MONTPELIER, Vt. — Following the joint canvassing committee’s report that no candidate for lieutenant governor received a majority of the public vote, the Vermont General Assembly conducted a joint-ballot election on Jan. 9, 2025, and declared John S. Rogers duly elected to the office.

The presiding officer outlined voting procedures and rules for members before paper ballots were distributed. The chair appointed tellers to distribute and collect ballots; Senator Ruth E. Hardy was named chief teller and a group of senators and representatives were listed as tellers. Members were instructed to remain seated during distribution and tabulation; members who left could not reenter until counting finished.

The tellers reported a total of 176 votes cast and that 89 votes were required to elect. The reported totals were: Ian G. Diamondstone (Peace and Justice) 0 votes; John S. Rogers (Republican) 158 votes; David E. Zuckerman (Progressive/Democrat) 18 votes. The tellers announced that John S. Rogers, having received a majority of the votes cast by the joint assembly, was “declared duly elected to the office of lieutenant governor for the term of two years next ensuing.”

The assembly then recessed from the purpose for which it had been convened after the chair congratulated the newly elected lieutenant governor.

Ending — The legislative election fulfilled the constitutional requirement for the General Assembly to choose a lieutenant governor when no candidate attains a majority in the public election; the canvass and joint ballot occurred the same day and the result was entered into the legislative record.