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2 candidates are tracked for Bennington County Probate Judge on the November 3, 2026 ballot: Lon T. McClintock and Jim Dingley. Candidate information follows official Bennington County election filings; verify with the official election office linked below.
Lon McClintock won the August 11 Democratic primary for Bennington County probate judge over Jim Dingley, per the Vermont Secretary of State's official results; Dingley received enough write-in votes to claim the Republican line for November, pending his acceptance.
Bennington County probate judge and a longtime attorney, per his campaign site, first elected to the probate bench in 2022, according to the Bennington Banner. His campaign site lists integrity, fairness, compassion, accessibility and accountability as the values guiding his work and pledges a probate court that stays accessible and accountable to everyone it serves.
2026 priorities
- Keep the probate court accessible and accountable to everyone it serves, per his campaign site
- Apply integrity, fairness and compassion on the bench, per his campaign site
Source: candidate campaign site, roster verified 2026-08-29.
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Bennington attorney in practice since 1993 whose work focuses on probate, trusts, guardianships and estate planning, and current president of the Vermont chapter of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys, per the Bennington Banner. He teaches trusts and estates as adjunct faculty and previously led the Bennington County Bar Association, the Banner reports, and he told the paper he would "treat all people with respect and kindness."
2026 priorities
- Treat all people who come before the court with respect and kindness, per the Bennington Banner
- Make probate proceedings as just, speedy and inexpensive as possible, per the Bennington Banner
- Educate the public about what a probate judge actually does, per the Bennington Banner
