Town Meeting Day 2026 Roundup!
Last week, Vermonters in towns across the state crowded into school gyms and town halls to participate in the centuries-old tradition of Town Meeting. From city council races to school budget battles to a real clown car of a mayor’s race in RutVegas, there were a lot of results to follow and precious few scribblers…
Baruth Bows Out
Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth made waves in Montpelier today when he announced that this year would be his last in the chamber. Baruth, a UVM professor, was first elected to the Senate in 2010* after a stint on the Burlington School Board. He served as the Senate Majority Leader and as Chair of…
A New Challenger Approaches!
The Democrats could have their first (and perhaps not only?) candidate willing to step forward and run against Phil Scott. According to an ActBlue page spotted by friend of the page and frequent filing-spotter Hudson “Hawkeye” Ranney, Aly Richards, a Shumlin administration alumna turned CEO of the childcare juggernaut Let’s Grow Kids (LGK) is one…
McLarenmentum
Because I know how to have a wild night out on the town, I go to a lot of campaign kick-offs. And I tend to judge such events by a simple metric: how many people at this function do I know? By this I mean: are there any normal people there, or is the room…
North End, South End, Spending ‘Round the Town
The first campaign finance deadline of the Town Meeting Day cycle was February 1st. My congratulations to all the candidates for Burlington City Council (and sundry others around the state) who managed to get their reports in on time or the day after. Your legislative counterparts could learn a thing or two from you. As…
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Sugaring Off: Vermont Politics and History, Plain and Simple 