Vermont Democratic Party
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The Vermont Democratic Party is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of Vermont.
Vermont Democratic Party | |
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Chairperson | David Glidden |
Lieutenant Governor | David Zuckerman |
Senate President pro tempore | Philip Baruth |
House Speaker | Jill Krowinski |
Founded | 1830 |
Headquarters | Montpelier, Vermont |
Ideology | Modern liberalism |
National affiliation | Democratic Party |
Colors | Blue |
U.S. Senate Seats[lower-alpha 1] | 1 / 2 |
U.S. House Seats | 1 / 1 |
Statewide Offices | 5 / 6 |
State Senate | 22 / 30 |
State House | 105 / 150 |
Elected County Judges | 33 / 42 |
Countywide Offices | 34 / 42 |
Mayoralties | 2 / 8 |
Seats on the Burlington City Council | 5 / 12 |
Website | |
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Since the founding of the Republican Party until the 1960s, Vermont was an almost exclusively Republican state, with Republicans dominating Vermont politics, especially the governorship, from 1854 to 1960.[1] However, perhaps inspired by the election of John F. Kennedy as president in 1960, Vermont Democrats have since staged a resurgence in state politics.[2]
It is currently the dominant party in the state, controlling Vermont's at-large U.S. House seat, one of the U.S. Senate seats, and has supermajorites in both houses of the state legislature. Vermont's other U.S. Senate seat is held by Bernie Sanders, an independent whom caucuses with the Democratic Party. The only statewide office that the party does not currently control is the governorship, which is currently held by Republican Phil Scott.