General election Tuesday, Nov 3, 2026 · Local and district races
Source: Vermont Secretary of State, 2026 General Election Qualified Candidates (updated 9/23/2026) (accessed Oct 19, 2026). Names are shown as listed by the source. Which district races you see depends on where you live; check yours at Vermont My Voter Page (Secretary of State; shows your sample ballot).
| Office | Candidates |
|---|---|
| Courts & justices of the peace | |
| Assistant Judge Vote for 2 | Elizabeth Benoit (Ind.), Evan Hammond (R), Aleda G. Routhier (Ind.), Kenn Stransky (R) |
| City & town offices | |
| Justice of the Peace, Brighton | Krystyna Kurzej (Ind.) vs. Katie Mientka (D) vs. Janet Osborne (Ind.) vs. Bruce Rumball-Petre (Ind.) vs. Michelle Wilcox (Ind.) |
| Justice of the Peace, Canaan | Fern Brown (Ind.) vs. Laurie Daley (Ind.) vs. Judith Masson (Ind.) vs. Krista Rodrigue (Ind.) vs. Catherine "Katie" Sawicki (Ind.) |
| Justice of the Peace, Concord | Danielle K. Balch (R) vs. Linda A. Blakslee (R) vs. Paula N. Christopher (R) vs. Danielle E. Coté-Sukkaew (D) vs. Christopher J. Fournier (R) vs. Cynthia A. Gaboriault (D) vs. Kurt N. Martin (D) |
| Justice of the Peace, East Haven | Rita H Laferriere (Ind.) vs. George Ruggles (Ind.) vs. George T Ruggles Jr (Ind.) vs. Stephanie K Wales (Ind.) vs. Chris T Young (Ind.) |
| Justice of the Peace, Guildhall | Rebecca Bacon (Ind.) vs. Casey Dowland (Ind.) vs. Valerie Foy (Ind.) vs. Kelly McLain (Ind.) vs. Sarah Sterling (Ind.) |
| Justice of the Peace, Maidstone | Andy Champagne-Willis (Ind.) vs. Laurie Snowman (Ind.) vs. Mary Von Alt (Ind.) |
| Justice of the Peace, Norton | Christina R Duffy (Ind.) vs. Jocelyn "Jody" Gordon (Ind.) vs. Julie Lavallee (Ind.) vs. Gina Vigneault (Ind.) |
Also on every Essex County ballot: Governor, the other statewide offices, U.S. House, your State Senate and House districts and your town's justices of the peace.
Copied from the Secretary of State's official list of qualified general election candidates. Party labels: D = Democratic, R = Republican, Prog. = Progressive, Ind. = Independent; a candidate nominated by more than one party shows each (for example D/R). Assistant judges are elected two at a time.
Justices of the peace are elected town by town on the same ballot and are listed below by town (towns are assigned to counties using the U.S. Census Bureau county subdivision file). State Senate and House races are on the state page.
Your exact ballot: Vermont My Voter Page (Secretary of State; shows your sample ballot).
One candidate per seat on the list (write-ins may still be possible).
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