The head of the Vermont Democratic Party is calling on Addison County State’s Attorney Eva Vekos to resign after VTDigger published a story Monday in which sexual assault survivors criticized her handling of their cases and described ethics complaints filed against her.
“Eva Vekos is unfit to serve as State’s Attorney, and she should resign from her office immediately — as a majority of Addison County legislators called for last year, even before the latest ethics complaints and allegations of bullying crime victims came to light,” Vermont Democratic Party Chair Lachlan Francis said in a statement Monday afternoon.
If Vekos decides to seek reelection to another four-year term, Francis added, the party would not support her candidacy.
“She will not have access to our resources or infrastructure, and we will work to recruit and support a strong primary opponent,” Francis said in the statement. “Addison County deserves law enforcement leaders capable of holding the public’s trust, and that will never be Eva Vekos.”
VTDigger’s Monday story described Vekos’ conduct that led to two formal ethics complaints filed against her regarding her treatment of sexual assault survivors.
In a statement to VTDigger late Monday afternoon, Vekos, a Democrat, challenged the allegations made against her and criticized the state Democratic Party.
“The Democratic Party doesn’t know anything about me or the successes of my office,” Vekos said in the email. “They have never shown any interest in the work of the criminal court in Addison. So their opinion means little to me.”
Political leaders have called for Vekos’ resignation before. Following her arrest for alleged drunken driving in January 2024, several lawmakers called for her to step down, though she did not. Vekos is up for reelection in November 2026.
Vekos was arrested on a drunken driving charge after she allegedly drove to a suspicious death investigation in Bridport intoxicated. She has since pleaded not guilty to that charge, which remains pending.
Since Vekos’s arrest, detectives with the Vermont State Police New Haven barracks in Addison County have sent cases they investigate to the Vermont Attorney General’s office, rather than Vekos’ office, to avoid a conflict of interest.
