Vermont Sample Ballot 2026: Every Candidate on Your November Ballot

Phil Scott is Vermont's incumbent governor and the Republican nominee for a sixth two-year term. He drew no Republican primary opponent on August 11 and filed for re-election in person at the Secretary of State's office in May. A former construction company owner and stock car racer who has won repeatedly in a strongly Democratic state, his tenure emphasizes affordability, fiscal restraint, and a moderate, pragmatic brand of Republicanism.

Janoo is an economist and co-founder of the Wellbeing Economy Alliance of Vermont, per the campaign site. She was born and raised in Strafford, Vermont, and has spent her career helping governments across the United States and around the world build stronger, more resilient economies, per the campaign site.

June Goodband is the Peace and Justice Party candidate for Vermont governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). June Goodband, of Springfield, is a psychotherapist running for governor on the Peace and Justice Party ticket, per the Brattleboro Reformer. She was also the party's 2024 gubernatorial nominee. Her campaign, which she says spends very little money, calls for progressive taxation, implementing Vermont's universal healthcare law, and replacing incarceration with community accountability programs, per her campaign site.

Dean Roy is the Freedom and Unity Party candidate for Vermont governor on the November 3, 2026 ballot, per the Vermont Secretary of State's general election candidate list (updated Aug. 27, 2026). Dean Roy is a 14-year-old freshman at Stowe High School and former legislative page at the Vermont Statehouse, per Fortune. He created the Freedom and Unity Party to appear on Vermont's November 2026 general election ballot for governor, taking advantage of the state's lack of a minimum age for the office. Roy has named housing affordability as his top concern and has said he would consider taking online classes to balance school with the office's duties. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026; the Secretary of State's general election candidate list is the only verifiable source for Dean Roy.

John Rodgers is Vermont's incumbent lieutenant governor and the Republican nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. A farmer and stonemason on his family's two-century-old Glover farm and a former Democratic state senator from the Northeast Kingdom who won the office as a Republican in 2024, he emphasizes rural Vermont and working-class practicality.

Gray is Vermont's Lieutenant Governor and founder of the Vermont Afghan Alliance, which provides employment, housing, and licensing support to Afghan allies, per the campaign site. She grew up on a family farm in South Newbury and is a caregiver for her mother, who has multiple sclerosis, per the campaign site.

Mike Pieciak is Vermont's incumbent state treasurer and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. A former state financial regulation commissioner, his tenure has focused on pension stability, climate-related financial risk, and returning unclaimed property.

Zachary Hampl is a first-time candidate from Rutland Town and the Vermont Progressive Party's nominee for state treasurer, unopposed in the August 11 Progressive primary. He has no campaign website and published no platform materials this cycle, so no priorities are listed here. No campaign website was found as of September 11, 2026.

Sarah Copeland Hanzas is Vermont's incumbent secretary of state and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. An eighteen-year state representative who chaired Government Operations and served as majority leader, she runs Vermont's elections, business services and professional licensing.

Charity Clark is Vermont's incumbent attorney general and the Democratic nominee for re-election, unopposed in the August 11 primary. The first woman elected Vermont attorney general, she previously served as chief of staff to Attorney General T.J. Donovan and as an assistant attorney general from 2014. Her office has focused on consumer protection, data privacy, and multistate litigation defending Vermont interests.

Tim Ashe is Vermont's deputy state auditor, a twelve-year state senator who served four years as president pro tempore, a former Burlington city councilor and a decade-long affordable-housing developer.