On every Manchester ballot
Probate JudgeLon T. McClintock (D) · Jim Dingley (R)

Lon T. McClintock
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Keep the probate court accessible and accountable to everyone it serves
- Apply integrity, fairness and compassion on the bench
About Lon T. McClintock
McClintock has worked as an attorney and sitting judge with 42 years of experience serving families in Bennington County, per the campaign site. McClintock describes an approach guided by integrity, fairness, compassion, accessibility, and accountability, per the campaign site.
Jim Dingley
Top priorities
From other published sources
- 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
About Jim Dingley
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." No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Assistant JudgeMary C. Frost (D) · Brian W. Peat (D)
Mary C. Frost
Mary C. Frost currently serves as assistant judge of Bennington County, Vermont, per the Vermont Assistant Judges directory. Previously served as the Bennington Unit Clerk from 2010 to 2015 and as court manager for the criminal and family divisions from 2003 to 2010, per Vermont Assistant Judges (vtassistantjudges.org). Worked as a paralegal in law firms from 1972 to 2003 before joining the court, per the same source. Resides in Shaftsbury, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Brian W. Peat
Brian W. Peat currently serves as assistant judge of Bennington County, Vermont, per the Vermont Assistant Judges directory. A lifelong Bennington resident and third-generation owner of his family's glass business, per Vermont Assistant Judges (vtassistantjudges.org). A longtime volunteer with the Bennington Rescue Squad, serving as past captain and president, per the same source. Resides in Bennington, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
High BailiffSusan Haner (Independent) · Roscoe Harrington (D) · Andrew "Andy" Shaw (Independent)
Susan Haner
Susan Haner is a certified candidate for high bailiff of Bennington County on the Vermont Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Resides in Bennington, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Roscoe Harrington
Roscoe Harrington is a certified candidate for high bailiff of Bennington County on the Vermont Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Resides in Shaftsbury, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
Andrew "Andy" Shaw
Andrew "Andy" Shaw is a certified candidate for high bailiff of Bennington County on the Vermont Secretary of State's 2026 general election candidate list. Resides in Manchester, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
SheriffJames A. Gulley Jr (D)
James A. Gulley Jr
James A. Gulley Jr currently serves as sheriff of Bennington County, Vermont, per the Vermont Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs FY27 budget presentation. Resides in Bennington, Vermont. No campaign website was found as of September 25, 2026.
State's AttorneyErica Albin Marthage (D)
Erica Albin Marthage
Erica Albin Marthage has served as Bennington County State's Attorney since February 2007, after her election in November 2006, per her office's website. She is a graduate of the University of Vermont and the University of Connecticut School of Law, and previously served as a Deputy State's Attorney in Bennington, per the same source. She serves on the Bennington County Juvenile Justice Committee and the Executive Committee for the Department of State's Attorneys and Sheriffs, per her website.
Full candidate profiles, priorities and campaign sites are on the Bennington County page.
Statewide races
GovernorPhil Scott (R) · Amanda Janoo (D) · June Goodband (Peace and Justice) · Brian Judd (I) · Dean Roy (Freedom and Unity)

Phil Scott
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Keep Vermont affordable and hold the line on taxes
- Grow the workforce and economy
About Phil Scott
Phil Scott is Vermont's incumbent governor and the Republican nominee for a sixth two-year term. He drew no Republican primary opponent on August 11 and filed for re-election in person at the Secretary of State's office in May. A former construction company owner and stock car racer who has won repeatedly in a strongly Democratic state, his tenure emphasizes affordability, fiscal restraint, and a moderate, pragmatic brand of Republicanism.
Amanda Janoo
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Back local businesses through Buy Vermont procurement, a state public bank and worker or community ownership, per her platform
- Tax second homes, vacation rentals and vacant investor property to open housing for Vermonters, per her platform
- Halt new AI data centers and tax digital advertising under a Digital Bill of Rights, per her platform
About Amanda Janoo
Janoo is an economist and co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance of Vermont, per the campaign site. She was born and raised in Strafford, Vermont, and has spent her career helping governments across the United States and around the world build stronger, more resilient economies, per the campaign site.
June Goodband
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Require profitable businesses to pay living wages and implement progressive taxation
- Implement Vermont's universal healthcare law
- Replace incarceration with community accountability and social support systems
About June Goodband
June Goodband is the Peace and Justice Party candidate for Vermont governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). June Goodband, of Springfield, is a psychotherapist running for governor on the Peace and Justice Party ticket, per the Brattleboro Reformer. She was also the party's 2024 gubernatorial nominee. Her campaign, which she says spends very little money, calls for progressive taxation, implementing Vermont's universal healthcare law, and replacing incarceration with community accountability programs, per her campaign site.
Brian Judd
Brian Judd is the independent candidate for Vermont governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). Brian Judd is an independent candidate for governor who previously ran for a seat on the Barre City Council in 2021, per the Vermont Political Observer. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Dean Roy
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Housing affordability, per Fortune
About Dean Roy
Dean Roy is the Freedom and Unity Party candidate for Vermont governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). Dean Roy is a 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School and former legislative page at the Vermont Statehouse, per Fortune. He created the Freedom and Unity Party to appear on Vermont's November 2026 general election ballot for governor, taking advantage of the state's lack of a minimum age for the office. Roy has named housing affordability as his top concern and has said he would consider taking online classes to balance school with the office's duties. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Lieutenant GovernorJohn Rodgers (R) · Molly Gray (D)

John Rodgers
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Affordability
- Protecting rural Vermont and growing the economy
- Expanding housing and career and technical education
About John Rodgers
John Rodgers is Vermont's incumbent lieutenant governor and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. A farmer and stonemason on his family's two-century-old Glover farm and a former Democratic state senator from the Northeast Kingdom who won the office as a Republican in 2024, he emphasizes rural Vermont and working-class practicality.
Molly Gray
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Universal primary care
- Urgently build affordable housing
- Protect Vermonters against unlawful federal actions
About Molly Gray
Gray is Vermont's Lieutenant Governor and founder of the Vermont Afghan Alliance, which provides employment, housing, and licensing support to Afghan allies, per the campaign site. She grew up on a family farm in South Newbury and is a caregiver for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, per the campaign site.
TreasurerMike Pieciak (D) · Lynn LaFleur (R) · Zachary Hampl (P)

Mike Pieciak
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Housing and workforce
- Climate
- Growing the middle class through VT Saves and Baby Bonds
About Mike Pieciak
Mike Pieciak is Vermont's incumbent state treasurer and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. A former state financial regulation commissioner, his tenure has focused on pension stability, climate-related financial risk, and returning unclaimed property.
Lynn LaFleur
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Transparent public finances
- Lower the tax burden so people can stay in their homes
- Resilient local communities
About Lynn LaFleur
LaFleur is an accounting professional with experience across corporate, non-profit and small business sectors, including financial analysis and tax preparation, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, she moved her business to Vermont, where she helps small businesses and individuals with financial reporting and tax preparation.
Zachary Hampl
Top priorities
From other published sources
- Proposes increased collaboration between state government and financial institutions, citing North Dakota's state-owned bank as a model, per VTDigger
- Points to his financial account management experience as qualification for overseeing state investments and pension management, per VTDigger
About Zachary Hampl
Zachary Hampl is a first-time candidate from Rutland Town and the Vermont Progressive Party's nominee for state treasurer, unopposed in the August 11 Progressive primary. He has no campaign website and published no platform materials this cycle, so no priorities are listed here. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Secretary of StateSarah Copeland Hanzas (D) · H. Brooke Paige (R) · Rachel Shaw (P)

Sarah Copeland Hanzas
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Run secure, accessible Vermont elections
- Modernize business and licensing services
- Strengthen civic engagement
About Sarah Copeland Hanzas
Sarah Copeland Hanzas is Vermont's incumbent secretary of state and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. An eighteen-year state representative who chaired Government Operations and served as majority leader, she runs Vermont's elections, business services and professional licensing.
H. Brooke Paige
H. Brooke Paige is a perennial candidate from Washington, Vermont, who ran unopposed for four Republican statewide nominations on August 11 and won all four. He told Vermont Public before the primary that secretary of state is the one office he intends to keep, and that he plans to withdraw from treasurer, auditor and attorney general so the state party can substitute other candidates. The withdrawal deadline is August 21. Ballot status: he won four Republican statewide nominations on August 11 and withdrew from the treasurer, auditor and attorney general nominations, so he prints only for secretary of state, per Vermont Public (Aug. 18) and the Secretary of State's general election candidate list. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Rachel Shaw
Rachel Shaw is a Bennington hospitality worker, a former hazardous-materials emergency responder and small construction business owner, and a Massachusetts Maritime Academy graduate who served as an Army National Guard combat engineer, per the Vermont Progressive Party. She is the Progressive nominee for secretary of state, unopposed in the August 11 Progressive primary, and is also a Progressive candidate for state Senate in Bennington County. Her stated priorities were given in the context of that Senate campaign rather than this office, so none are listed here. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
Attorney GeneralCharity Clark (D) · Edwin Howell Kemon (R)

Charity Clark
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Protect Vermont consumers and privacy
- Defend Vermonters' rights in multistate litigation
- Keep communities safe
About Charity Clark
Charity Clark is Vermont's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. The first woman elected Vermont attorney general, she previously served as chief of staff to Attorney General T.J. Donovan and as an assistant attorney general from 2014. Her office has focused on consumer protection, data privacy, and multistate litigation defending Vermont interests.
Edwin Howell Kemon
Edwin Howell Kemon is the Republican candidate for Vermont attorney general on the November 3, 2026 ballot, substituted by the party after primary winner H. Brooke Paige withdrew from this nomination, per Vermont Public and the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). Ed Kemon, of Vergennes, is a former adjunct faculty member at George Mason University who later served as an elections supervisor in Fairfax County, Virginia, with private-sector experience in business startups, per Vermont Public. He is the Republican nominee for attorney general, facing incumbent Charity Clark in November, after the party selected him to replace H. Brooke Paige on the ballot. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.
AuditorTim Ashe (D) · Ivar Kronick (R)

Tim Ashe
Top priorities
From other published sources
- The basics: financial and federal-funds audits, fraud and waste, and the state bond rating, per his campaign accountability agenda
- Health care costs, per his accountability agenda
- Housing affordability, per his accountability agenda
About Tim Ashe
Tim Ashe is Vermont's deputy state auditor, a twelve-year state senator who served four years as president pro tempore, a former Burlington city councilor and a decade-long affordable-housing developer.
Ivar Kronick
Top priorities
From the campaign site
- Radical transparency and fiscal accountability
- End fraud, waste and abuse
- Independent, nonpartisan oversight
About Ivar Kronick
Kronick served on a city council and its finance committee in Massachusetts and ran his own business for 15 years, per the campaign site. Per the campaign site, he now works for an international manufacturing firm in Manchester, where he handles company financial audits and financial duties.
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