2014 Vermont Senate election

The 2014 Vermont Senate election took place as part of the biennial United States elections. Vermont voters elected State Senators in all 30 seats. State senators serve two-year terms in the Vermont Senate. The election coincided with elections for other offices including the U.S. House, Governor, and State House. A primary election held on August 26, 2014 determined which candidates appeared on the November 4 general election ballot.

2014 Vermont Senate election

November 4, 2014
All 30 seats in the Vermont Senate 15 (plus the Lt. Gov.) seats needed for a majority
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader John Campbell Joe Benning Anthony Pollina Party Democratic Republican Progressive Leader since January 5, 2011 January 9, 2013 2013 Leader's seat Windsor Franklin Washington Last election 21 7 2 Seats won 19 9 2 Seat change 2 2 Popular vote 259,052 129,840 37,242 Percentage 56.99% 28.56% 8.19%
Results:      Democratic hold      Republican hold      Republican gain      Progressive hold
President pro tempore before election John Campbell Democratic Elected President pro tempore John Campbell Democratic

Following the 2012 Senate elections, Democrats maintained control of the Senate with 23 members in the majority caucus (21 Democrats and 2 Progressives). To claim control of the chamber from Democrats, the Republicans would have needed to net gain 8 or 9 seats depending on the winner of the 2014 Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, which was Republican Phil Scott. The Republicans gained 2 seats from the Democrats.

State Senate District	Incumbent	Party		Elected Senator	Party
Addison	Claire Ayer		Dem	Claire Ayer		Dem
	Christopher Bray		Dem	Christopher Bray		Dem
Bennington	Dick Sears		Dem	Dick Sears		Dem
	Robert Hartwell		Dem	Brian Campion		Dem
Caledonia	Jane Kitchel		Dem/Rep	Jane Kitchel		Dem/Rep
	Joe Benning		Rep/Dem	Joe Benning		Rep/Dem
Chittenden	Ginny Lyons		Dem	Ginny Lyons		Dem
	Tim Ashe		Dem/Prog	Tim Ashe		Dem/Prog
	Phil Baruth		Dem	Phil Baruth		Dem
	Diane Snelling		Rep	Diane Snelling		Rep
	David Zuckerman		Prog/Dem	David Zuckerman		Prog/Dem
	Michael Sirotkin		Dem	Michael Sirotkin		Dem
Essex-Orleans	Robert Starr		Dem/Rep	Robert Starr		Dem/Rep
	John Rodgers		Dem	John Rodgers		Dem
Franklin	Donald Collins		Dem	Dustin Degree		Rep
	Norm McAllister		Rep	Norm McAllister		Rep
Grand Isle	Richard Mazza		Dem/Rep	Richard Mazza		Dem/Rep
Lamoille	Richard Westman		Rep/Dem	Richard Westman		Rep/Dem
Orange	Mark MacDonald		Dem	Mark MacDonald		Dem
Rutland	Peg Flory		Rep	Peg Flory		Rep
	Kevin Mullin		Rep	Kevin Mullin		Rep
	Eldred French		Dem	Brian Collamore		Rep
Washington	Bill Doyle		Rep	Bill Doyle		Rep
	Ann Cummings		Dem	Ann Cummings		Dem
	Anthony Pollina		Prog/Dem	Anthony Pollina		Prog/Dem
Windham	Jeanette White		Dem	Jeanette White		Dem
	Peter Galbraith		Dem	Becca Balint		Dem
Windsor	John Campbell		Dem	John Campbell		Dem
	Richard McCormack		Dem/Prog	Richard McCormack		Dem/Prog
	Alice Nitka		Dem	Alice Nitka		Dem

Results summary

Party		Candi- dates	Votes		Seats
			No.	%	No.	+/–	%
	Democratic	26	259,052	56.990	19	2	63.33
	Republican	15	129,840	28.564	9	2	30.00
	Progressive	3	37,242	8.193	2		6.67
	Libertarian	6	21,124	4.647	0		0.00
	Independent	3	4,324	0.951	0		0.00
	Liberty Union	3	2,640	0.581	0		0.00
	Write-in		338	0.074	0		0.00
Total		56	454,560	100	30		100

Senate seats Democratic   63.33% Republican   30.00% Progressive   6.67%

Popular vote Democratic   56.990% Republican   28.564% Progressive   8.193% Libertarian   4.647% Independent   0.951% Liberty Union   0.581% Write-in   0.074%

Incumbents defeated in the general election

• Eldred French (D-Rutland), defeated by Brian Collamore (R)

Open seats that changed parties

• Donald Collins (D-Franklin) didn't seek re-election, seat won by Dustin Degree (R)

Detailed results

Addison

• Elects 2 senators.

Incumbent Democrats Claire Ayer, who has represented the Addison district since 2003, and Christopher Bray, who has represented the Addison district since 2013, were re-elected.

Vermont Senate Addison district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Claire Ayer (incumbent)	10,097	53.50%
	Democratic	Christopher Bray (incumbent)	8,743	46.32%
	Write-in		34	0.18%
Total votes			18,874	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

Bennington

• Elects 2 senators.

Incumbent Democrats Dick Sears, who has represented the Bennington district since 1993, was re-elected. Incumbent Democrat Robert Hartwell, who has represented the Bennington district since 2007, retired. Fellow Democrat Brian Campion won the open seat.

Vermont Senate Bennington district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Dick Sears (incumbent)	7,905	42.96%
	Democratic	Brian Campion	6,273	34.09%
	Republican	Warren H. Roaf	4,217	22.92%
	Write-in		4	0.02%
Total votes			18,399	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

Caledonia

Incumbent Democrat Jane Kitchel, who has represented the Caledonia district since 2005, and incumbent Republican Minority Leader Joe Benning, who has represented the Caledonia district since 2011, were both re-elected.

• Elects 2 senators.

Vermont Senate Caledonia district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jane Kitchel (incumbent)	7,786	44.94%
	Republican	Joe Benning (incumbent)	6,149	35.49%
	Democratic	Mike Heath	3,390	19.57%
Total votes			17,325	100%
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold

Chittenden

• Elects 6 senators.

Incumbent Democrats Ginny Lyons, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2001, Tim Ashe, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2009, Phil Baruth, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2011, and Michael Sirotkin, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2014, were all re-elected. Progressive David Zuckerman, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2013, and Incumbent Republican Diane Snelling, who has represented the Chittenden district since 2003, were also re-elected.

Vermont Senate Chittenden district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Ginny Lyons (incumbent)	23,488	12.57%
	Democratic	Tim Ashe (incumbent)	22,790	12.20%
	Democratic	Phil Baruth (incumbent)	22,217	11.89%
	Republican	Diane Snelling (incumbent)	21,855	11.70%
	Progressive	David Zuckerman (incumbent)	21,360	11.43%
	Democratic	Michael Sirotkin (incumbent)	19,738	10.56%
	Democratic	Dawn Ellis	18,432	9.86%
	Republican	Joy Limoge	15,853	8.48%
	Libertarian	Paul Washburn	4,113	2.20%
	Libertarian	John Cisar	3,896	2.09%
	Libertarian	Christopher Coolidge	3,694	1.98%
	Libertarian	Travis Spencer	3,405	1.82%
	Libertarian	Ben Mayer	3,310	1.77%
	Libertarian	Glyn Wilkinson	2,706	1.45%
Total votes			186,857	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Republican hold
	Progressive hold
	Democratic hold

Essex-Orleans

• Elects 2 senators.

Incumbent Democrats Robert Starr, who has represented the Essex-Orleans district since 2005, and John Rodgers, who has represented the Essex-Orleans district since 2013, were both re-elected.

Vermont Senate Essex-Orleans district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Robert Starr (incumbent)	7,168	43.21%
	Democratic	John Rodgers (incumbent)	5,717	34.46%
	Republican	Marcia Horne	3,703	22.32%
Total votes			16,588	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

Franklin

• Elects 2 senators.

Incumbent Republican Norm McAllister, who has represented the Franklin district since 2013, was re-elected. Incumbent Democrat Donald Collins, who has represented the Franklin district since 2013, retired. Republican Dustin Degree won the open seat.

Vermont Senate Franklin district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Dustin Degree	6,862	29.65%
	Republican	Norm McAllister (incumbent)	6,554	28.32%
	Democratic	Sara Brannon Kittell	4,972	21.49%
	Democratic	William Alan Roberts	3,925	16.96%
	Independent	Michael D. Malone	823	3.56%
	Write-in		5	0.02%
Total votes			23,141	100%
	Republican gain from Democratic
	Republican hold

Grand Isle

• Elects 1 senator.

Incumbent Democrat Richard Mazza, who has represented the Grand Isle district since 1985, was re-elected.

Vermont Senate Grand Isle district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Richard Mazza (incumbent)	5,603	86.05%
	Liberty Union	Benjamin Bosley	908	13.95%
Total votes			6,511	100%
	Democratic hold

Lamoille

• Elects 1 senator.

Incumbent Republican Richard Westman, who has represented the Lamoille district since 2011, was re-elected.

Vermont Senate Lamoille district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Richard Westman (incumbent)	6,198	99.03%
	Write-in		61	0.97%
Total votes			6,259	100%
	Republican hold

Orange

• Elects 1 senator.

Incumbent Democrat Mark MacDonald, who has represented the Orange district since 2003, was re-elected.

Vermont Senate Orange district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Mark MacDonald (incumbent)	3,797	54.22%
	Republican	Robert C. Frenier	3,200	45.69%
	Write-in		6	0.09%
Total votes			7,003	100%
	Democratic hold

Rutland

• Elects 3 senators.

Incumbent Republicans Peg Flory, who has represented the Rutland district since 2011, and Kevin Mullin, who has represented the Rutland district since 2003, were both re-elected. Incumbent Democrat Eldred French, who has represented the Rutland district since 2013, lost re-election to Republican Brian Collamore won the open seat.

Vermont Senate Rutland district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Peg Flory (incumbent)	10,213	21.25%
	Republican	Kevin Mullin (incumbent)	9,932	20.67%
	Republican	Brian Collamore	9,275	19.30%
	Democratic	William Tracy Carris	7,362	15.32%
	Democratic	Eldred French (incumbent)	5,651	11.76%
	Democratic	Anissa Delauri	4,091	8.51%
	Independent	Kelly Socia	1,528	3.18%
	Write-in		2	0.004%
Total votes			48,054	100%
	Republican hold
	Republican hold
	Republican gain from Democratic

Washington

• Elects 3 senators.

Incumbent Republican Bill Doyle, who has represented the Washington district since 1969, incumbent Democrat Ann Cummings, who has represented the Washington district since 1997, and incumbent Progressive Minority Leader Anthony Pollina, who has represented the Washington district since 2011, were all re-elected.

Vermont Senate Washington district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Bill Doyle (incumbent)	11,275	21.32%
	Democratic	Ann Cummings (incumbent)	11,167	21.12%
	Progressive	Anthony Pollina (incumbent)	10,474	19.81%
	Republican	Pat McDonald	8,731	16.51%
	Republican	Dexter Lefavour	5,823	11.01%
	Progressive	Sandra Gaffney	5,408	10.23%
	Write-in		7	0.01%
Total votes			52,885	100%
	Republican hold
	Democratic hold
	Progressive hold

Windham

• Elects 2 senators.

Incumbent Democrat Jeanette White, who has represented the Windham district since 2003, was re-elected. Incumbent Democrat Peter Galbraith, who has represented the Windham district since 2011, retired. Fellow Democrat Becca Balint won the open seat.

Vermont Senate Windham district Democratic primary election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanette White (incumbent)	2,260	40.06%
	Democratic	Becca Balint	1,684	29.85%
	Democratic	Roger Allbee	1,240	21.98%
	Democratic	Joan Bowman	446	7.91%
	Write-in		11	0.20%
Total votes			5,641	100%

Vermont Senate Windham district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Jeanette White (incumbent)	7,777	43.44%
	Democratic	Becca Balint	6,378	35.63%
	Independent	Mary Hasson	1,973	11.02%
	Liberty Union	Jerry Levy	899	5.02%
	Liberty Union	Aaron Diamondstone	833	4.65%
	Write-in		41	0.23%
Total votes			17,901	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

Windsor

• Elects 3 senators.

Incumbent Democrats Alice Nitka, who has represented the windsor district since 2007, and Richard McCormack, who has represented the Windsor district since 2007, and Senate President pro tempore John Campbell, who has represented the Windsor district since 2001, were re-elected.

Vermont Senate Windsor district general election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	John Campbell (incumbent)	11,667	33.56%
	Democratic	Richard McCormack (incumbent)	11,511	33.11%
	Democratic	Alice Nitka (incumbent)	11,407	32.81%
	Write-in		178	0.51%
Total votes			34,763	100%
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold
	Democratic hold

See also

• 2014 United States elections
• 2014 Vermont elections
• 2014 United States House of Representatives election in Vermont
• 2014 Vermont gubernatorial election
• 2014 Vermont House of Representatives election