by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First COLCHESTER – The executive boards of the Democratic party for both the town of Colchester and the county of Grand Isle conducted unpublicized meetings last week to produce names for a possible successor to longtime State Sen. Dick Mazza. The private selection sessions were held before many of the constituents for Mazza, D-Grand Isle/Colchester even knew he had resigned Monday April 8 after 42 years at the statehouse, including 39 years as a state senator. The list of six names proved to be interesting for both who was on as much as who was not included. Th ..read more

Dr. Louis Meyers (left) will run for the Senate district in which Sen. Ginny Lyons now holds a seat by Louis Meyers I am running for the state senate in the Chittenden Southeast district because I am deeply concerned about our health care system in Vermont. We have taken some wrong turns in recent years, and we seem to now be heading for more of the same. One of my opponents is Senator Ginny Lyons. Ms. Lyons chairs the Senate Health Committee and is spearheading two major pieces of legislation: 1) She would like to deauthorize the independent Green Mountain Care Board and transfer its re ..read more

Trump foe McGovern resigns as chair  Windsor GOP meeting Saturday, March 16 by Aaron Warner and staff The Windsor County Republican Committee Saturday replaced an anti-Trump chairman and voted 54-0 in support of Donald Trump as the 2024 GOP presidential nominee. The county committee voted unanimously for a resolution that included this language: “The growing Republican grassroots movement is holding the line for conservative beliefs and values in Southern Vermont. Windsor County Republicans are taking the lead once again in Vermont. On this day, the 16th of March, 2024, we are keeping wit ..read more

Court hearing today August Murray (left), John McGovern by Mike Donoghue, Vermont News First First published in the March 14 Vermont Standard The ongoing infighting by members of the Windsor County Republican Committee is moving to the courthouse. Five Republicans, who claim to be current officers in the Windsor County GOP Committee, have filed a state lawsuit to try to block a meeting scheduled for Saturday to vote on forming a possible new slate of officers. The lawsuit names Lynn Baldwin of Ludlow, August and Andrea Murray of Perkinsville and Peggy and Earl Dionne of Windsor and the Windso ..read more

“Hold him accountable for all the things that are not accurate,” Scott urges Vermonters By Guy Page and Paul Bean On Sunday, March 3 Gov. Phil Scott urged all Vermonters to vote for Nicki Haley in Tuesday’s presidential primary.  On Monday, Haley dropped out of the race. That decision left Donald Trump the presumptive nominee of the Republican nomination.  On Thursday, at a press conference, Vermont Public reporter Peter Hirschfeld asked Gov. Scott, “Now that Nikki Haley has dropped out of the race, where do you see that going?” In other words – will Vermont’s most famous, popular ..read more

Gov. Phil Scott (top, foreground) and large crowd clap support for presidential candidate Nikki Haley yesterday in South Burlington. Bottom left, Rep. Patti McCoy behind Haley and another supporter. Haley campaign photos. By Guy Page Gov. Phil Scott appeared to urge Vermonters of all political perspectives to help give presidential candidate Nikki Haley her first state victory over Donald Trump tomorrow, March 5, Super Tuesday. “If you want to help stop Donald Trump, please, please show up on Tuesday, take a Republican ballot and vote for Nikki Haley,” Scott told a packed crowd at Haley ..read more

Will Burlington’s somewhat conservative, blue-dog Democrat New North End, turn full Progressive? by Kolby LaMarche Burlington’s New North End (NNE), that is Wards 4 and 7, often regarded as the City’s last remaining somewhat conservative, blue-dog Democrat area, may just turn Progressive on Tuesday, Town Meeting Day. Historically, the New North End has elected figures like Republican Kurt Wright as both city councilor and state representative. And favored independent and moderate leftist candidates such as Mark Barlow over a Democrat/Progressive contender. To give you a sense of just how cons ..read more

GOP chair notes shortfalls of universal mail-in ballots By Michael Bielawski Nearly all national political pundits agree that former President Donald Trump is the presumptive GOP nominee for the 2024 presidential election. However, Vermont conservative leaders are choosing to support another candidate. Also, Vermont GOP chair Paul Dame noted on the radio some key security shortfalls when it comes to doing universal mail-in ballots in the general election versus by-request mail-in ballots as is still used in the primaries. Vermont GOP favoring Nikki Haley for GOP ticket On the WVMT Morning Dri ..read more

Former Prog soldier running as GOP to fix ‘the hell’ Burlington has become Yesterday, VDC ran Paul Bean’s video interview with former Progressive Bill Oetjen, who is now running for the Burlington school board as a Republican. Yesterday, Paul did what Paul does very well: add in a few well-chosen photos and music clips to create a memorable, must-share video. Watch and if you agree with me, share. – Editor The post Must-see Video: What hath Bernie wrought? first appeared on Vermont Daily Chronicle. The post Must-see Video: What hath Bernie wrought? appeared first on Vermont Daily Chronicle ..read more

President Donald TrumpGov. Phil Scott VDC inaugurates first ‘Twitter Spaces’ episode with Paul Dame and others on future of VT GOP By Paul Bean The Vermont Daily Chronicle’s first ‘Twitter Spaces’ episode last Thursday evening featured an interesting exchange between MAGA Republican Richard Ley and VTGOP Chairman Paul Dame about the future and direction of the Vermont Republican Party. “When [U.S. Senate candidate Gerald] Malloy ran last time there were a bunch of people that worked their butts off for that poor guy, I didn’t see a lot of help from the Republican Party in the state of Vermont ..read more