 and welcome to our general election candidate ballot summary. I'm Jordan Butterfield. I'm gonna be your host tomorrow evening along with Christine Lott for our main general election results show. But for tonight, I'm just gonna go down the list. We're gonna look through things that people are gonna see on their ballots and just help inform people before they go out to vote tomorrow. So we can just dive into it right at the top of the ticket. We're gonna start with US Senate. This is one of the big races. Senator Patrick Leahy retiring and shaking things up in our US delegation a little bit. We have Peter Welch, former Congressperson who's been in the Congress for 15 years running for Patrick Leahy's Senate seat. He's running as a Democrat. He's challenged by Gerald Malloy, the Republican candidate, small government, kind of, I wouldn't say camp him out of nowhere, but he beat out Christina Nolan who is a longstanding figure in Vermont politics. So newcomers in the Republican Party beating out longstanding folks. We also have, for US Senate, we have Kerry Patrick Rahab, Chris Erickson, Don Marie Ellis, Stephen Duke, and Mark Coaster running as independents and Natasha Dimonstone, co-hout running for the Green Mountain Party. So that's the Senate. Everybody's gonna see that Senate race on their ballots. Now we can move on to Representative to Congress. This is filling Peter Welch's former seat because he's no longer running for that seat. Becca Ballant is running as the Democrat for that seat. She's been in the state Senate in Vermont for a long time. She's been President Pro Tempore. This will also make Vermont one of the, Vermont's the only state to never send a woman to Congress. So this may be a change tomorrow evening. So she's running as the Democrat for the Republicans. We have Liam Madden, kind of an interesting situation here. Liam Madden ran in the Republican ticket because he saw it as the less crowded field and is more questioning the two-party system. He's kind of an outsider candidate, came in, won the Republican primary. And he also was not supported by the Republican caucus because he said he would not vote with the Republican caucus if he was elected to Congress. So the Republican party would not offer him funding. One of his former opponents on the Republican primary, Erica Redick, is still running. She's running as a libertarian. And then we also have Adam Ortiz, Luke Talbert, and Matt Druzeba running as independents. Moving on to governor. We have Phil Scott running as a Republican, the incumbent. He's been governor for a long time, a decent amount of time, fairly popular. And he is challenged by Brenda Siegel running as the Democrat. We also have Peter Duvall, Kevin Hoyt, and Bernard Peters running as independents. Moving down the list for state races. We have Lieutenant Governor. We've got Joe Benning running against David Zuckerman and Ian G. Diamondstone. David Zuckerman has been the Lieutenant Governor before. He stepped down from that seat last cycle to run against Phil Scott for governor. He's coming back to this seat again. Joe Benning has also been in the, I believe it was the state Senate. One of the things he said is that, he thinks David Zuckerman is running for, is hoping to go to another spot down the road, another seat down the road. And Joe Benning has said, I wanna be the Lieutenant Governor for a little while. We also have Ian G. Diamondstone as an independent. Not a lot of information about him, as you can see. Continuing to move down the line, we've got State Treasurer. We're moving down to more of the state titles. A lot of these saw tons of turnover. So a lot of long-time people retiring from their seats and allowing new people to fill in. So for State Treasurer, formerly Beth Pierce, we have Mike Pichek running as the Democrat, running against H. Brooke Page as the Republican. H. Brooke Page, you'll hear his name again. He runs as a Republican in many races when other Republicans won't step forward. We also have the Secretary of State, Jim Kondos, retired from his post. And we have Sarah Copeland-Hansis running as the Democrat and H. Brooke Page running as the Republican. For auditor of accounts, we have Doug Hoffer running as the Democratic Progressive, been in that seat for a long time, being challenged by Richard Morton, the Republican. And then for Attorney General, we have Charity R. Clark, who was T.J. Donovan's Chief of Staff, T.J. Donovan, the former Attorney General, who stepped down from his post to take a post at Roblox. And she is challenged by Michael Tagliava. That was kind of an interesting one. H. Brooke Page was the person on the ballot for the Republicans, and then Michael Tagliava stepped in to take that spot down the road. Michael Tagliava doesn't have a legal background, but he's very interested in the post. We had a good forum on here a couple of weeks ago with the two of them. And those are all the state races, so everybody's gonna see all these items that I just went through on their ballots. And now we're gonna go to some of the more local stuff. I'm gonna start out with Chittenden State Senate. The State Senate is a little bit different this year than it used to be. Chittenden used to be one district with six senators. It was a very large district, and had a lot of people were not fond of the way that district worked. Felt it wasn't very democratic. So in the redistricting that just happened for the legislature and the state Senate, we have a new map, and we've got this right over here. We have Chittenden North, which is Essex, Milton, Fairfax, and Westford is under the Chittenden North sign here. We have Burlington Central, which covers Burlington, Winooski, Essex Junction, and some space in between. And then we have Chittenden Southeast, which is South Burlington, Shelburne, Williston, St. George, Underhill, Bolton, Richmond. The list goes on. So these districts have changed a lot. Chittenden Southeast is certainly a much more rural district than it used to be. Chittenden North the same, and the Chittenden Central District really focusing on that Burlington metropolitan area. So for Chittenden Central, we have four people running for that seat. We have Phil Baruth, an incumbent. He was at the State Senate. He's a Democratic Progressive. And if he does win this seat, he is expected to become the president pro tempore of the Senate. And Chittenden Central, this is three seats. So there are three seats in this district. We also have Martine LaRocke-Gulick running as the Democrat. She will be new to both the legislature and the Senate. She'll be brand new in there. She was on the school board and she just barely beat out Air Hard Monkka by two votes in the Democratic primary. We also have Tanya Vyovsky, Progressive Democrat who was the representative from Essex who has moved into running for the Senate. And then we have Infinite Cochleisure, former Burlington Mayor candidate running as an independent. So that is three seats for four people running for it. Moving on to Chittenden North. Chittenden North is, like I said, Essex Milton, Westford and Fairfax. We have two people running for this seat. We have Irene Renner running as the Democrat. Irene was on the Essex Select Board and has been heavily involved in some of the merger discussions. She's a well-known Essex politician. And Leland Morgan was the representative for the Grand Isle Colchester area. He's from Milton and he is running as the Republican moving into, while trying to move into the Senate. There should be an interesting one. Gonna keep a close eye on it. The Republicans thought this was their best chance of picking up a seat in the area. We'll see how that goes tomorrow evening. And then let's go to Chittenden South. Chittenden Southeast. We have three incumbents, former state senators, trying to return to their seats. We have Thomas Chittenden, the Democrat. Ginny Lyons, a Democrat, and Keisha Rom Hinsdale, Democratic Progressive, all incumbents running to take their seats again. We also have Dean Rowland running as a Republican. He's run for the state Senate before. And Rowan St. Martt running for the Republican seat. He's new to the race. And so we have four incumbents running. The two former state senators who sat down, who stepped down were Michael Sorotkin and Chris Pearson. So those are all the state Senate seats. Now we can go to the districts, the representative districts. Long list here, gonna go through a bunch of different names. Here's a map of the area as it's changed. You can find this on the Secretary of State's website, Vermont Legislative Lookup. So I'm going to just go down this list, make a little bit of commentary every now and then. Once it comes in, let's see here. Starting in Williston, we have a two-seat district, Chittenden 2. We have Angela Arsenault running as a Democrat. Erin Brady running as a Democrat. She is an incumbent. And then Tony O'Rourke running as a Republican. And Bruce Roy running as a Republican. That other seat was formerly Jim McCullough, who has retired this go-round. Moving on to South Burlington. South Burlington seeing a lot of turnover this cycle. A lot of one-person seats and a lot of unopposed candidates. So we have Noah Hyman running as a Democrat for Chittenden 8 unopposed. We have Emily Crass now also a Democrat for Chittenden 9 also unopposed. Kate Nugent for Chittenden 10 unopposed. Brian Minier, Chittenden 11 unopposed. All new representatives. And then in Chittenden 12, we have Martin Lalonde, the incumbent who has been in the legislature for a little while. We have Townsend Pugh and Kalaki are the representatives who left. Moving into Burlington and Chittenden 13, we have a contest. We have Tiff Bloomley and Gabrielle Stebbins both running as Democrats, both incumbents. Challenged by Tom Lakata and Independent, they have run against each other before in the previous cycle. In Chittenden 14, we have Barbara Rachelson, a Democratic Progressive, and Mary Catherine Stone, also a Democratic Progressive. In Chittenden 15, we have two seats, Brian Cina and Troy Hedrick, both progressive Democrats. Brian Cina is an incumbent. Hedrick will be new to the legislature. In Chittenden 16, we have two seats, Jill Krowinski, a Democrat, an incumbent, and she is the House Speaker. Kate Logan is a Progressive Democrat new to the legislature. In Chittenden 17, we have one seat, Emma Mulvaney Stanek, a Progressive Democrat. She is an incumbent. And in Chittenden 18, we have two seats, Robert Hooper and Carol Odie, both Democrats, both incumbents. Going to Winooski, Chittenden 21, we have two seats. We have Daisy Burbeco running as a Democrat, Jordan Matt as an Independent, and Taylor Small running as a Progressive Democrat. She is the incumbent. Then moving to Chittenden 22, we have two seats. This is in Essex, this is in the Essex area. We have Karen Dolan and Laurie Haughton, both Democrats, both incumbents, running against Seth Adam Manley, the Republican. In Chittenden 23, we have two seats. We have Leonora Dodge running as a Democrat, Maurice Dunbar running as a Republican, Ray Garifano running as a Democrat, she is an incumbent, and Dennis White running as a Republican. Then going to Chittenden 24, we have one seat, Alyssa Black, the Democrat, and the incumbent being challenged by Roger Drury, the Republican. Then we have some of the down-ticket folks. We've got the probate judge, Gregory Glennon, Democratic Republican, not challenged. We have Suzanne Brown and Connie Kane Ramsey, both Democrats running for Assistant Judge. We have Sarah George, Democratic Progressive, running for State's Attorney. She's not opposed. For Sheriff, we have Dan Gamlin, Democratic Republican, incumbent. Then for High-Bailiff, we have Michael R. Majer, Democratic Republican, and James A. Malin, independent. So those are all of the local ballot items. You'll see those folks depending on where you are in our coverage area. And then let's talk about some of the bond items, the ballot items that you'll be seeing. So in Burlington, a big topic that's been on everybody's minds for a long time. Burlington High School, the BHS bond is going to be up for a vote, 165 million largest bond in the state. That will be a big vote. Some of these bonds have been voted down. In the last several years, South Burlington was proposing a $200 million high school, which was not supported. So it'll be interesting to see how that goes. You'll only see that on your ballot if you are in Burlington. Then we have a communications union district. The communications union district is an organization of two or more towns creating a municipal entity to build communications infrastructure. It would underserve locations at speeds of at least 100 upload and 100 download megabytes per second. There are currently nine CUDs throughout the state. Chittenden County does not have one. The places that will have this on their ballot, whether or not they would like to join and start a CUD are Williston, Essex Junction, and South Burlington. If even two vote in favor of it, the CUD will come into effect and then other towns can join it afterwards. We also have the CSWD MRF bond. If you go to the polls in person, they'll hand you two different ballots. They'll hand you the main ballot and then they'll hand you the CSWD MRF bond ballot. Recent changes in Vermont election law do not allow regional municipal entities like CSWD to mail their ballot to all voters or have it included on a general election ballot. If you requested a ballot, you would only have received the CSWD ballot if you had requested that specific ballot. This ballot item is for a new materials recovery facility. They need voter approval to borrow 22 million to build this new MRF. It was designed and built in 93 to process 25,000 tons, which they are well beyond their capacity at this point. So they're looking to build a new MRF that will handle up to 70,000 tons. And the life expectancy of that type of facility is about 30 years. So that is the CSWD MRF bond. And then we have two proposals. We have proposal two, Prop two. A yes vote supports amending the state constitution to repeal language stating that persons could be held as servant slaves or apprentices with the person's consent. So Vermont prides itself on being one of the first states, I think the first state in the union to abolish slavery, but it's still in the Constitution. It allows people to enter into that if it's of their consent or for the payments of debts, damages, fines, costs, or the like. This proposal would remove this language altogether and simply say slavery and indentured servitude in any form are prohibited. We also have proposal five. This amends the state constitution of Vermont, adding language that an individual's right to personal reproductive autonomy is central to the liberty and dignity to determine one's own life course and shall not be denied or infringed unless justified by a compelling state interest achieved by the least restricted means. So that'll be interesting to see how that comes down. And then in Essex Junction specifically, Essex Junction is a new city, and so there are several articles that they need to pass just as a new city. For example, Article One, shall the city of Essex Junction join the Green Mountain Transit Authority? Article Two, will they join the Winooski Valley Park District? Article Three will be the CUD. Essex Junction is one of the cities that are voting on the CUD. And then Article Four shall licenses for the sale of malt and vines beverages be granted in the city of Essex Junction. And Article Five shall spirits and fortified wines be sold in the city of Essex Junction. So a few basic city items. If you are in any of the Chittenden County towns, you can see that CSWD Murph Bond. Proposal Two and Proposal Five will be on everybody's ballot. It's a statewide item. The Essex Junction items will only be in Essex Junction, and the BHS bond will only be in Burlington. And that about does it. That goes down the list. Please tune in to our Election Night coverage tomorrow evening. We're going to have folks at the Democratic Party at Hula in Burlington, and we're going to have some folks at the Republican Party in Barrie. We're going to have some analysts coming in to talk about what they're seeing as things come down the pipe. Some national coverage as well. It should be a very fun night. Looking forward to people joining us. You can watch us online on YouTube. You can watch us on our channels Comcast 1087 and Burlington Telecom 217 and 317. We're also airing on MMC TV and BC TV, as well as Orca Media. Also, big thanks to Orca, Genat, and Media Factory for helping us out with this coverage. Yeah, it's going to be a great night. And Christine Lott will be here with me and we'll be here with you for about two and a half hours. So thank you for joining us, and we'll see you tomorrow.