Democratic candidate David Zuckerman speaks during VTDigger’s Lieutenant Governor Debate at the Paramount Theater in Rutland on June 15. File photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., has once again endorsed Progressive/Democrat David Zuckerman to be Vermont’s lieutenant governor. Zuckerman served two terms as LG before challenging Republican Gov. Phil Scott in the 2020 gubernatorial race. Zuckerman was unsuccessful in ousting America’s second-most-popular governor, and now he wants his old job back. Sanders is a perennial endorser of Zuckerman’s, having backed his lieutenant governor campaigns in 2016 and 2018, and his gubernatorial campaign in 2020. In a news
South Burlington residents voted in steady numbers last Tuesday for Vermont’s primary election, though fewer seemed to choose their candidates in person this year — a shift likely caused by
Former lieutenant governor David Zuckerman is once again the Democrats' choice to run for the state's second-highest office after besting three other lesser-known candidates in.
David Zuckerman is advancing to November’s general election, having defeated Kitty Toll, Charlie Kimbell and Patricia Preston for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor. As of 9:36 p.m., with 182 precincts reporting, Zuckerman led the pack.