Vermont Senate Democrats met Sunday to elect a new slate of leaders and unanimously nominated Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, to serve as president pro tempore, the chamber’s leader.The pro tem is formally elected by the full chamber when the.
Even as Baruth celebrated his caucus’ power, he sought to manage expectations. And he signaled that he was particularly sensitive to concerns that an “arrogant” supermajority would be oblivious to the “average Vermonters’ lives, their pocketbooks, their wallets, their bills.”
The Democratic incumbent had been off the campaign trail for the last month after suffering a stroke. His Republican opponent ran an aggressive, highly visible digital campaign focusing on the clean heat standard and cultural issues popular among national Republicans.
MONTPELIER Sen. Phil Baruth, D/P-Chittenden, is seeking to lead the Vermont Senate if reelected in November and he has the support of apparently every other Democrat who was thought to be eyeing the post.Baruth confirmed in an interview that he.
“Not much of a race!” Sen. Andrew Perchlik, D/P-Washington, remarked to VTDigger when asked about the slate of candidates to replace Sen. Becca Balint, the outgoing Senate leader.