The survey, commissioned by WCAX, found that 63% of likely Democratic primary voters would vote for Balint, while 21% would vote for Gray.
UNH poll shows Becca Balint with lopsided lead over Molly Gray in Democratic US House primary
Author: Lola Duffort
Lola Duffort is a political reporter for VTDigger, covering Vermont state government, the congressional delegation and elections. She previously covered education for Digger, the Concord Monitor in New Hampshire and the Rutland Herald. She has also freelanced for the Miami Herald in Florida, where she grew up. She is a graduate of McGill University in Canada.
LGBTQ+, progressive PACs pour over $600K into congressional race for Balint
The spending blitz has touched off a debate about who can claim moral high ground on money in politics when both campaigns have now raised just shy of $1 million.
A technocrat, an activist and a lawmaker: Those are the choices for voters in Vermont’s Democratic primary for secretary of state
Although they share a similar set of basic values, the three Democrats have sought to distinguish themselves by emphasizing their backgrounds and priorities.
Molly Gray says she’ll get it done for Vermonters in DC. What has she done so far?
The lieutenant governor has made her experience a central part of her pitch to voters in this year’s Democratic congressional primary. Critics ask what she’s done for Vermont.
Gray, Balint campaigns tussle over super PACs, though none have entered the race
Super PACs have yet to buy ads in Vermont’s marquee political race, but that’s not stopping two leading candidates from arguing about them.
State employees union endorses Molly Gray for Congress
“Molly was extraordinarily brave in coming off the sidelines very early in the midst of the pension fight,” VSEA Executive Director Steve Howard said.
Becca Balint has denounced super PACs. Is her campaign winking at them anyway?
A campaign finance reform nonprofit and a Democratic strategist said Balint’s website appeared to be engaging in a practice known as “redboxing.” The campaign denied any wrongdoing.
Phil Scott signs state budget and transportation bills into law, totals top $8 billion
The extraordinary level of federal spending in the wake of the pandemic has been a temporary boon to the state’s coffers. Lawmakers and the governor began the 2022 legislative session with a little over $500 million remaining from the state’s American Rescue Plan Act allocation.
Kesha Ram Hinsdale’s shuttered congressional campaign keeps fundraising to pay off debt
Federal campaigns that wind down are allowed to keep raising money only if they have debts. Ram Hinsdale’s campaign manager said the operation still has outstanding bills to pay, mostly to staff.
Does Brock Pierce live in Vermont? Answering ‘yes’ could cost the Senate candidate his Puerto Rican tax haven.
Former “First Kid” star and crypto magnate Brock Pierce is the beneficiary of Act 22, a law passed on the U.S. territory in 2012 to coax the rich to relocate to the Caribbean island.
The paperwork is in. Here are (most of) the legislative races to watch.
Battleground districts in Franklin County and across the state could determine whether Democrats hold the power to override the governor’s vetoes in the next legislative session.
Corporate tax reform bill, signed by Phil Scott, expected to benefit manufacturers
Initially introduced last year to remove the sales tax on menstrual products, S.53 this legislative session turned into a vehicle for a variety of major corporate tax reforms.
Phil Scott signs $1,000 child tax credit into law
“Tax relief has always been my priority, but instead I’ve had to resort to preventing efforts to raise taxes over the last six years, so I’m encouraged the Legislature agreed with me this session that Vermonters need a break,” Scott said in a statement Friday.
Kesha Ram Hinsdale exits Vermont’s US House race, endorses Becca Balint
The shakeup comes the morning after the filing deadline to appear on the ballot. It leaves Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, D-Windham, Lt. Gov. Molly Gray, former congressional staffer Sianay Chase Clifford and physician Louis Meyers on the Democratic ballot.
