2024 Vermont Senate election

The 2024 Vermont Senate election will take place on November 5, 2024, as part of the biennial United States elections. The election will coincide with elections for other offices including the U.S. Senate, U.S. House, Governor, and State House. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. Primary elections will be held on August 13, 2024.

Vermont voters will elect all 30 state senators from 16 districts, with each district electing between one and three senators. Districts that elect more than one senator use plurality block voting; in districts that elect two senators, each voter can select up to two candidates on their ballot, and in districts that elect three senators, voters can select up to three candidates. Under Vermont's electoral fusion system, candidates ran receive the nomination of more than one party, with all their nominations being listed on the ballot.

Democrats and Progressives currently hold a 23-seat supermajority in the senate. In order to gain control, Republicans would either need to flip 9 seats in the senate or flip 8 seats and the office of lieutenant governor, which presides over the senate and acts as the tiebreaking vote. However, Republicans would only need to flip 4 seats to break the Democrats' supermajority.

Retirements
Four incumbents will not seek re-election.

Democrats

 * 1) Bennington: Brian Campion is retiring.
 * 2) Caledonia: Jane Kitchel is retiring.
 * 3) Orleans: Robert Starr is retiring.
 * 4) Windsor: Richard McCormack is retiring.

Addison
The incumbents are Democrats Christopher Bray and Ruth Hardy, who won with 33.8% and 33.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (67.1% combined).
 * Elects two senators.

Declared

 * Christopher Bray, incumbent senator
 * Caleb Elder, state representative
 * Ruth Hardy, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Lesley Bienvenue, teacher
 * Landel Cochran, vice chair of the Huntington Selectboard
 * Steven Heffernan, auto repair shop owner

Bennington
The incumbents are Democrats Brian Campion and Dick Sears, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022. Sears filed to run for re-election, while Campion announced he would retire. However, Sears died in June 2024, shortly after the filing deadline. Sears will remain on the ballot in the August Democratic primary; if he wins, the Vermont Democratic Party will be able to name a replacement nominee.
 * Elects two senators.

Declared

 * Seth Bongartz, state representative

Deceased

 * Dick Sears, incumbent senator (died June 2024, remained on ballot)

Declined

 * Brian Campion, incumbent senator (endorsed Bongartz and Sears)

Declared

 * Joe Gervais, lumber business owner

Declared

 * Cynthia Browning, Arlington selectwoman and former Democratic state representative

Caledonia
The incumbent is Democrat Jane Kitchel, who won with 63.4% of the vote in 2022. Kitchel is not running for re-election.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Amanda Cochrane, nonprofit executive
 * Shawn Hallisey, former nursing home administrator

Declined

 * Jane Kitchel, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Scott Beck, state representative
 * J.T. Dodge, systems engineer, nominee for this district in 2022 and Libertarian nominee in 2020

Chittenden Central
The incumbents are Democrats Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick and Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky, who won with 31.5%, 29.0%, and 25.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (86.2% combined), against an independent candidate. All three incumbents are running for re-election.
 * Elects three senators.

Declared

 * Philip Baruth, incumbent senator
 * Martine Gulick, incumbent senator
 * Stewart Ledbetter, former WPTZ news anchor
 * Tanya Vyhovsky, incumbent senator

Chittenden North
The incumbent is Democrat Irene Wrenner, who won with 51.3% of the vote in 2022.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Irene Wrenner, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Chris Mattos, state representative

Chittenden Southeast
The incumbents are Democrats Kesha Ram Hinsdale, Thomas Chittenden and Ginny Lyons, who won with 32.1%, 26.6%, and 25.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (83.8% combined).
 * Elects three senators.

Declared

 * Thomas Chittenden, incumbent senator
 * Kesha Ram Hinsdale, incumbent senator
 * Ginny Lyons, incumbent senator
 * Louis Meyers, physician and candidate for U.S. House in 2022

Declared

 * Bruce Roy, former Essex Junction school board member

Essex
The incumbent is Republican Russ Ingalls, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Russ Ingalls, incumbent senator

Franklin
The incumbents are Republicans Randy Brock and Robert Norris, who won with 33.1% and 29.6% of the vote in 2022, respectively (62.7% combined).
 * Elects two senators.

Declared

 * Randy Brock, incumbent senator
 * Robert Norris, incumbent senator

Grand Isle
The incumbent was Democrat Richard Mazza, who won with 73.0% of the vote in 2022. Mazza resigned on April 8, 2024, due to health issues; he later died on May 28. Governor Phil Scott appointed Democrat Andy Julow, a nonprofit executive and former chair of the Champlain Valley School District Board, to Mazza's vacant seat.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Julie Hulburd, member of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board
 * Andy Julow, incumbent senator

Declined

 * Richard Mazza, former senator (deceased)

Declared

 * Patrick Brennan, state representative

Lamoille
The incumbent is Republican Richard Westman, who won against only write-in opposition in 2022.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Richard Westman, incumbent senator

Orange
The incumbent is Democrat Mark MacDonald, who won with 55.4% of the vote in 2022.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Mark MacDonald, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Larry Hart, former auto repair shop owner

Orleans
The incumbent is Democrat Robert Starr, who won with 58.1% of the vote in 2022. Starr is not running for re-election.
 * Elects one senator.

Declared

 * Katherine Sims, state representative

Declined

 * Robert Starr, incumbent senator (endorsed Sims)

Declared

 * Conrad Bellavance, compliance manager
 * Sam Douglass, chair of the Orleans County Republican Party and nominee for this district in 2022

Declined

 * John Rodgers, former Democratic state senator (running for lieutenant governor)

Rutland
The incumbents are Republicans Brian Collamore, Terry Williams, and Dave Weeks, who won with 21.0%, 17.3%, and 16.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (54.6% combined).
 * Elects three senators.

Declared

 * Brian Collamore, incumbent senator
 * Dave Weeks, incumbent senator
 * Terry Williams, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Marsha Cassel, co-facilitator
 * Robert Richards, chair of the Fair Haven Selectboard

Washington
The incumbents are Democrats Ann Cummings, Anne Watson, and Andrew Perchlik, who won with 26.2%, 22.9%, and 21.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (70.2% combined).
 * Elects three senators.

Declared

 * Ann Cummings, incumbent senator
 * Andrew Perchlik, incumbent senator
 * Anne Watson, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Donald Koch, chair of the Washington County Republican Party and son of former state representative Tom Koch

Windham
The incumbents are Democrats Wendy Harrison and Nader Hashim, who won with 34.2% and 31.2% of the vote in 2022, respectively (65.6% combined).
 * Elects two senators.

Declared

 * Wendy Harrison, incumbent senator
 * Nader Hashim, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Dale Gassett, chair of the Windham County Republican Party
 * Richard Morton, former chair of the Windham County Republican Party, perennial candidate, and nominee for this district in 2022

Windsor
The incumbents are Democrats Alison Clarkson, Rebecca White, and Richard McCormack, who won with 23.4%, 22.9%, and 22.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (69.0% combined). McCormack is not running for re-election.
 * Elects three senators.

Declared

 * Alison Clarkson, incumbent senator
 * Joe Major, Hartford Town Treasurer
 * Marc Nemeth, attorney
 * Justin Tuthill, healthcare executive and Republican candidate for U.S. House in 2020
 * Rebecca White, incumbent senator

Declined

 * Richard McCormack, incumbent senator

Declared

 * Andrea Murray, member of the Weathersfield Zoning Board of Adjustments
 * Jonathan Gleason
 * Robert Ruhlin, construction company owner
 * Jack Williams, quality assurance professional at the Vermont Agency of Transportation and nominee for this district in 2016, 2018, and 2020