Paul Dame

Paul Dame is an American politician serving as the chair of the Vermont Republican Party.

Paul Dame
Chair of the Vermont Republican Party
Incumbent
Assumed office November 6, 2021
Preceded by	Deb Billado
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Chittenden 8-2 District
In office January 7, 2015 – January 2017
Personal details
Political party	Republican
Education	Rochester Institute of Technology University of Vermont (BS)

Early life and education

Dame grew up in Brandon, Vermont. He graduated from Otter Valley Union High School and got a bachelor's from the University of Vermont.^[1]

Career

Dame served as a member of the Vermont House from 2015 to 2017. He ran for election in the 2022 Vermont House of Representatives election, but lost by 5 votes in the Republican primary. He was elected Chair of the Vermont Republican party in 2021 against far-right politician Jim Sexton.^[2] He runs a retirement planning company called Shepherd Financial.^[3]

Political positions

Dame describes himself as a Libertarian.^[4]

As chair of the VT Republican Party Dame was the decisive vote (via abstention), that overturned the prior party policy of not supporting convicted feelings that would have applied to Donald Trump.^[5][6]