The 2021 legislative session started off like no other I have experienced. There was something nice about being able to get dressed in my business clothes in my own home
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Vermont State Sen. Becca Balint, D-Windham, takes the oath of office for a new term at the State House, in Montpelier, on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021. Balint is the first woman and first openly gay person to be elected as the Vermont Senate president pro tempore.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
Outgoing Vermont Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman talks with a member of the Vermont Legislature at the State House in Montpelier, Vt., during the first day of the new session on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
Kristopher Radder Brattleboro Reformer
A nearly empty Vermont House of Representatives chambers at the State House, in Montpelier, because of the COVID-19 pandemic during the first day of the new session on Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021.
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This file photo combo shows Vermont incumbent Republican Gov. Phil Scott, left, and Democrat Lt. Gov. David Zuckerman, candidates for Vermont governor in the Nov. 3, 2020, general election.
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Molly Gray, a Democratic candidate for Lieutenant Governor, holds a rally at the Common in Brattleboro on Friday, July 24. Gray was elected to the post and will become the fourth woman in state history to hold the office.
KRISTOPHER RADDER â BRATTLEBORO REFORMER
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KRISTOPHER RADDER â BRATTLEBORO REFORMER
Gov. Phil Scott was reelected to a third two-year term in 2020 after guiding Vermont through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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In Vermont and around the globe, the biggest story of 2020 was the COVID-19 pandemic. But there were other events that will have lasting implications for state policy and residents. It was a major election year for key statewide offices as candidates had to find ways to campaign in the midst of a pandemic that limited personal interactions.
In January 2020, Progressive Vermont Lieutenant Governor David Zuckerman announced he would run for governor as a Democrat. “I will run in the Democratic primary. I will seek the write in on the Progressive ballot, and I ll run under both party names when I win those primaries in order to take on Governor Scott.”