The VTDigger newsroom is covering the primary election with reporters, editors and photographers across the state. Find all of our stories from Tuesday, Aug. 13, below. This post will be updated through Wednesday, Aug. 14.
- Party dynamics play out in some of Vermont’s few competitive House primaries — One race, in Windham County, was marked by eleventh-hour allegations of election interference that are now being investigated by the state’s Democratic Party. (Aug. 14 6:23 p.m.)
- Phil Scott backed candidates in 2 down-ballot Democratic primaries. It didn’t work. — In Election Day text messages, the Republican governor’s campaign urged voters to cast their ballots for two candidates each challenging two groups of Democratic incumbents. (Aug. 14, 6:12 p.m.)
- Results begin to arrive for Vermont’s most closely watched state Senate primaries — Unofficial results in the Chittenden Central district suggested the three incumbents had fended off a challenge from a former broadcast journalist in the Democratic primary. (Aug. 13, 9:31 p.m.)
- David Zuckerman, John Rodgers win Vermont lieutenant governor primaries — Zuckerman, the current lieutenant governor, defeated Thomas Renner in the Democratic primary. Rodgers, a former Democratic state legislator, beat Gregory Thayer in the Republican race. (Aug. 13, 8:38 p.m.)
- In Brattleboro, House Ways and Means chair wins Democratic primary — Rep. Emilie Kornheiser bested farmer Amanda Ellis-Thurber in a Tuesday vote focused on differing priorities for raising state revenue. (Aug. 13, 8:23 p.m.)
- Esther Charlestin wins Democratic gubernatorial nod while most statewide incumbents cruise to primary victories — Charlestin is attempting to unseat Gov. Phil Scott, who did not face competition in Vermont’s Republican primary. (Aug. 13, 7:19 p.m.)
- After quiet primary, Bernie Sanders to face Gerald Malloy and Becca Balint to face Mark Coester in general election — Neither the Democratic nor Republican primaries for Vermont’s congressional seats saw competition on Tuesday. (Aug. 13, 7 p.m.)
