photo: VCV staffers Justin Marsh (third from left) and Evelyn Seidner (fourth from left) stand between ADD-3 candidate Ariel Bolles, Addison Senate candidate Hannah Sessions, and ADD-3 candidate John Stroup, along with supporters at the Vergennes polling place on November 3, 2026.
Vermont voters provide a landslide victory for affordability, democracy, and the environment.
In the 2026 elections, Vermont Conservation Voters (VCV)-endorsed candidates won a clear majority (89%) of their races on Election Day, including 5 statewide officers, 19 state senators, and 94 state representatives. Vermont voters sent a loud and clear message that they support lawmakers who come to the table with proactive solutions that make Vermont more affordable and prioritize our communities and our environment.
In the lead-up to the election, Vermont political debates were seeing an increase in DC-style tactics, with vitriolic, personal attacks and AI-generated slop. But on Election Day, voters in Vermont and across the country showed that they have no patience for these tactics. Instead, they showed a clear hunger for people to come to the table with ideas to take on the daunting challenges we face, and to work collaboratively on solutions.
Vermont Conservation Voters Action Fund and Vermont Conservation Voters Victory Fund ran a campaign centered on affordability, pushing back on President Trump’s MAGA agenda in Vermont, and protecting Vermont from large scale data centers – all of which resonated with a vast majority of Vermont voters.
VCVAF and VCVVF reached voters in a variety of ways, including:
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Running digital ads that resulted in 5,082,361 impressions and reached 310,959 Vermonters
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Sending 92,117 postcards
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Knocking on more than 2,700 doors in 12 communities in every corner of the state
Of the 24 legislative candidates the VCV Action Fund and VCV Victory Fund invested time and resources, 22 of them were elected, including ousting 16 Republican opponents who had voted against protecting Vermont from energy-intensive data centers. The message is clear: Vermonters want to stand up to data centers and their big tech backers.
Justin Marsh, political director, Vermont Conservation Voters noted “Vermonters sent a resounding message this election: we are not a playground for tech billionaires. VCV political action committees helped support a slate of pro-environment candidates, several of whom faced opponents who supported Governor Scott’s veto of a bill to regulate data centers. This year’s overwhelming wins show that Vermonters want positive action on creating a healthy, affordable, and resilient Vermont with stronger protections against climate-bomb data centers.”
In the Vermont Legislature, 89% of VCV-endorsed candidates won their races. For the full list of candidates VCV endorsed, as well as election outcomes, click here. Of note, environment and democracy champions picked up numerous seats.
A few highlights include:
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Pro-climate supermajorities restored in both chambers. While Governor Scott won re-election for a sixth term, his veto pen will once again be less powerful with supermajorities in both chambers.
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Mike Rice and Julia Andrews return to the House. Following a Trump-fueled wave of new Republican lawmakers in 2024, former Representatives Rice (D-Dorset) and Andrews (D-Westford) ran again and won their seats back.
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Kim Gleason and Dave Skinner give Grand Isle County representation in both chambers. Running on clean lake messaging Senator-elect Gleason (D-Grand Isle) and Representative-elect Skinner (D-Grand Isle) will return representation from the Lake Champlain Islands after defeating Sen. Pat Brennan (R-Colchester) and winning an open seat in the GI-CHi House district, respectively.
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Bennington County slate elected. Our endorsed candidates swept Bennington County with the standout being Tom Blakely (D-Bennington) winning in BEN-5 against Rep. Mary Morrissey (R-Bennington) who was first elected in 1996.
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Franklin County will once again be represented by environmental champions. VCV-endorsed candidates Suzy Kenyon (D-St. Albans City) and Caroline Bright (D-Georgia) won in heavily-contested races.
At the statewide level, VCV-endorsed candidates won big. Molly Gray will return to her post for a second term as Lieutenant Governor ousting incumbent John Rodgers by over 25%. Sarah Copeland Hanzas will remain Vermont’s Secretary of State, Mike Pieciak was re-elected as State Treasurer, and Charity Clark won her race for Attorney General, each handily earning their third terms in office. Former Senator Tim Ashe was elected Auditor of Accounts for a first term, succeeding Doug Hoffer.
In the Governor’s race, Amanda Janoo ran the closest race against an incumbent we’ve seen in a decade with a grassroots campaign focused on inclusion, optimism, and a vision of a Vermont that works for everyone. Her campaign showed that many Vermonters are ready for new ideas and leadership. The momentum that Janoo was able to harness in her attempt to unseat Governor Scott resonated across the state and helped lift down ballot candidates to success.
For decades, Vermonters have reliably re-elected incumbent governors. But despite Scott’s re-election, voters showed strong support in all corners of the state for environmental progress by electing overwhelming majorities of candidates in the House and Senate who pledged to take on the MAGA agenda, protect communities from data centers, and build a viable, resilient economy that works for everyone.
“As we head into 2027, with strong majorities of pro-environment lawmakers in both the House and Senate, Vermont can continue to make progress on ensuring access to clean and affordable energy, flood-resilient communities, smart growth housing, working lands and conservation, and other issues that Vermonters care about,” added Marsh.
VCV thanks every candidate who stepped up to run, and congratulates all of the winners. “We look forward to working together in the coming legislative session. Together we can build a healthy, affordable, and resilient Vermont.”
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RESULTS:
STATEWIDE:
Governor: Amanda Janoo, LOST
Lieutenant Governor: Molly Gray, WINNER
Attorney General: Charity Clark, WINNER
Secretary of State: Sarah Copeland Hanzas, WINNER
Treasurer: Mike Pieciak, WINNER
Auditor: Tim Ashe, WINNER
SENATE:
Ruth Hardy (Addison), WINNER
Hannah Sessions (Addison), WINNER
Seth Bongartz (Bennington), WINNER
Rob Plunkett (Bennington), WINNER
David Roth (Caledonia), LOST
Nikhil Goyal (Chittenden-Central), WINNER
Martine Larocque Gulick (Chittenden-Central), WINNER
Tanya Vyhovsky (Chittenden-Central), WINNER
Ginny Lyons (Chittenden-Southeast), WINNER
Kesha Ram Hinsdale (Chittenden-Southeast), WINNER
Alexander Bobella (Franklin), LOST
Kim Gleason (Grand Isle), WINNER
Monique Priestley (Orange), WINNER
Ann Cummings (Washington), WINNER
Andrew Perchlik (Washington), WINNER
Anne Watson (Washington), WINNER
Wendy Harrison (Windham), WINNER
Nader Hashim (Windham), WINNER
Elizabeth Burrows (Windsor), WINNER
Joe Major (Windsor), WINNER
Becca White (Windsor), WINNER
HOUSE:
Mike Roy (ADD-1), WINNER
Robin Scheu (ADD-1), WINNER
Ariel Bolles (ADD-3), WINNER
John Stroup (ADD-3), WINNER
Jeanne Albert (ADD-4), WINNER
Karen Lueders (ADD-4), WINNER
Jubilee McGill (ADD-5), WINNER
Jonathan Cooper (BEN-1), WINNER
Tim Corcoran (BEN-2), WINNER
Will Greer (BEN-2), WINNER
David Durfee (BEN-3), WINNER
Rob Hunter (BEN-4), WINNER
Thomas West (BEN-4), WINNER
Michael Nigro (BEN-5), WINNER
Tom Blakely (BEN-5), WINNER
Mike Rice (BEN-RUT), WINNER
David Tucker (CAL-1), WINNER
Audrey Grant (CAL-2), LOST
Eric Bach (CAL-WAS), LOST
Jana Brown (CHI-1), WINNER
Erin Brady (CHI-2), WINNER
Angela Arsenault (CHI-2), WINNER
Trevor Squirrell (CHI-3), WINNER
Edye Graning (CHI-3), WINNER
Kelsey Pasteris (CHI-4), WINNER
Chea Waters Evans (CHI-5), WINNER
Kate Lalley (CHI-6), WINNER
Shawn Sweeney (CHI-7), WINNER
Bridget Burkhardt (CHI-8), WINNER
Emilie Krasnow (CHI-9), WINNER
Kate Nugent (CHI-10), WINNER
Brian Minier (CHI-11), WINNER
Martin LaLonde (CHI-12), WINNER
Bram Kleppner (CHI-13), WINNER
Karen Paul (CHI-13), WINNER
Brian Cina (CHI-15), WINNER
Troy Headrick (CHI-15), LOST
Jeffrey Peterson (CHI-16), WINNER
Abbey Duke (CHI-17), WINNER
Carol Ode (CHI-18), WINNER
Sarita Austin (CHI-19), WINNER
Wendy Critchlow (CHI-19), WINNER
Gayle Pezzo (CHI-20), WINNER
Doug Bishop (CHI-20), WINNER
Daisy Berbeco (CHI-21), WINNER
Karen Dolan (CHI-22), WINNER
Lori Houghton (CHI-22), WINNER
Rey Garofano (CHI-23), WINNER
Erik Post (CHI-23), WINNER
Alyssa Black (CHI-24), WINNER
Julia Andrews (CHI-25), WINNER
Henry Bonges (CHI-FRA), WINNER
Natalie Cashen (CHI-FRA), WINNER
Caroline Bright (FRA-1), WINNER
Julie Filiberti (FRA-1), LOST
Pam McCarthy (FRA-2), LOST
Suzy Kenyon (FRA-3). WINNER
David Skinner (GI), WINNER
Jim Lipinski (LAM-2), WINNER
Deb Nevil (LAM-3), LOST
Saudia LaMont (LAM-WAS), WINNER
Dave Yacovone (LAM-WAS), WINNER
Lance Mills (ORA-2), WINNER
Aiden Otterman (ORA-CAL), LOST
Emery Mattheis (ORA-WAS-ADD), WINNER
Larry Satcowitz (ORA-WAS-ADD), WINNER
Xavier Stevens (ORL-2), LOST
Leanne Harple (ORL-4), WINNER
Genevieve Duchesneau (RUT-8), LOST
Jeff Haylon (RUT-9), WINNER
Jessica Van Oort (RUT-BEN), LOST
Lucas Herring (WAS-1), WINNER
Dara Torre (WAS-2), WINNER
Candice White (WAS-2), WINNER
Sonya Spaulding (WAS-3), WINNER
Teddy Waszazak (WAS-3), WINNER
Jared Duval (WAS-4), WINNER
Kate McCann (WAS-4), WINNER
Ela Chapin (WAS-5), WINNER
Marc Mihaly (WAS-6), WINNER
Katarina Lisaius (WAS-CHI), WINNER
Theresa Wood (WAS-CHI), WINNER
Emily Wheeler Reynolds (WAS-ORA), LOST
Zon Eastes (WDH-1). WINNER
Laura Sibilia (WDH-2), WINNER
Michelle Bos-Lun (WDH-3), WINNER
Mike Mrowicki (WDH-4), WINNER
Emily Long (WDH-5), WINNER
Emily Carris Duncan (WDH-6), WINNER
Emilie Kornheiser (WDH-7), WINNER
Ian Goodnow (WDH-9), WINNER
Chris Morrow (WDH-WDR-BEN), WINNER
Dylan Morse (WDR-1), WINNER
John Tansey (WDR-1), WINNER
Mark Yuengling (WDR-2), WINNER
Alice Emmons (WDR-3), WINNER
Kristi Morris (WDR-3), WINNER
Mike Hoyt (WDR-4), WINNER
Charlie Kimbell (WDR-5), WINNER
Alanna Ojibway (WDR-6), WINNER
Kirk White (WDR-ADD)WINNER
Dee Gish (WDR-ORA-2), WINNER
Lauren Morando Rhim (WDR-ORA-2), WINNER
Will Hoser (WDR-WDH), WINNER
Overview:
Statewide:
5 out of 6 VCV-endorsed candidates won, 83%
Senate:
19 out of 21 VCV-endorsed candidates won, 90%
House:
94 out of 106 VCV-endorsed candidates won, 89%
Overall 118 out of 133 VCV-endorsed candidates won: 89%