Just saw Peter Galbraith’s first TV ad. The most interesting thing in it was the last line:
“Roger Allbee, Treasurer.”
Hmm. Roger Allbee. Lifelong Republican. Agriculture Secretary in the Jim Douglas administration. In 2014, he became a Democratic candidate for State Senate in WIndham County — without actually becoming, you know, a Democrat.
He was effectively running to fill the vacancy opened by Peter Galbraith’s decision not to seek re-election. He enjoyed Galbraith’s endorsement.
He also committed a world-class gaffe at a candidates’ forum:
Whoever is elected represents all the people, whether they’re Democrat, Republican, they’re colored, they have alternative preferences, we represent everyone in the county. Everyone. We represent every citizen.
The Vermont Political Observer. 