Heather Surprenant
Heather Surprenant | |
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Member of the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-4-1 district | |
Incumbent | |
Assumed office 2021 | |
Preceded by | Randall Szott |
Personal details | |
Born | Randolph, Vermont, U.S. |
Political party | Vermont Progressive |
Other political affiliations | Democratic |
Education | Smith College (BA) |
Heather Surprenant is an American politician and farmer who serves in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-4 district as a member of the Vermont Progressive Party. She is currently Vice Chair of the Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency and Forestry.
Early life and education
Heather Surprenant was born in Randolph, Vermont. She graduated from Smith College with a Bachelor of Arts degree in government. She lived in San Francisco, California, for two years after graduating from Smith College and then moved back to Vermont. During her time in California she worked at an organic farm in Half Moon Bay, California.[1]
Vermont House of Representatives
Surprenant ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Windsor-4-1 district during the 2020 election. She received the Vermont Progressive nomination and defeated Havah Armstrong Walther for the Democratic nomination. During the campaign she was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders. She won in the general election against Republican nominee Mark Donka.[2][3][4]
Electoral history
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Democratic | Heather Surprenant | 423 | 51.84% | ||
Democratic | Havah Armstrong Walther | 390 | 47.79% | ||
Democratic | Write-ins | 3 | 0.37% | ||
Total votes | 816 | 100.00% | |||
Blank | 76 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Progressive | Heather Surprenant | ||||
Democratic | Heather Surprenant | ||||
Total | Heather Surprenant | 1,616 | 60.50% | ||
Republican | Mark Donka | 1,049 | 39.27 | ||
Independent | Write-ins | 6 | 0.22% | ||
Total votes | 2,671 | 100.00% | |||
Blank | 198 | ||||
Spoiled | 1 |
Personal
She identifies as LGBTQ.[5]
References
- ^ "Representative Heather Surprenant". Vermont General Assembly. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved February 12, 2021.
- ^ "Sanders endorses 36 state and local candidates in Vermont". Vermont Digger. October 9, 2020. Archived from the original on June 17, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "2020 State Representative Democratic Primary". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ a b "2020 State Representative General Election". Secretary of State of Vermont. Archived from the original on June 18, 2021. Retrieved June 18, 2021.
- ^ "Vermont's Rainbow Wave". Pride Center of Vermont. November 4, 2020.
External links
- Campaign website
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- Speaker of the House
- Jill Krowinski (D)
- Majority Leader
- Emily Long (D)
- Minority Leader
- Patricia McCoy (R)
- ▌Robin Scheu (D, Add.-1)
- ▌Amy Sheldon (D, Add.-1)
- ▌Peter Conlon (D, Add.-2)
- ▌Diane Lanpher (D, Add.-3)
- ▌Matt Birong (D, Add.-3)
- ▌Mari Cordes (D, Add.-4)
- ▌Caleb Elder (D, Add.-4)
- ▌Jubilee McGill (D, Add.-5)
- ▌Joseph Andriano (D, Add.-Rut.)
- ▌Nelson Brownell (D, Benn.-1)
- ▌Timothy Corcoran II (D, Benn.-2)
- ▌Dane Whitman (D, Benn.-2)
- ▌David Durfee (D, Benn.-3)
- ▌Seth Bongartz (D, Benn.-4)
- ▌Kathleen James (D, Benn.-4)
- ▌Mary A. Morrissey (R, Benn.-5)
- ▌Jim Carroll (D, Benn.-5)
- ▌Mike Rice (D, Benn.-Rut.)
- ▌Bobby Farlice-Rubio (D, Cal.-1)
- ▌Chip Troiano (D, Cal.-2)
- ▌Dennis LaBounty (D, Cal.-3)
- ▌Beth Quimby (R, Cal.-3)
- ▌Scott Beck (R, Cal.-Ess.)
- ▌Scott Campbell (D, Cal.-Ess.)
- ▌Henry Pearl (D, Cal.-Wash.)
- ▌Jana Brown (D, Chit.-1)
- ▌Angela Arsenault (D, Chit.-2)
- ▌Erin Brady (D, Chit.-2)
- ▌Trevor Squirrell (D, Chit.-3)
- ▌Edye Graning (D, Chit.-3)
- ▌Phil Pouech (D, Chit.-4)
- ▌Chea Waters Evans (D, Chit.-5)
- ▌Kate Lalley (D, Chit.-6)
- ▌Jessica Brumsted (D, Chit.-7)
- ▌Noah Hyman (D, Chit.-8)
- ▌Emilie Krasnow (D, Chit.-9)
- ▌Kate Nugent (D, Chit.-10)
- ▌Brian Minier (D, Chit.-11)
- ▌Martin LaLonde (D, Chit.-12)
- ▌Tiffany Bluemle (D, Chit.-13)
- ▌Gabrielle Stebbins (D, Chit.-13)
- ▌Barbara Rachelson (D, Chit.-14)
- ▌Mary-Katherine Stone (D/P, Chit.-14)
- ▌Brian Cina (P/D, Chit.-15)
- ▌Troy Headrick (P/D, Chit.-15)
- ▌Jill Krowinski (D, Chit.-16)
- ▌Kate Logan (P/D, Chit.-16)
- ▌Abbey Duke (D, Chit.-17)
- ▌Carol Ode (D, Chit.-18)
- ▌Robert Hooper (D, Chit.-18)
- ▌Sarita Austin (D, Chit.-19)
- ▌Patrick Brennan (R, Chit.-19)
- ▌Seth Chase (D, Chit.-20)
- ▌Curt Taylor (D, Chit.-20)
- ▌Daisy Berbeco (D, Chit.-21)
- ▌Taylor Small (P/D, Chit.-21)
- ▌Karen Dolan (D, Chit.-22)
- ▌Lori Houghton (D, Chit.-22)
- ▌Leonora Dodge (D, Chit.-23)
- ▌Rey Garofano (D, Chit.-23)
- ▌Alyssa Black (D, Chit.-24)
- ▌Julia Andrews (D, Chit.-25)
- ▌Chris Taylor (R, Chit.-Frank.)
- ▌Chris Mattos (R, Chit.-Frank.)
- ▌Terri Lynn Williams (R, Ess.-Cal.)
- ▌Larry Labor (R, Ess.-Orl.)
- ▌Ashley Bartley (R, Frank.-1)
- ▌Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R, Frank.-1)
- ▌Eileen Dickinson (R, Frank.-2)
- ▌Mike McCarthy (D, Frank.-3)
- ▌Matthew Walker (R, Frank.-4)
- ▌Thomas Oliver (R/D, Frank.-4)
- ▌Wayne Laroche (R, Frank.-5)
- ▌Lisa Hango (R, Frank.-5)
- ▌James Gregoire (R, Frank.-6)
- ▌Penny Demar (R, Frank.-7)
- ▌Casey Toof (R, Frank.-8)
- ▌Josie Leavitt (D, G.I.-Chit.)
- ▌Michael Morgan (R, G.I.-Chit.)
- ▌Jed Lipsky (I, Lam.-1)
- ▌Melanie Carpenter (D, Lam.-2)
- ▌Daniel Noyes (D, Lam.-2)
- ▌Lucy Boyden (D, Lam.-3)
- ▌Avram Patt (D, Lam.-Wash.)
- ▌Saudia LaMont (D, Lam.-Wash.)
- ▌Carl Demrow (D, Oran.-1)
- ▌Monique Priestley (D, Oran.-2)
- ▌Rodney Graham (R, Oran.-3)
- ▌Joseph Parsons (R, Oran.-Cal.)
- ▌Jay Hooper (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
- ▌Larry Satcowitz (D, Oran.-Wash.-Add.)
- ▌Brian Smith (R, Orl.-1)
- ▌Woodman Page (R, Orl.-2)
- ▌Dave Templeman (D, Orl.-3)
- ▌Katherine Sims (D, Orl.-4)
- ▌Mark Higley (R, Orl.-Lam.)
- ▌Michael Marcotte (R, Orl.-Lam.)
- ▌Robin Chesnut-Tangerman (D, Rut.-Benn.)
- ▌Patricia McCoy (R, Rut.-1)
- ▌Tom Burditt (R, Rut.-2)
- ▌Arthur Peterson (R, Rut.-2)
- ▌Jarrod Sammis (L, Rut.-3)
- ▌Paul Clifford (R, Rut.-4)
- ▌Eric Maguire (R, Rut.-5)
- ▌Mary Howard (D, Rut.-6)
- ▌William Notte (D, Rut.-7)
- ▌Butch Shaw (R, Rut.-8)
- ▌Stephanie Jerome (D, Rut.-9)
- ▌Bill Canfield (R, Rut.-10)
- ▌Jim Harrison (R, Rut.-11)
- ▌Logan Nicoll (D, Rut.-Winds.)
- ▌Anne Donahue (R, Wash.-1)
- ▌Kenneth Goslant (R, Wash.-1)
- ▌Dara Torre (D, Wash.-2)
- ▌Kari Dolan (D, Wash.-2)
- ▌Peter Anthony (D, Wash.-3)
- ▌Jonathan Williams (D, Wash.-3)
- ▌Conor Casey (D, Wash.-4)
- ▌Kate McCann (D, Wash.-4)
- ▌Ela Chapin (D, Wash.-5)
- ▌Marc Mihaly (D, Wash.-6)
- ▌Tom Stevens (D, Wash.-Chit.)
- ▌Theresa Wood (D, Wash.-Chit.)
- ▌Gina Galfetti (R, Wash.-Oran.)
- ▌Francis McFaun (R, Wash.-Oran.)
- ▌Sara Coffey (D, Windh.-1)
- ▌Laura Sibilia (I, Windh.-2)
- ▌Michelle Bos-Lun (D, Windh.-3)
- ▌Leslie Goldman (D, Windh.-3)
- ▌Mike Mrowicki (D, Windh.-4)
- ▌Emily Long (D, Windh.-5)
- ▌Tristan Roberts (D, Windh.-6)
- ▌Emilie Kornheiser (D, Windh.-7)
- ▌Mollie Burke (D, Windh.-8)
- ▌Tristan Toleno (D, Windh.-9)
- ▌Kelly Pajala (I, Windh.-Benn.-Winds.)
- ▌John Bartholomew (D, Winds.-1)
- ▌Elizabeth Burrows (D/P, Winds.-1)
- ▌John Arrison (D, Winds.-2)
- ▌Alice Emmons (D, Winds.-3)
- ▌Kristi Morris (D, Winds.-3)
- ▌Heather Surprenant (D, Winds.-4)
- ▌Tesha Buss (D, Winds.-5)
- ▌Kevin Christie (D, Winds.-6)
- ▌Esme Cole (D, Winds.-6)
- ▌John O'Brien (D, Winds.-Oran.-1)
- ▌Rebecca Holcombe (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
- ▌Jim Masland (D, Winds.-Oran.-2)
- ▌Kirk White (D, Winds.-Add.)
- ▌Heather Chase (D, Winds.-Wind.)
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