Anthony Pollina
Anthony Pollina (Vermont Progressive Party) was a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Washington District. He assumed office in 2011. He left office on January 4, 2023.
Pollina (Vermont Progressive Party, Democratic Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Washington District. He won in the general election on November 3, 2020. He advanced from the Democratic primary on August 11, 2020.
Biography
Pollina earned a B.A. in political science and environmental studies at Johnson State College.
Pollina worked as the Director of the Vermont Democracy Fund from 2002 up until his election to the Senate. Before that, he was the Executive/Policy Director of the Vermont Public Interest Research Group and a Senior Policy Advisor in the Office of Congressman Bernie Sanders. He also founded Rural Vermont, and served as its Executive Director from 1985-1991.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Pollina was assigned to the following committees:
2021-2022
Pollina was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Pollina was assigned to the following committees:
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Agriculture, Vice chair |
| • Finance |
| • Child Protection Oversight |
| • Ethics |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Pollina served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Government Operations, Vice-Chair |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Government Accountability |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Pollina served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Government Operations, Vice chair |
| • Health and Welfare |
| • Government Accountability |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Pollina served on these committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Government Accountability |
| • Government Operations |
| • Health and Welfare |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2022
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022
Anthony Pollina did not file to run for re-election.
2020
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See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Washington District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Cummings (D) | 25.2 | 21,159 | |
| ✔ | Anthony Pollina (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 20.5 | 17,200 | |
| ✔ | Andrew Perchlik (D / Vermont Progressive Party) | 17.9 | 15,029 | |
 | Dwayne Tucker (R) | 11.0 | 9,258 | |
| Dawnmarie Tomasi (R) | 11.0 | 9,191 | |
| Ken Alger (R) | 10.9 | 9,113 | |
| Paul Vallerand (Independent) | 3.2 | 2,678 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 186 | ||
| Total votes: 83,814 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Incumbent Ann Cummings, incumbent Anthony Pollina, and incumbent Andrew Perchlik defeated Theo Kennedy in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Cummings | 31.0 | 8,590 | |
| ✔ | Anthony Pollina | 27.6 | 7,643 | |
| ✔ | Andrew Perchlik | 23.6 | 6,558 | |
| Theo Kennedy | 17.3 | 4,812 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.5 | 134 | ||
| Total votes: 27,737 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Dawnmarie Tomasi, Dwayne Tucker, and Ken Alger defeated Brent Young in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dawnmarie Tomasi | 26.6 | 2,545 |
| ✔ | | Dwayne Tucker | 26.6 | 2,545 |
| ✔ | | Ken Alger | 25.0 | 2,388 |
| Brent Young | 19.9 | 1,907 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.9 | 181 | ||
| Total votes: 9,566 | ||||
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2018
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
In addition to running as a Vermont Progressive Party candidate, Pollina cross-filed to also run with the Democratic Party in 2018.
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Washington District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Cummings (D) | 24.5 | 16,834 | |
| ✔ | Anthony Pollina (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 21.2 | 14,547 | |
| ✔ | Andrew Perchlik (D) | 18.4 | 12,614 | |
| Chris Bradley (R) | 11.0 | 7,523 | |
| Ken Alger (R) | 10.6 | 7,244 | |
| Dwayne Tucker (R) | 10.5 | 7,195 | |
| Barry Wadle (Independent) | 3.7 | 2,565 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 87 | ||
| Total votes: 68,609 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Incumbent Ann Cummings and Andrew Perchlik defeated Ashley Hill, Theo Kennedy, and Andrew Brewer in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Ann Cummings | 30.0 | 4,632 | |
| ✔ | Andrew Perchlik | 25.1 | 3,872 | |
| Ashley Hill | 17.8 | 2,739 | |
| Theo Kennedy | 13.9 | 2,149 | |
| Andrew Brewer | 13.2 | 2,033 | |
| Total votes: 15,425 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Chris Bradley, Dwayne Tucker, and Ken Alger advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Chris Bradley | 35.7 | 1,843 |
| ✔ | | Dwayne Tucker | 32.5 | 1,680 |
| ✔ | | Ken Alger | 31.8 | 1,645 |
| Total votes: 5,168 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District (3 seats)
Incumbent Anthony Pollina advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Washington District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Anthony Pollina | 100.0 | 4,793 | |
| Total votes: 4,793 | ||||
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2016
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Vermont State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Washington District general election.[1][2]
| Vermont State Senate, Washington District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Francis Brooks |
18.04% | 13,689 | |
| Democratic | Ann Cummings |
22.42% | 17,013 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Pollina Incumbent |
20.05% | 15,212 | |
| Republican | William Doyle Incumbent | 17.79% | 13,498 | |
| Republican | Mike Doyle | 10.85% | 8,236 | |
| Republican | Josh Fitzhugh | 10.85% | 8,233 | |
| Total Votes | 75,881 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Francis Brooks, Ann Cummings and incumbent Anthony Pollina defeated Ashley Hill in the Vermont State Senate Washington District Democratic primary.[3][4]
| Vermont State Senate, Washington District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Francis Brooks |
18.99% | 3,709 | |
| Democratic | Ann Cummings |
30.87% | 6,028 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Pollina Incumbent |
31.15% | 6,083 | |
| Democratic | Ashley Hill | 18.99% | 3,708 | |
| Total Votes | 19,528 | |||
2014
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2014
Elections for the Vermont State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Washington has three state senators. Incumbent Ann Cummings, incumbent Anthony Pollina and Sandra Gaffney were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbent William Doyle, Pat McDonald and Dexter Lefavour were unopposed in the Republican primary.[5][6][7][8] Cummings, Doyle and Pollina defeated Lafavour, McDonald and Gaffney in the general election.[9]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | William "Bill" Doyle Incumbent |
21.3% | 11,275 | |
| Democratic | Ann Cummings Incumbent |
21.1% | 11,167 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Pollina* Incumbent |
19.8% | 10,474 | |
| Republican | Pat McDonald | 16.5% | 8,731 | |
| Republican | Dexter Lefavour | 11% | 5,823 | |
| Democratic | Sandra "Sandy" Gaffney** | 10.2% | 5,408 | |
| Total Votes | 52,878 | |||
*Pollina appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.
**Gaffney appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.
2012
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2012
Pollina won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont State Senate Washington District. He was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Democratic | Ann Cummings Incumbent |
24.5% | 16,557 | |
| Democratic | Anthony Pollina Incumbent |
21.8% | 14,730 | |
| Republican | William Doyle Incumbent |
25.4% | 17,179 | |
| Republican | Bernard Barnett | 13.2% | 8,913 | |
| Republican | Dexter LeFavour | 9.1% | 6,156 | |
| Independent | Jeremy Hansen | 6.1% | 4,097 | |
| Total Votes | 67,632 | |||
2010
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2010
Pollina was elected to the Washington District seat in 2010. He ran against Kimberly Cheney (D), Laura Moore (D), Donny Osman (D), Ann Cummings (D) in the primary. He defeated David Harrington (R), Ed Larson (R), Donny Osman (D), and Gaelan Brown (I) in the general election on November 2, 2010.[10]
| Vermont State Senate, Washington District, General Election (2010) | ||||
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| Candidates | Votes | |||
| Anne Cummings (D)
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12,213 | |||
| William "Bill" Doyle (R)
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11,971 | |||
| Anthony Pollina (D)
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10,689 | |||
| Donny Osman (D) | 8,569 | |||
| Ed Larson (D) | 7,791 | |||
| David Harrington (R) | 7,175 | |||
| Gaelan Brown (I) | 2,270 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
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2022
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Personal
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Pollina and his wife, Deborah, have two children.
See also
2020 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results Search," accessed April 22, 2014
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Vermont State Senate Washington District 2011-2023 |
Succeeded by Anne Watson (D) |
