Vermont voters will elect all 30 state senators from 16 districts, with each district electing between one and three senators. Districts that elect more than one senator use
plurality block voting; in districts that elect two senators, each voter can select up to two candidates on their ballot, and in districts that elect three senators, voters can select up to three candidates. Under Vermont's
electoral fusion system, candidates ran receive the nomination of more than one party, with all their nominations being listed on the ballot.
Democrats and Progressives currently hold a 23-seat
supermajority in the senate. In order to gain control, Republicans would either need to flip 9 seats in the senate or flip 8 seats and the office of
lieutenant governor, which presides over the senate and acts as the tiebreaking vote. However, Republicans would only need to flip 4 seats to break the Democrats' supermajority.
The incumbents are Democrats
Brian Campion and
Dick Sears, who won with only write-in opposition in 2022. Sears filed to run for re-election, while Campion announced he would retire.[5] However, Sears died in June 2024, shortly after the filing deadline.[6] Sears will remain on the ballot in the August Democratic primary; if he wins, the Vermont Democratic Party will be able to name a replacement nominee.[7]
The incumbents are Democrats
Philip Baruth and
Martine Gulick and Progressive
Tanya Vyhovsky, who won with 31.5%, 29.0%, and 25.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (86.2% combined), against an independent candidate. All three incumbents are running for re-election.
The incumbent was Democrat
Richard Mazza, who won with 73.0% of the vote in 2022. Mazza resigned on April 8, 2024, due to health issues; he later died on May 28.[16] Governor
Phil Scott appointed Democrat
Andy Julow, a nonprofit executive and former chair of the
Champlain Valley School District Board, to Mazza's vacant seat.[17]
Democratic primary
Declared
Julie Hulburd, member of the Vermont Cannabis Control Board[14]
The incumbents are Republicans
Brian Collamore,
Terry Williams, and
Dave Weeks, who won with 21.0%, 17.3%, and 16.3% of the vote in 2022, respectively (54.6% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats
Ann Cummings,
Anne Watson, and
Andrew Perchlik, who won with 26.2%, 22.9%, and 21.1% of the vote in 2022, respectively (70.2% combined).
The incumbents are Democrats
Alison Clarkson,
Rebecca White, and
Richard McCormack, who won with 23.4%, 22.9%, and 22.7% of the vote in 2022, respectively (69.0% combined). McCormack is not running for re-election.[24]
^In the 2022 election, 22 of the elected senators were primarily Democrats. However, 3 of the elected senators were primarily affiliated with a different party but were
also nominated by the Democratic Party and listed "Democratic" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.
^In the 2022 election, 7 of the elected senators were primarily Republicans. However, 1 of the elected senators was primarily affiliated with a different party but was
also nominated by the Republican Party and listed "Republican" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.
^In the 2022 election, 1 of the elected senators was primarily a Progressive. However, 4 of the elected senators were primarily affiliated with a different party but were
also nominated by the Progressive Party and listed "Progressive" on the ballot as a secondary nomination. Additionally, the elected senator that is primarily a Progressive was listed "Democratic" on the ballot as a secondary nomination.
^Mearhoff, Sarah (May 31, 2024).
"Vermont House members hope to clinch Senate seats in open races". VTDigger. Retrieved June 14, 2024. This year, Bennington, Caledonia, Orleans, and Windsor Counties will all see open Senate races as a result of the departures of Sen. Brian Campion, D-Bennington; Sen. Jane Kitchel, D-Caledonia; Sen. Bobby Starr, D-Orleans; and Sen. Dick McCormack, D-Windsor.
^Weinstein, Ethan (May 24, 2024).
"Former Democratic lawmaker John Rodgers to run for lieutenant governor as a Republican". VTDigger. Retrieved May 25, 2024. Asked why he chose to run for lieutenant governor...rather than seek the Senate seat opened up by the retirement of Sen. Bobby Starr, D-Orleans, Rodgers said he could be an 'advocate and a voice' for Vermonters who feel they've been 'left out' of the political process