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Joint canvassing committee reports statewide vote totals; legislature to choose lieutenant governor
Summary
A joint canvassing committee reported vote totals for statewide offices on Jan. 9, 2025, declaring winners for governor, treasurer, secretary of state, auditor and attorney general; no candidate won a majority for lieutenant governor, so the General Assembly proceeded to elect that office.
MONTPELIER, Vt. — On Jan. 9, 2025, the joint canvassing committee of the Vermont Senate and House of Representatives presented the official vote totals from the Nov. 2024 election and its report was adopted by the joint assembly at the State House in Montpelier.
The committee’s cochair, Senator Ruth E. Hardy, read the tallies during the morning session before the assembly adopted the report by voice vote. Presiding officer (Mister President) opened the session by asking attendees to “respect the integrity of the process” and reminding the public of decorum rules before the canvass began.
The committee reported 362,841 total votes cast for governor; a majority required 181,421. Phil Scott, a Republican of Berlin, received 266,439 votes and was declared governor under the constitutional provisions cited in the committee report. Other candidates listed in the committee report were Esther Charleston (Middlebury;…
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