The state Board of Canvassers has certified the results of last week’s Vermont primary. We’re still waiting for a couple of numbers, but the biggest surprise was a trio of write-in victories in the Republican primary.
Your GOP nominee for Auditor: Incumbent Dem/Prog Doug Hoffer.
Your GOP nominee for Secretary of State: incumbent Democrat Jim Condos.
Your GOP nominee for Treasurer: incumbent Democrat Beth Pearce.
All three received the highest number of write-in votes in their respective races — and received more than the minimum 250 needed to win as a write-in.
Yet another low-water mark for the Vermont Republican Party: fully half its statewide ticket is comprised of Democrats.
In other news: Yes indeed, Dean Corren is your Democratic nominee (and your Progressive nominee) for Lieutenant Governor. We don’t yet know how many Dem write-ins were given to incumbent Republican Phil Scott; we only know it wasn’t enough.
Same with Libertarian Dan Feliciano. We don’t know how many write-in votes he got for the Republican gubernatorial nomination; we just know that Scott Milne won the nomination.
Otherwise, not much news. Which has got to be comforting to Jim Condos; write-ins have spelled trouble the last couple of election cycles.