's executive officers were up for election, as well as Vermont's at-large seat in the United States House of Representatives. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2020.

United States House of Representatives
The incumbent representative was Democrat Peter Welch.

Governor
The incumbent governor was Republican Phil Scott. He beat Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman in the general election.

Lieutenant governor
Incumbent Progressive/Democratic lieutenant governor Dave Zuckerman (since 2017) declined to run for a third term, and instead ran for governor.

Nominee

 * Molly Gray, Vermont Assistant Attorney General

Eliminated in primary

 * Tim Ashe, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate (also ran in Progressive primary)
 * Debbie Ingram, Chittenden County State Senator
 * Brenda Siegel, candidate for governor in 2018, opioid epidemic and Brattleboro hurricane relief activist, southern Vermont nonprofit founder and executive director (also ran in Progressive primary)

Declined

 * Shap Smith, former Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives, candidate for lieutenant governor in 2016, attorney
 * David Zuckerman, incumbent lieutenant governor (ran for governor)

Nominee

 * Scott Milne, Republican nominee for governor in 2014, Republican nominee for US Senate in 2016, businessman

Eliminated in primary

 * Dana Colson Jr.
 * Meg Hansen, former executive director of Vermonters for Healthcare Freedom
 * Jim Hogue, Vermont secession activist
 * Dwayne Tucker, contractor and civil engineer

Declined

 * Don H. Turner Jr., nominee for lieutenant governor in 2018, former minority leader of the Vermont House of Representatives

Progressive primary
Incumbent Progressive lieutenant governor David Zuckerman did not run for a third term.

Declared

 * Tim Ashe, President pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
 * Cris Ericson, perennial candidate
 * Brenda Siegel, candidate for governor in 2018, opioid epidemic and Brattleboro hurricane relief activist, southern Vermont nonprofit founder and executive director

Declined

 * David Zuckerman, incumbent lieutenant governor (running for governor)

Secretary of state
The incumbent secretary of state was Democrat Jim Condos.

Declared

 * Jim Condos, incumbent secretary of state

Declared

 * H. Brooke Paige, perennial candidate.

Treasurer
The incumbent treasurer was Democrat Beth Pearce.

Declared

 * Beth Pearce, incumbent treasurer

Declared

 * Carolyn Whitney Branagan, former state representative to Franklin-1 (2003–2017) and former state senator to Franklin (2017–2019)

Attorney general
The incumbent attorney general was Democrat T. J. Donovan.

Declared

 * T.J. Donovan, incumbent attorney general

Republican primary
The Republican nominee was H. Brooke Paige.

Declared

 * H. Brooke Paige, perennial candidate
 * Emily Peyton, candidate for governor in 2018

Declared

 * Cris Ericson, perennial candidate, running for other statewide offices as well

Auditor
The incumbent auditor was Democrat/Progressive Doug Hoffer.

Declared

 * Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Progressive primary)
 * Linda Joy Sullivan, state representative

Republican primary
No candidates filed for the Republican primary. Doug Hoffer won the nomination via write-in.

Progressive primary
Incumbent Democratic/Progressive Auditor Doug Hoffer also ran in the Progressive primary. Perennial candidate Cris Ericson ran for the Progressive nomination for auditor, as well as several other statewide offices.

Declared

 * Cris Ericson, perennial candidate
 * Doug Hoffer, incumbent auditor (also ran in Democratic primary)

Candidates

 * Cris Ericson (P*), perennial candidate
 * Doug Hoffer (D/P*/R), incumbent auditor

Hoffer won the Democratic and Republican nominations. Ericson, who was not a member of the Progressive Party, won the primary election. However, the Progressive state committee endorsed Hoffer for reelection. He had previously been nominated by both the Democratic and ProgressivepParties in elections from 2010 to 2018.

State legislature
All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate and all 150 seats of the Vermont House of Representatives were up for election. The balance of political power remained the same in each chamber, with Democrats having large majorities in both; however, Republicans made very small gains in both chambers. While those gains were small, they allowed Republicans to break the Democrat/Progressive supermajority in the state house. This could potentially lead to any veto from Governor Phil Scott being upheld under these new circumstances.

County offices
Some county level offices were up for election. The balance of political power before and after the elections for each office was: