Vermont Attorney General election, 2024
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Filing deadline: May 30, 2024 |
Primary: August 13, 2024 General: November 5, 2024 |
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Poll times: Open between 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.; close at 7 p.m. Voting in Vermont |
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Vermont held an election for attorney general on November 5, 2024. The primary was August 13, 2024. The filing deadline was May 30, 2024.
Incumbent Charity Clark won election in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont.
For more information about the primaries in this election, click on the links below:
- Vermont Attorney General election, 2024 (August 13 Democratic primary)
- Vermont Attorney General election, 2024 (August 13 Republican primary)
Candidates and election results
General election
General election for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent Charity Clark defeated Ture Nelson and Kevin Gustafson in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Charity Clark (D) | 57.8 | 200,613 | |
Ture Nelson (R) | 37.1 | 128,730 | ||
Kevin Gustafson (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont) | 4.9 | 17,159 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 831 |
Total votes: 347,333 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
- Elijah Bergman (Vermont Progressive Party)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent Charity Clark advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Charity Clark | 99.0 | 43,275 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 1.0 | 416 |
Total votes: 43,691 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont
H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | H. Brooke Paige | 97.1 | 18,081 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 2.9 | 548 |
Total votes: 18,629 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Elijah Bergman advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Elijah Bergman | 87.9 | 270 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 12.1 | 37 |
Total votes: 307 | ||||
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Past elections
The section below details election results for this office in elections dating back to 2018.
2022
- See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2022
General election
General election for Attorney General of Vermont
Charity Clark defeated Michael Tagliavia in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Charity Clark (D) | 65.1 | 179,098 | |
Michael Tagliavia (R) | 34.8 | 95,661 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 467 |
Total votes: 275,226 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Elijah Bergman (Vermont Progressive Party)
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Charity Clark defeated Rory Thibault in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Charity Clark | 67.1 | 58,589 | |
Rory Thibault | 32.5 | 28,391 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 378 |
Total votes: 87,358 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont
H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | H. Brooke Paige | 95.7 | 20,668 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 4.3 | 919 |
Total votes: 21,587 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Elijah Bergman advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Elijah Bergman | 92.6 | 477 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 7.4 | 38 |
Total votes: 515 | ||||
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2020
- See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2020
General election
General election for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent T.J. Donovan defeated H. Brooke Paige and Cris Ericson in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | T.J. Donovan (D) | 67.7 | 234,081 | |
H. Brooke Paige (R) | 27.5 | 94,892 | ||
Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party) | 4.6 | 15,846 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 696 |
Total votes: 345,515 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent T.J. Donovan advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | T.J. Donovan | 99.1 | 94,739 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 823 |
Total votes: 95,562 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont
H. Brooke Paige defeated Emily Peyton in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | H. Brooke Paige | 49.4 | 21,574 | |
Emily Peyton | 46.7 | 20,376 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 3.9 | 1,705 |
Total votes: 43,655 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | Cris Ericson | 58.1 | 414 | |
Other/Write-in votes | 41.9 | 299 |
Total votes: 713 | ||||
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2018
- See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2018
General election
General election for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent T.J. Donovan defeated Janssen Willhoit and Rosemarie Jackowski in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | T.J. Donovan (D) | 70.1 | 187,093 | |
Janssen Willhoit (R) | 26.3 | 70,226 | ||
Rosemarie Jackowski (Liberty Union Party) | 3.6 | 9,536 | ||
Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 166 |
Total votes: 267,021 | ||||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont
Incumbent T.J. Donovan advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | T.J. Donovan | 100.0 | 58,714 |
Total votes: 58,714 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont
H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
✔ | H. Brooke Paige | 100.0 | 16,853 |
Total votes: 16,853 | ||||
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Election analysis
Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.
- Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
- Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
- State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
- Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.
Cook PVI by congressional district
Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Vermont, 2024 | |||
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District | Incumbent | Party | PVI |
Vermont's At-Large | Becca Balint | Democratic | D+16 |
2020 presidential results by 2024 congressional district lines
2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2024 district lines, Vermont[1] | ||||
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District | Joe Biden | Donald Trump | ||
Vermont's At-Large | 66.4% | 30.8% |
2012-2020
How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:
County-level voting pattern categories | |||||||
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Democratic | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Democratic | D | D | D | ||||
Trending Democratic | R | D | D | ||||
Battleground Democratic | D | R | D | ||||
New Democratic | R | R | D | ||||
Republican | |||||||
Status | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 | ||||
Solid Republican | R | R | R | ||||
Trending Republican | D | R | R | ||||
Battleground Republican | R | D | R | ||||
New Republican | D | D | R |
Following the 2020 presidential election, 99.1% of Vermonters lived in one of the state's 13 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 0.9% lived Essex County, the state's one Trending Republican county. Overall, Vermont was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Vermont following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.
Vermont county-level statistics, 2020 | |||||||
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Solid Democratic | 13 | 99.1% | |||||
Trending Republican | 1 | 0.9% | |||||
Total voted Democratic | 13 | 99.1% | |||||
Total voted Republican | 1 | 0.9% |
Historical voting trends
Vermont presidential election results (1900-2020)
- 9 Democratic wins
- 22 Republican wins
Year | 1900 | 1904 | 1908 | 1912 | 1916 | 1920 | 1924 | 1928 | 1932 | 1936 | 1940 | 1944 | 1948 | 1952 | 1956 | 1960 | 1964 | 1968 | 1972 | 1976 | 1980 | 1984 | 1988 | 1992 | 1996 | 2000 | 2004 | 2008 | 2012 | 2016 | 2020 |
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Winning Party | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.
U.S. Senate elections
The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Vermont.
U.S. Senate election results in Vermont | ||
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Race | Winner | Runner up |
2022 | 68.5% | 28.0% |
2018 | 67.4% (Independent) | 27.5% |
2016 | 61.3% | 33.0% |
2012 | 71.0% (Independent) | 24.9% |
2010 | 64.4% | 30.9% |
Average | 65.9 | 29.7 |
Gubernatorial elections
- See also: Governor of Vermont
The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Vermont.
Gubernatorial election results in Vermont | ||
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Race | Winner | Runner up |
2022 | 71.0% | 24.0% (Progressive Party) |
2020 | 68.5% | 27.3% (Progressive Party) |
2018 | 55.2% | 40.2% |
2016 | 52.9% | 44.2% |
2014 | 46.4% | 45.1% |
Average | 56.2 | 38.9 |
Congressional delegation
The table below displays the partisan composition of Vermont's congressional delegation as of May 2024.
Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Vermont | |||
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Party | U.S. Senate | U.S. House | Total |
Democratic | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Republican | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Independent | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Vacancies | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 1 | 3 |
State executive
The table below displays the officeholders in Vermont's top four state executive offices as of May 2024.
State executive officials in Vermont, May 2024 | |
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Office | Officeholder |
Governor | Phil Scott |
Lieutenant Governor | David Zuckerman |
Secretary of State | Sarah Copeland Hanzas |
Attorney General | Charity Clark |
State legislature
Vermont State Senate
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 22 | |
Republican Party | 7 | |
Vermont Progressive Party | 1 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 30 |
Vermont House of Representatives
Party | As of February 2024 | |
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Democratic Party | 106 | |
Republican Party | 37 | |
Vermont Progressive Party | 3 | |
Independent | 3 | |
Libertarian Party | 1 | |
Other | 0 | |
Vacancies | 0 | |
Total | 150 |
Trifecta control
The table below shows the state's trifecta status from 1992 until the 2024 election.
Vermont Party Control: 1992-2024
Ten years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.
Year | 92 | 93 | 94 | 95 | 96 | 97 | 98 | 99 | 00 | 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | 05 | 06 | 07 | 08 | 09 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 |
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Governor | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | R | R | R | R |
Senate | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
House | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | R | R | R | R | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D | D |
The table below details demographic data in Vermont and compares it to the broader United States as of 2022.
Demographic Data for Vermont | ||
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Vermont | United States | |
Population | 643,077 | 331,449,281 |
Land area (sq mi) | 9,217 | 3,531,905 |
Race and ethnicity** | ||
White | 92.3% | 65.9% |
Black/African American | 1.2% | 12.5% |
Asian | 1.7% | 5.8% |
Native American | 0.2% | 0.8% |
Pacific Islander | 0% | 0.2% |
Two or more | 4% | 8.8% |
Hispanic/Latino | 2.1% | 18.7% |
Education | ||
High school graduation rate | 94.2% | 89.1% |
College graduation rate | 41.7% | 34.3% |
Income | ||
Median household income | $74,014 | $75,149 |
Persons below poverty level | 5.9% | 8.8% |
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2020). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2017-2022). | ||
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. |
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