Jim Condos

James Christos Condos (born January 29, 1951) is an American politician from Vermont. He is a former Vermont Secretary of State and former Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Chittenden senate district. The district includes all of Chittenden County, except the town of Colchester.

Jim Condos
39th Secretary of State of Vermont
In office January 6, 2011 – January 5, 2023
Governor	Peter Shumlin Phil Scott
Preceded by	Deborah Markowitz
Succeeded by	Sarah Copeland Hanzas
Personal details
Born	(1951-01-29) January 29, 1951 Orange, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Education	University of Vermont (BS)

Condos served in the Vermont State Senate from 2001 to 2009. He was succeeded by Tim Ashe.

In June 2010, Jim Condos announced he was running for Vermont Secretary of State in the November 2010 election. He won the Democratic Party primary by a 2 to 1 vote, winning in every Vermont county. In the general election, Condos defeated Jason Gibbs.

Biography

Jim Condos was raised, educated, and worked his entire career in Vermont. He comes from a working-class family. His father, Chris, worked in the restaurant business, and his mother, Irene, worked as an administrative assistant to the Dean of Arts and Sciences at the University of Vermont. He is of Greek descent.

Condos attended Burlington public schools until his family moved to South Burlington where he graduated from South Burlington High School. He graduated from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science degree in Resource Economics.

His entire working career has been in Vermont, with both public and private experience. His experience has involved managing, policy making, operations, and service to Vermonters. He worked for a Fortune 100 company, a $30 million Vermont family owned business, and a state regulated utility.

He has one daughter, Chelsea, living in South Burlington with her husband and two children.

Public life

Condos served for eight years in the Vermont Senate representing Chittenden County, and for 18 years on the South Burlington City Council.

Condos served as Chair of Senate Education and Chair of Senate Government Operations Committees, and Chair of the South Burlington City Council for eight years.

Condos has also served on the Chittenden County Regional Planning Commission, Chittenden Solid Waste District, The Chittenden County Transportation Authority; the Chittenden County Metropolitan Planning Organization; and he also served as a board member for the Vermont League of Cities and Towns and the National League of Cities.

Condos became President of the National Association of Secretaries of State in July 2018.

Electoral history

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2000
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	James Leddy (inc.)	31,230	9.84
Democratic	Jean Ankeney (inc.)	28,714	9.04
Republican	Barbara Snelling	27,689	8.72
Democratic	Janet Munt (inc.)	27,455	8.65
Democratic	Jim Condos	25,565	8.05
Democratic	Virginia Lyons	23,853	7.51
Democratic	Karen Moran Lafayette	22,700	7.15
Republican	Skip Vallee	22,520	7.09
Republican	Donald Brunelle	20,698	6.52
Republican	William Parkinson	17,106	5.39
Republican	Leigh Pfenning	17,000	5.35
Republican	Tut Parmly	16,877	5.32
Independent	Otto Engelberth	12,999	4.09
Independent	Gavin Mills	9,684	3.05
Independent	Bruce Cunningham	4,923	1.55
Libertarian	Stephen Pollak	3,028	0.95
Libertarian	Brendan Kinney	2,377	0.75
Libertarian	Christopher Coolidge	2,178	0.69
Write-ins	Write-ins	878	0.28

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2002
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	James Leddy (inc.)	26,527	10.27
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	25,025	9.69
Republican	Barbara Snelling (inc.)	23,325	9.03
Democratic	Janet Munt (inc.)	23,138	8.96
Democratic	Hinda Miller	22,572	8.74
Democratic	Virginia Lyons (inc.)	22,128	8.56
Democratic	Art Hogan	21,068	8.15
Republican	Kate Purcell	19,229	7.44
Republican	Donald Brunelle	17,907	6.93
Republican	Scot Shumski	14,800	5.73
Republican	Lynn Shepard	14,144	5.47
Republican	Bill Shahady	12,898	4.99
Independent	Bruce Cunningham	5,286	2.05
Libertarian	Brendan Kinney	2,662	1.03
Libertarian	Christopher Coolidge	2,133	0.83
Libertarian	Mark Winer	1,959	0.76
Libertarian	Sheldon Katz	1,730	0.67
Libertarian	Spencer Sherman	1,614	0.62
Write-ins	Write-ins	215	0.08

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2004
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	36,634	11.09
Democratic	Ed Flanagan	36,410	11.02
Democratic	James Leddy (inc.)	35,895	10.86
Democratic	Virginia Lyons (inc.)	32,212	9.75
Democratic	Hinda Miller (inc.)	29,339	8.88
Republican	Barbara Snelling (inc.)	29,157	8.82
Republican	Dennis Delaney	24,795	7.50
Republican	Kate Purcell	23,788	7.20
Democratic	Samuel Osborne	22,568	6.83
Republican	Michael Quaid	18,423	5.58
Republican	Carroll Towne	16,097	4.87
Republican	Paula Spadaccini	15,094	4.57
Vermont Grassroots	Benjamin Clarke	9,650	2.92
Write-ins	Write-ins	359	0.11

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Election, 2006
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Doug Racine	38,321	12.85
Democratic	Ed Flanagan (inc.)	35,683	11.96
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	34,039	11.41
Democratic	Virginia Lyons (inc.)	32,661	10.95
Democratic	Hinda Miller (inc.)	29,000	9.72
Republican	Diane Snelling (inc.)	26,719	8.96
Democratic	Dennis McMahon	23,034	7.72
Republican	Dennis Delaney	21,161	7.09
Republican	John Stewart	17,538	5.88
Republican	Robert Sims	13,839	4.64
Republican	Agnes Clift	13,804	4.63
Republican	Chuck Furtado	12,183	4.08
Write-ins	Write-ins	348	0.12

Vermont Secretary of State Democratic Primary Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos	36,443	66.1
Democratic	Charles Merriman	17,815	32.3
Democratic	Write-ins	881	1.6

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2010
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos	122,599	53.5
Republican	Jason Gibbs	101,144	44.1
Liberty Union	Leslie Marmorale	5,315	2.3
Write-ins	Write-ins	77	0.0

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2012
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	225,570	86.8
Liberty Union	Mary Alice Herbert	34,060	13.1
Write-ins	Write-ins	191	0.1

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2014
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	126,427	74.8
Progressive	Ben Eastwood	24,518	14.5
Liberty Union	Mary Alice Herbert	17,460	10.3
Write-ins	Write-ins	612	0.4

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2016
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	255,201	89.6
Liberty Union	Mary Alice Herbert	29,711	10.4
Write-ins	Write-ins	6ß2	0.2

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2018
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	178,863	66.8
Republican	H. Brooke Paige	79,035	29.5
Liberty Union	Mary Alice Herbert	9,706	3.6
Write-ins	Write-ins	108	0.0

Vermont Secretary of State Election, 2020
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
Democratic	Jim Condos (inc.)	214,666	57.8
Republican	H. Brooke Paige	99,564	26.8
Independent	Pamala Smith	21,210	5.7

See also

• Members of the Vermont Senate, 2005-2006 session
• Members of the Vermont Senate, 2007-2008 session

External links

• Government website
• Campaign website
• Appearances on C-SPAN

• Profile at Vote Smart
• Vermont Senate biographies