Vermont held an election for attorney general on November 8, 2022. The primary was scheduled for August 9, 2022. The filing deadline was May 26, 2022. This was one of 30 elections for attorney general taking place in 2022. All 50 states have an attorney general who serves as the state's chief legal officer, responsible for enforcing state law and offering the state government advice on legal matters. In 43 states, the office was, at the time of the 2022 elections, an elected post. At the time of the 2022 elections, there were 27 Republican attorneys general and 23 Democratic attorneys general. Click here for an overview of all 30 attorney general elections that took place in 2022. A state government triplex refers to a situation where the governor, attorney general, and secretary of state are all members of the same political party. Heading into the 2022 elections, there were 23 Republican triplexes, 18 Democratic triplexes, and nine divided governments where neither party held triplex control.

In September 2022, Sabato's Crystal Ball released an analysis of state attorney general election competitiveness. Vermont's attorney general election was rated as not competitive, meaning the seat was expected to stay in Democratic hands: "The Democratic nominee is Charity Clark, a veteran of the AG’s office. She should win easily over Republican nominee and political newcomer Mike Tagliavia." Click here to read the analysis.^[1]

Charity Clark won election in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont.

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Candidates and election results

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

Charity Clark defeated Michael Tagliavia in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 8, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charity Clark (D)	65.1	179,098
	Michael Tagliavia (R)	34.8	95,661
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	467

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 275,226
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Elijah Bergman (Vermont Progressive Party)
H. Brooke Paige (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Charity Clark defeated Rory Thibault in the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Charity Clark	67.1	58,589
	Rory Thibault	32.5	28,391
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	378

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 87,358
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	95.7	20,668
	Other/Write-in votes	4.3	919

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 21,587
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Elijah Bergman advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Elijah Bergman	92.6	477
	Other/Write-in votes	7.4	38

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 515
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Voting information

See also: Voting in Vermont

Election information in Vermont: Nov. 8, 2022, election.

What was the voter registration deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022
Online: Nov. 8, 2022

Was absentee/mail-in voting available to all voters?

N/A

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot request deadline?

In-person: Nov. 7, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 7, 2022
Online: Nov. 7, 2022

What was the absentee/mail-in ballot return deadline?

In-person: Nov. 8, 2022
By mail: Received by Nov. 8, 2022

Was early voting available to all voters?

Yes

What were the early voting start and end dates?

Sep. 24, 2022 to Nov. 7, 2022

Were all voters required to present ID at the polls? If so, was a photo or non-photo ID required?

N/A

When were polls open on Election Day?

Open: 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.; Close: 7 p.m.

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Past elections

2020

See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2020

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan defeated H. Brooke Paige and Cris Ericson in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	T.J. Donovan (D)	67.7	234,081
	H. Brooke Paige (R)	27.5	94,892
	Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	4.6	15,846
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	696

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 345,515
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	T.J. Donovan	99.1	94,739
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	823

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,562
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

H. Brooke Paige defeated Emily Peyton in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	49.4	21,574
	Emily Peyton	46.7	20,376
	Other/Write-in votes	3.9	1,705

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,655
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	58.1	414
	Other/Write-in votes	41.9	299

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 713
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2018

See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan defeated Janssen Willhoit and Rosemarie Jackowski in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 6, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	T.J. Donovan (D)	70.1	187,093
	Janssen Willhoit (R)	26.3	70,226
	Rosemarie Jackowski (Liberty Union Party)	3.6	9,536
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	166

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 267,021
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		T.J. Donovan	100.0	58,714

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,714
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		H. Brooke Paige	100.0	16,853

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 16,853
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Election analysis

Click the tabs below to view information about demographics, past elections, and partisan control of the state.

Presidential elections - Information about presidential elections in the state.
Statewide elections - Information about recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections in the state.
State partisanship - The partisan makeup of the state's congressional delegation and state government.
Demographics - Information about the state's demographics and how they compare to the country as a whole.

Presidential elections

	2024 → ← 2020
Vermont Attorney General
	Democratic primary; Republican primary; General election
Election details
	Filing deadline: May 26, 2022
	Primary: August 9, 2022; General: November 8, 2022; Pre-election incumbent(s):; T.J. Donovan (D)
How to vote
	Poll times: Open between 5 a.m. to 10 a.m.; close at 7 p.m.; Voting in Vermont
Ballotpedia analysis
	Federal and state primary competitiveness; State executive elections in 2022; Impact of term limits in 2022; State government trifectas; State government triplexes; Ballotpedia's Election Analysis Hub, 2022
Vermont; executive elections
	Governor; Lieutenant Governor; Attorney General; Secretary of State; Treasurer; Auditor

See also: Presidential voting trends in Vermont and The Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index

Cook PVI by congressional district

Cook Political Report's Partisan Voter Index for Vermont, 2022
District	Incumbent	Party	PVI
Vermont's At-Large	Open	Democratic	D+16

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2020 presidential results in congressional districts based on 2022 district lines, Vermont^[2]
District	Joe Biden	Donald Trump
Vermont's At-Large	66.4%	30.8%

2012-2020

How a state's counties vote in a presidential election and the size of those counties can provide additional insights into election outcomes at other levels of government including statewide and congressional races. Below, four categories are used to describe each county's voting pattern over the 2012, 2016, and 2020 presidential elections: Solid, Trending, Battleground, and New. Click [show] on the table below for examples:

County-level voting pattern categories
Democratic
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Democratic	D	D	D
Trending Democratic	R	D	D
Battleground Democratic	D	R	D
New Democratic	R	R	D
Republican
Status	2012	2016	2020
Solid Republican	R	R	R
Trending Republican	D	R	R
Battleground Republican	R	D	R
New Republican	D	D	R

Following the 2020 presidential election, 99.1% of Vermonters lived in one of the state's 13 Solid Democratic counties, which voted for the Democratic presidential candidate in every election from 2012 to 2020, and 0.9% lived Essex County, the state's one Trending Republican county. Overall, Vermont was Solid Democratic, having voted for Barack Obama (D) in 2012, Hillary Clinton (D) in 2016, and Joe Biden (D) in 2020. Use the table below to view the total number of each type of county in Vermont following the 2020 election as well as the overall percentage of the state population located in each county type.

Vermont county-level statistics, 2020
Solid Democratic	13	99.1%
Trending Republican	1	0.9%
Total voted Democratic	13	99.1%
Total voted Republican	1	0.9%

Historical voting trends

Vermont presidential election results (1900-2020)

9 Democratic wins
22 Republican wins

Year	1900	1904	1908	1912	1916	1920	1924	1928	1932	1936	1940	1944	1948	1952	1956	1960	1964	1968	1972	1976	1980	1984	1988	1992	1996	2000	2004	2008	2012	2016	2020
Winning Party	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Statewide elections

This section details the results of the five most recent U.S. Senate and gubernatorial elections held in the state.

U.S. Senate elections

See also: List of United States Senators from Vermont

The table below details the vote in the five most recent U.S. Senate races in Vermont.

U.S. Senate election results in Vermont
Race	Winner	Runner up
2018	67.4% (Independent)	27.5%
2016	61.3%	33.0%
2012	71.0% (Independent)	24.9%
2010	64.4%	30.9%
2006	65.4%	32.3%
Average	65.9	29.7

Gubernatorial elections

See also: Governor of Vermont

The table below details the vote in the five most recent gubernatorial elections in Vermont.

Gubernatorial election results in Vermont
Race	Winner	Runner up
2020	68.5%	27.3% (Progressive Party)
2018	55.2%	40.2%
2016	52.9%	44.2%
2014	46.4%	45.1%
2012	57.8%	37.6%
Average	56.2	38.9

State partisanship

Congressional delegation

The table below displays the partisan composition of Vermont's congressional delegation as of November 2022.

Congressional Partisan Breakdown from Vermont, November 2022
Party	U.S. Senate	U.S. House	Total
Democratic	1	1	2
Republican	0	0	0
Independent	1	0	1
Vacancies	0	0	0
Total	2	1	3

State executive

The table below displays the officeholders in Vermont's top four state executive offices as of November 2022.

State executive officials in Vermont, November 2022
Office	Officeholder
Governor	Phil Scott
Lieutenant Governor	Molly Gray
Secretary of State	Jim Condos
Attorney General	Susanne Young

State legislature

The tables below highlight the partisan composition of the Vermont State Legislature as of November 2022.

Vermont State Senate

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	21
	Republican Party	7
	Vermont Progressive Party	2
	Vacancies	0
Total		30

Vermont House of Representatives

Party		As of November 2022
	Democratic Party	93
	Republican Party	46
	Vermont Progressive Party	5
	Independent	5
	Vacancies	1
Total		150

Trifecta control

As of November 2022, Vermont was a divided government, with Republicans controlling the governorship and Democratic majorities in both chambers of the state legislature. The table below displays the historical trifecta status of the state.

Vermont Party Control: 1992-2022
Ten years of Democratic trifectas • No Republican trifectas
Scroll left and right on the table below to view more years.

Year	92	93	94	95	96	97	98	99	00	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
Governor	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	R	R
Senate	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D
House	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	R	R	R	R	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D	D

Demographics

The table below details demographic data in Vermont and compares it to the broader United States as of 2019.

Demographic Data for Vermont
	Vermont	United States
Population	625,741	308,745,538
Land area (sq mi)	9,217	3,531,905
Race and ethnicity**
White	94.2%	72.5%
Black/African American	1.4%	12.7%
Asian	1.7%	5.5%
Native American	0.3%	0.8%
Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.2%
Two or more	2%	3.3%
Hispanic/Latino	1.9%	18%
Education
High school graduation rate	92.7%	88%
College graduation rate	38%	32.1%
Income
Median household income	$61,973	$62,843
Persons below poverty level	10.9%	13.4%
Source: population provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "Decennial Census" (2010). Other figures provided by U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2014-2019).
**Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

External links

Footnotes

[1] Sabato's Crystal Ball, "The Attorneys General: A Dozen Races Dot the Competitive Landscape," September 14, 2022

[2] Daily Kos, "Daily Kos Elections' presidential results by congressional district for 2020, 2016, and 2012," accessed September 9, 2022

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General election for Attorney General of Vermont

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Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

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Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

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Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Voting information

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Past elections

2020

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

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Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont

2018

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

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Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Election analysis

Presidential elections

Cook PVI by congressional district

2020 presidential results by 2022 congressional district lines

2012-2020

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Statewide elections

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