Vermont 2018 Election Results

Vermont held its general election on November 6, 2018, deciding 180 legislative seats across 117 districts and 6 statewide offices led by the governorship. No chamber changed party control.

Highlights

• Voters re-elected Republican Gov. Phil Scott (R) while handing Democrats and Progressives a combined veto-proof supermajority in the House, setting up a divided government in which the Legislature could override him.
• The override threat had teeth because Scott had vetoed minimum wage and paid family leave bills the year before. With seven Progressives and a few left-leaning independents, House Democrats now sat comfortably above the 100 votes needed to override him. Scott cruised to a second term over Christine Hallquist (D), the nation's first transgender major-party nominee for governor, and acknowledged that Republicans falling below 50 House seats would create a "different dynamic." House Minority Leader Don Turner (R), who gave up his House seat to run for lieutenant governor and lost, warned that "without the ability to sustain that veto, things are going to happen."
• Every other statewide incumbent also won another term: Progressive Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman (P) and Democrats T.J. Donovan (D) (attorney general), James C. Condos (D) (secretary of state), Beth Pearce (D) (treasurer), and Doug Hoffer (D) (auditor).
• In the legislature, 19 seats changed party and 9 incumbents lost, with most of the movement toward Democrats. Lucy Rogers (D) took Lamoille-3, one of the red-to-blue flips, and Democrats ousted Republican Reps. Brian Keefe (R) in Bennington-4, Warren Van Wyck (R) in Addison-3, and Fred K. Baser (R) in Addison-4. Republicans gained ground in the northwest, where Felisha Leffler (R) unseated Rep. Cindy Weed (P) in Franklin-7, and James Gregoire (R) won Franklin-6. In Grand Isle-Chittenden, Leland Morgan (R) unseated Rep. Ben Joseph (D), while House Speaker Mitzi Johnson (D) held the district's other seat by only about 150 votes. In the Senate, Cheryl Hooker (D) took one of Rutland County's three seats from Republicans.

Legislature

• House (150 seats): 84 D, 52 R, 14 other or vacant before the election, 95 D, 43 R, 12 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.
• Senate (30 seats): 21 D, 7 R, 2 other or vacant before the election, 22 D, 6 R, 2 other or vacant after; control stayed with Democrats.

Statewide races

Legislative races