VERMONT
      Nov. 4, 2014 Governor

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+Peter Shumlin (D) i
 89,509
 46.36%
Scott Milne (R) 87,075
 45.09%
Dan Feliciano (L) 8,428
 4.36%
Emily Peyton (LU) 3,157 1.64%
Peter Diamondstone (I)
 		1,673
 		<1%
Bernard Peters (I)
 1,434
 <1%
Cris Ericson (I)
 1,089
 <1%
write-ins
 722
 <1%

193,087
Registration: 439,782.  Total votes cast: 196,086.
Plurality: 2,434 votes (1.26 percentage points).
 VT Elections


Notes: Gov. Peter Shumlin (D) won a third two-year term, topping a field of seven candidates, led by Scott Milne (R), who runs Milne Travel, and Dan Feliciano (L), a business transformation strategist.  Shumlin won several thousand more votes than Milne, but he obtained less than 50% of the vote.  As a result, under the state constitution, it was up to the legislature to decide the outcome; the legislature met on Jan. 8, 2015 and by secret ballot voted 110-69 for Shumlin.

The Aug. 26 primaries were not competitive.  Shumlin won with 77% of the vote against one candidate and Milne with 71.7% against two candidates.

Debates included:
Sept. 13 - at Tunbridge World's Fair (>).
Sept. 23 - Vermont Public Radio, Shumlin, Milne, Feliciano and Diamondstone (>).
Oct. 9 - Vermont PBS, all seven candidates on the ballot (>). [The eclectic field of candidates attracted national attention (>)]
Oct. 29 - WPTZ Channel 5 NBC, Shumlin, Milne and Feliciano from Echo Lake Aquarium and Science Center (>).

 
Campaign Managers:
Peter Shumlin:  Scott Coriell
(Aug. 2014)  On leave from position as Special Assistant to the Governor, started Sept. 2013.  Director of communications (Mar. 2011-May 2013) and press assistant (Apr. 2010-Mar. 2011) to U.S. Rep. Peter Welch (VT).  Regional GOTV director in New Hamsphire on Obama for America, Oct.-Nov. 2012.  Malawi program coordinator for Access Health Africa, Apr. 2008-Apr. 2010.  B.A. in history from Middlebury College, 2007.

Scott Milne: no campaign manager following resignation of Brent Burns in Sept. 2014

Brent Burns
(July 9-resigned Sept. 2014)  Political director for the Vermont Republican Party, 2013-14.  Non commissioned officer in the U.S Army, 2009-13.  Political advisor to U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul.  B.S. in political science from Texas A&M University, 2006.



See also:
April Burbank.  "Vermont candidate asks for last-minute votes on YouTube."  Burlington Free Press, Jan. 7, 2015.





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