Democratic gubernatorial nominee Amanda Janoo heads a group of Vermont Progressive Party-endorsed candidates who advanced in the Aug. 11 primary and are now headed to the November general election, according to Ballotpedia.com.
Janoo, who narrowly defeated Aly Richards for the Democratic nomination for governor, received the Progressive Party’s endorsement despite running as a Democrat. She will face Republican Gov. Phil Scott in November.
Five Progressive-endorsed candidates for the Vermont Senate also advanced. They are Hannah Sessions, a Democrat running in the Addison Senate District; Nikhil Goyal and incumbent Sen. Tanya Vyhovsky, both Democrats running in the Chittenden Central Senate District; Monique Priestley, a Democrat running in the Orange Senate District; and Elizabeth Burrows, a Democrat running in the Windsor Senate District.
Ten Progressive-endorsed Vermont House candidates advanced from their primaries:
- Ariel Bolles, Democrat, Addison-3
- David Tucker, Democrat, Caledonia-1
- Adam Franz, Democrat, Chittenden-14
- Brian Cina, Democrat, Chittenden-15
- Jeffrey Peterson, Democrat, Chittenden-16
- Matt Gile, Democrat, Chittenden-21
- Emery Mattheis, Democrat, Orange-Washington-Addison
- Alanna Ojibway, Democrat, Windsor-6
- Jimmy Coleman, Democrat, Windsor-6
- Dee Gish, Democrat, Windsor-Orange-2
Gish unseated incumbent Democrat Jim Masland. She was the only Progressive-backed candidate to unseat an incumbent.
One Progressive-endorsed House candidate, Michael Kane, lost in the Democratic primary for one of the Addison-3 seats.
The Progressive Party also backed candidates for two other statewide offices who advanced to November. Rachel Shaw, running as a Vermont Progressive, advanced in the race for Secretary of State, while Democrat Timothy Ashe advanced in the race for State Auditor.
The results demonstrate the Progressive Party’s continued use of endorsements and electoral alliances with Democratic candidates rather than limiting its support to candidates formally running under the Progressive banner. Of the Progressive-endorsed candidates listed who advanced from the Aug. 11 primary, all but Shaw ran as Democrats.
Those candidates will now appear on the Nov. 3 general election ballot, when Vermont voters will choose statewide officers, state senators and members of the Vermont House for the next two-year term.
