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      Nov. 2, 2010 Governor

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+Peter Shumlin (D)
119,543
 		49.48%
Brian Dubie (R)
 		115,212
 		47.69%
Dennis Steele (I)
 		1,917
 		0.79%
Cris Ericson (USM)
 		1,819
 		0.75%
Dan Feliciano (I)
 		1,341
 		0.56%
Em Peyton (I)
 		684
 		0.28%
Ben Mitchell (LU)
 		429
 		0.18%
write-ins
 		660
 		0.27%

241,605
Registration .  Total votes cast: 243,999 (incl. 2,170 blank and 224 spoiled).
Plurality:  4,331 votes (1.79 percentage points).
 VT Elections


DEMOCRATIC PICK UP
Notes:  On Aug. 27, 2009 Gov. Jim Douglas (R) announced he would not seek re-election.  After eking out a narrow win in the very competitive primary, Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin (D) narrowly defeated Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie (R) for a Democratic pick up.  Shumlin obtained less than 50-percent of the vote in the November vote, so the state constitution charged the General Assembly with determining the outcome of the election.  Legislators formalized Shumlin's win in a Jan. 6, 2011 vote.

Five candidates waged an intense campaign for the Democratic nomination: Shumlin, state Sen. Susan Bartlett, Google executive and former state Sen. Matt Dunne, Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, and former lieutenant governor, 2002 gubernatorial nominee, and state Sen. Doug Racine.  VTDigger  reported that the candidates engaged in about 60 forums over a period of 10 months.  In the Aug. 24 primary Shumlin finished ahead of Racine by less than 200 votes.  Racine requested a recount, and not until Sept. 10 was Shumlin declared the winner.  The final official tally was Shumlin 18,276 votes (24.8%) followed by Racine at 18,079 (24.6%), Markowitz 17,579 (23.9%), Dunne 15,323 (20.8%) and Bartlett 3,759 (5.1%). Dubie (>) was unopposed in the Republican primary.

The general election campaign had a deci;dedly negative tone.  Debates included six of the seven candidates at Vermont Public Television studios in Colchester on Oct. 7 (>).


Campaign Managers:
Peter Shumlin:  Alexandra MacLean
Aide to Shumlin in the Senate.  Aide to House Speaker Gaye Symington.  Worked on Scudder Parker's 2006 campaign for governor.  Degree in history from University of Edinburgh.  Vermont native.  ...source Seven Days.

Brian Dubie:  Corry Bliss 
Campaign manager on U.S. Rep. Thelma Drake's (VA) unsuccessful re-election in 2008.  J.D. from CUNY School of Law, 2006; undergraduate degree from Boston University.

 
See also:
Chris Graff.  "2010 Vermont Election Analysis."  VermontBiz, Nov. 3, 2010.

Anne Galloway.  "On RV tour, Douglas claims Shumlin will 'say anything to get elected.'"  VTDigger, Oct. 10, 2010.

Nathan Burgess.  "Race for governor sets nasty tone."  Vermont Community News Group, Oct. 7, 2010.

Andrew Bromage.  "Young Guns Take Aim in the Governor's Race."  Seven Days, Oct. 6, 2010.

Anne Galloway.  "Shumlin wins in recount, promises "positive, issue-oriented campaign."  VTDigger, Sept. 10, 2010.

Anne Galloway.  "In the final stretch, no sure bet for Vermont's Democratic gubernatorial primary."  VTDigger, Aug. 18, 2010.

Andrew Bromage.  "The Life of Brian."  Seven Days, July 21, 2010.

Deb Markowitz speaking at Vermont Chamber of Commerce Business Expo.  VTDigger, May 26, 2010.

--.  "Google exec running for Vermont governor."  Associated Press, Jan. 1, 2010.

Louis Porter.  "Sen. Racine says he'll run for governor in 2010."  Rutland Herald, Jan. 6, 2009.

also:
Vermont Superior Court.  State of Vermont v. Republican Governors Association, Oct. 20, 2014.

Ciara Torres Spelliscy.  "While No One Noticed, Did Vermont Just Win A Big Case Against the RGA?"  Brennan Center for Justice at NY Law, Dec. 3, 2014.

Terri Hallenbeck.  "Republican Governors Association Fined for 2010 Vermont Race."  Seven Days, Mar, 31, 2015.


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