Governor Peter Shumlin will begin his second term
of office, come January. He
defeated Republican challenger Randy Brock, promising in his victory speech two
more years of more jobs and job creation.
He told the crowd no matter who voted for or against him, he'll work for
all Vermonters. Brock conceded a
short time after Shumlin's speech.
Vermont Senator Bernie Sanders easily won
re-election yesterday, defeating Republican John MacGovern. While he ran as an Independent, Sanders
usually caucuses with the Democrats in the Senate. Vermont's lone Congressman, Peter Welch also won re-election
to his fourth term, with the Democrat defeating Republican Mark Donka.
Several major state offices are now decided in the
election Tuesday, Republican Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott has been re-elected
despite having a Democratic governor who supported his opponent. Bill Sorrell, a Democrat, has been
re-elected as attorney general.
There is a new state auditor, Doug Hoffer who is a Democrat, and fellow
Democrat Beth Pearce, who was appointed treasurer by Governor Shumlin nearly
two years ago has won her first full term in office.
Before polls had a chance to close in New York
yesterday the 21st Congressional District seat had been declared to close to
call. A judge signed an order
impounding all ballots for the race between Matt Doheny and Democrat Bill
Owens. Election commissioners from
the 12 counties in the district will have to appear in Albany on Friday and
will be required to secure all ballots and voting materials.
U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand will stay in
office. Gillibrand managed to
defeat Republican challenger Wendy Long in yesterday's election. The junior senator from New York will
now begin serving her first full term in the Senate.
Actually getting to the ballot box turned out to be
problematic for thousands of New Yorkers on Election Day. There were numerous voting problems in
New York City, including issues involving generators that ran out of gas at one
polling site that had been set up as a "supersite" to bring together
locations impacted by Hurricane Sandy.
Governor Cuomo has signed an executive order allowing displaced voters
to cast ballots at any polling site in the state.
A polling place had to move in a hurry Tuesday in
downtown Barre. That's because a
propane leak was discovered at around 2 p.m. in the neighborhood around the
Barre Auditorium. The Fire
Department ordered electricity to be shut down, including at the
auditorium. City officials were
sent to move the polls to the Old Labor Hall on Granite Street but despite the
interruption, the polls remained open, no matter where it was at the moment.
An incumbent and a newcomer each won spots in the
new two-seat Rutland 1 House district representing the towns of Sudbury,
Pittsford and Brandon. Rep.
Charles “Butch” Shaw, a Republican from Pittsford, topped challengers Seth Hopkins
and Stephen Carr on Tuesday. Voters
elected Carr, a Democrat, to the second seat in the House district over Hopkins’.
In Addison County results from Fox 44 & ABC 22
News are showing Claire Ayer with 46% and Christopher Bray with 36%. In Addison-2 Willem Jewett has 66%, in
Addison-3 Diane Lanpher had 43% and in Addison-5 Harvey Smith was showing
51%. In Rutland County; Rutland-2
saw Dave Potter with 30%, Rutland-5-2 Cooper Cupoli was on top with 53%, in
Rutland 5-3 Herb Russell had 66%, in Rutland 5-4 Douglas Gage was on top with
57% and in Rutland-6 Butch Shaw led with 41%. You can view the complete rundown from Fox 44 and ABC 22 News.
