Were there any candidates this year that stuck out to you? Becca Ballant Peter Welsh I'm a fan of I think for governor. It's a little tricky It's a seems like a complicated one for me I Liked Becca Ballant. I liked Sarah George. She was running on opposed today, but I liked her in the primary So those are those are two candidates that stuck out to me known infinite cool pleasure for a long time It's good to see after kind of a meryl run to see infinite in the race and been able to chat with him and then sadly like a lot of people it's it's really hard to And I hate to say that because it's it's my civic duty to look into this but I think it's really hard to pay attention to everyone and Make sure that you're well informed. So it's very easy to vote party lines But it's an interesting next year in Burlington to decide, you know between dens and progressives Eric eretic and You know deploy Malloy He stood out new person And there's a couple other new candidates that have stood out again Well, it's her name very well, but Eric eretic up in with her and volunteering for her and She's an excellent person him being and she'd serve all her monitors very well Oh, it's tough to keep up with them all. I'm really just looking at the independent Democrat and Republican mix and voting that way You know, I mean, I think it's Vermont. So there's some degree where this got decided in the primaries But you know happy to vote for Peter Welch. I think he's been doing great job So hope he's gonna continue that in the Senate. Yeah, so I really like Tanya and Kate running For the state house and state Senate positions as well as Brenda Segal I was really excited to see David's will come in back on the ballot again So that was the big one and infinite closure for for this this place So those are two people. I'm glad to see them up in in the world doing their things I'm really excited about being able to Vote for both Tanya Vihovsky and in infinite cold-closure I know the new Senate district thing just happened and now I guess I'm in 17 rather than whatever I wasn't in the past but those are two people that I've I've worked with extensively on different activist stuff and I Feel like those are people who are actually trying people who are trying to represent us and not just become these career politicians These are people who are like really engaged in their communities and I know that sounds really corny But these are people who will like Good evening, I'm Jordan Butterfield and I'm Christine lot and we're here to help you navigate tonight's election coverage This is a general election. This is our 15th general election show here at Towneville TV formerly channel 17. We've been doing this for a long time So we're really glad that you guys are going to be joining us tonight I want to shout out to some of our van Van colleagues other public access centers around the state who are helping us out We're going to be checking in with people from MMC TV and from Jeanette in southern Vermont Later this evening also shout out to Orkin Media for providing a Republican Party stream and to media factory for helping us out with some tech stuff Also want to thank those exit voices teams who film some of those interviews we did this morning It's really cold out there this morning. So a lot of people coming in with red faces. So thanks to them for for doing that Thank you to Bobby Emily Navarro Travis Kate and Scott you're going to see a lot more interviews like that throughout the night You'll also see a few of them at the parties later on Also want to take a moment to recognize that tonight show is dedicated in memory of Nat Air Who was the founder of CCTV one of the founders of CCTV who passed away this year and who inspire our exit voices interviews? So thank you to Nat for everything he's done for this organization This is a big night Christine Yeah, there's a lot going on tonight Locally statewide and at the national level We have seen record turnover in our state house Half the Senate, I'm sorry a third of the Senate half of the committee chair positions in the house with all the turnover there we have a Big change in our congressional Representation with Leahy's retirement after decades of service and our state rep Peter Welch potentially moving into that seat Opening up space for Vermont to maybe send its first woman to Congress the only state to have never done so So there's a lot going on. Yep It's it's a big night a lot of new faces and new voices potentially in the legislature and going to Going to Washington. So it'll be an interesting night You can watch us on channel 17 TV You can also watch us on Comcast 10 a 7 BT 17 and 2 17 Of course, you can always watch us on our YouTube channel YouTube comm slash town meeting TV Yeah, so You know a lot of new voices you mentioned and we heard in the exit voices some folks talking about their who they're voting for Yep Heard some incumbents there and some new people that the last gentleman there Erica reddick supporter. I think that's an interesting race there You know, she was beat out in the primary the Republican primary For Leah Madden a newcomer and I think we've seen a couple of those in races where we've got brand new voices coming to the table This could be a very different biennium than past legislative sessions and Further up the ballot. That's right And we're gonna be checking in throughout the night with those some of those major parties and getting interviews with analysts who Are we'll be reacting to the results as they're coming in We have And we're gonna start off with a interview from the Republican Party Event that's in Barry at the Elks Lodge. We've got John Clark Being interviewed by Pivon Luke. So take it away Hi there, I'm Pivon Luke. I'm Han. It is election night here in downtown Barry We are at the Elks Lodge and this is the watch party for the Vermont GOP Standing next to me is John Clark candidate for the Senate in Orange County Do you want to say a few words and how's it going tonight? Well, it's been a long haul and I think we're all sort of excited to have it over with for better or for worse It's a very tiring ordeal, but I really want to reach out to thank all my supporters and everybody who runs I mean in this democratic process. It really is a state where where the tail can wag the dog and Regular Vermonters can run and be involved and have a chance of winning and I think maybe we'll take some seats tonight It was my home whether or not I do Well, you told me earlier that you're new quite new to politics and tell us, you know, how you got into it and What you hope to achieve as like an average citizen going into? Well, I get involved a few years ago Just trying to shape a conservative message that was more moderate more in between Phil Scott and Donald Trump for conservatives and to try to appeal to Vermonters on conservative issues that would unify people rather than divide us and I ran two years ago Against Phil Scott and we had almost 40 people run with me several of them won And so that's kind of the foundation that I ran with but it's kind of a I've been called a rural populist And I kind of like that. I mean, I know there are negative connotations to that But I think people want authenticity and they want people who who they can trust and that's that's what brings me to the party As a person who was before that a Democrat for most of my life. So I'm kind of a walk away That makes sense Yeah, and if you do win this election You've got two years. What do you hope to accomplish? Well, I think that we've got some real problems to tackle that require centrists from both the left and the right to come together And I've actually been outspoken in support of some Democrats who understand the fiscal problems facing us Particularly with our pensions our government's too big our schools are the second most expensive in the country as a Function of our income and our government's growing faster than the underlying economy and we can't simply be dependent on tourism and Handouts from the federal government is Vermonters. We need to rebuild our economy and I believe that we can do that Believe it or not not solely but a lot with farming and building along those strengths and even agriturism I mean our tourism industry as well is built on farming and we're losing our farms and not just our dairy farms so we have a huge opportunity with increased inflation and Fertilizer and fuel costs to start exporting food again like way we did and and there's actually a huge business plan right there For Senate in Orange County. He's running against Mark McDonald They're outside of our coverage area, but a big race that people are watching and so we'll keep an eye on that throughout the night And let's go check in with the Democrats. So we have Anne Lezac who's chair of the Democrats at Hulu What at Hula? They're party Hula. So let's check in with them now So great to be back at the Democratic Party here in Hula in Burlington back in person Anne, how does it feel to be here with your colleagues? We are just we couldn't be happier. We are so excited It's you're right to be in person is such incredible energy and we are looking forward to a really great night and Celebrating with some incredible candidates who are going to be elected Before the night's over That's fantastic and now can you tell us a little bit about your role as the chair of the Democratic Party of Vermont and a Little bit about what you do. Yes So I really see my role when things are going really well as chief cheerleader I really feel like and now that with elections season. We have had an amazing talented young staff who they they know how to you know Push the levers and make things happen and do the data and all that and so my job is really just To to be behind the scenes helping everybody feel like you know How important that is this is making sure that volunteers that our county chairs are getting out to volunteers are Really giving the resources that are really talented staff can use to then help people get elected And then I'm also like troubleshooting and problem-solving in the background, you know, if there's some issue with someone I'm happy to come in and kind of smooth things over, you know It's election season and feathers get ruffled and that sort of thing but I have to say that this has been an amazing team effort and I just feel like we've come together in a beautiful way and this Together for Vermont, you know, it wasn't me who came up with that slogan But that is I feel how we have Conducted ourselves and I feel coming out of this. We are just on a real high and working together beautifully That's wonderful and and I I'm curious how you feel about There's a lot of races nationally that Vermonters and particularly Democratic Vermonters are looking at closely How do you feel those results may impact? Vermont I want to tell you that tonight we have talked about this and we have said we are going to make this a Celebration of Vermont. We are of course Incredibly concerned about what's going on around the country. I mean there are so many Scary folks, you know election deniers science deniers Climate deniers and some of them are going to get elected and that's going to be very very tough But I want to tell you that we are going to keep the focus on Vermont And then everybody can go home and you know a lot of those western states the results won't even be in so We'll deal with that, you know, we can cry into our beer tomorrow But tonight is about Vermont and celebrating our amazing candidates Well, we're looking forward to celebrating Vermont with you tonight here at the Democratic Party And thank you so much for speaking with us. I am delighted to have you here and I look forward to you know Let let the party begin So, all right, thanks. Thank you so much. Great Thank you to Emily and the team at the Democratic Party for bringing us those interviews this evening Christine what kind of things are what are we looking at tonight? Well, we mentioned new faces earlier. There's also a lot of new places with redistricting, you know, both our house and senate maps have changed You we've seen incumbents actually kind of not incumbent right because their district has changed and It seems to have opened up a lot of seats for new people as well, right? And then one of the biggest redistricting changes there is in the state Senate those state Senate districts have changed in in Chittenden County and We were seeing three districts rather than the full one district. Yeah, that's a huge change So I think there had been criticism over the years about this Chittenden County block of six senators representing, you know, 160,000 people roughly With these three new districts, this has reduced the number of constituents each of those senators is is serving It's changed the makeup. So some of these new districts feel a lot more rural than they might have before And it's I think even for incumbents changing the way that they have to engage with their their constituents, right? Because both the Chittenden North District and the Chittenden Southeast District far more world than they used to be Chittenden Central District is a lot more centralized around them the urban area the metropolitan area on Burlington Winooski Essex Essex Junction. Yeah, so speaking, you know from Winooski I've seen my the folks running in our district more this election cycle than than previous years And I think that speaks to the ability to connect more with fewer people We will continue to have an urban focus, I think We're Winooski Burlington and Essex Junction there, but you mentioned the North District, right? So from Essex all the way up into the islands into Grand Isle actually. Yeah Yeah, so it's that That's gonna change a lot. We're gonna keep an eye on that. We had some senators who've Retired so we're gonna definitely see some new state senators coming in from Chittenden County also seen a lot of turnover in the Legislature and the legislative races as you were saying earlier Yeah, and in the house, you know, we see a number of unopposed races a lot of like single-person districts Some independence some right ends happening so there's a lot of change coming Yeah, and we're gonna be keeping track of that for you throughout the night We've got a room full of people calling town clerks and collecting information and we'll have it available to you on the General Election results page you can see these election results at results dot town meeting dot TV Results dot town meeting dot TV And we'll be counting these throughout the night and returning returning to this pretty frequently We love our election module. We've depended on it for a long time and Yeah, but you can check in on it this throughout the night We'll note that this is Chittenden County results specifically Our coverage area doesn't extend to the entirety of Chittenden County, but we do collect all Chittenden County results So that we can help out with the state Senate races But if you want some of the statewide races you can go to the Secretary of State website Which we're still going to be looking at as well Yeah talking about that a chin in North District That's I think one to watch, you know, I've heard that this is potential for a Republican to pick up a seat maybe in the state Senate. We have any former incumbents in Leland Morgan who had been representing Milton as a Republican and being challenged by a Democrat Irene Renner from Essex who is also a known entity there They yeah, the Republicans saw that they could possibly pick up a seat there That should be an interesting one will definitely be keeping a close eye on and the state people in the state are gonna keep a close eye on that We've also got the Chittenden Central race Coming up where we've had we will certainly have at least two new Senators coming from that district. Yeah, so Phil Baruth the only incumbent You know, he's served for quite some time Rumor has it he could if he moves on become the the next pro tem after Becca Ballant We've got infinite Col Klescher who formerly ran for mayor in Burlington most recently Martin LaRue-Gulick From the school board in Burlington and Tanya Vajovsky who has been on select board in Essex She was formerly in the state of she was a representative. That's right She was a representative and now is moving to state Senate and Martin LaRue-Gulick barely been out air hard Monca in the primary by only two two votes. Yeah, that was significant. So a reminder that every vote does count Watching that recount. I was waiting to see what was gonna turn out for my district there Chittenden Southeast. Yep, Chittenden Southeast. This is maybe the most incumbents that are still on the ballot You know, you've got Thomas Chittenden Ginny Lyons has been around for a very long time Keshia Rom-Hinsdale and then these two challengers Dean Rowland and Rowan St. Mart. Yeah, Keshia Rom-Hinsdale who was running for Congress and that Packed Democratic primary us who stepped stepped away from that to support Becca Ballant and to try to reclaim a state Senate seat Much there's a much more rural district than it used to be. That's right You know, some of these folks used to represent me They're now Kind of it's like Hinesburg Shelburne South Burlington probably the most urban part left and I think that You know, they many of them have been serving already, but they're having to rethink You know, what is the the shared priority that's gonna make the most sense or be the most important for my entire constituent body? Especially having a more rural field than it used to. That's right Speaking of some of the outlying areas We're gonna be joined by Angeliki Contis from MMC-TV MMC-TV is based in the Richmond Jericho area and They're gonna have an election update from their coverage area. She checked in with Jordan Mitchell earlier tonight Let's check out what they had to say All right, so thank you for joining us Angeliki. Where are you calling from? So I'm at my old high school not Mansfield Union High School in Jericho and This is this room that I guess the tech media lab room It was converted into a polling station during the day Usually they're across the hall in the library, but this time they were in this other room and I'm with all the volunteers staff clerk clerk's assistant Board of civil authority and they're all here doing that wonderful thing in democracy called counting the votes and double-checking everything Well, thank you for joining and I'm so glad to see see all that action behind you And so what kind of races have you been? Watching today. We don't have any results yet because the polls just closed a couple minutes ago But what have been the big, you know, ballot items or candidates you're seeing locally. I Have to say this has been as far as we're concerned in public access It's been kind of a sleepy local race because there's no contested house seats really And not a lot of contentious local issues, which I guess is a good thing But there weren't debates or anything on you know in a very local level So it's been pretty quiet, but from what I hear from the clerks, there's been a really good turnout Ranging from I believe about 50% in under hill of Voting before the election to a really high number. It sounds like locally of 75% in Richmond Before even today, so they were I know here in Jericho earlier in the day They were processing in these fancy new vote tally machines behind me. They were processing. I think The the nearest days like the day before and the day before that they had caught up On all the days up to that and now I guess the hard work of processing all this Big collection of votes from today And it seems like it was pretty busy like very early in the morning and there was a nice trickle of votes Throughout the day a good turnout even though there wasn't a lot of really heated local stuff I think people are looking more at the national level That's great. And I know this morning you and maybe some of your team your staff went out to the polls to record Some interviews with people at the polling locations. How does that this morning? Yeah, um, well, I guess it was Relatively easy to find parking. So it wasn't like overwhelming number of people or like people went at different times during the day I'm even here at the high school. The high school students were kind enough to park in other places in the front of the building Yeah, so it seemed like it was like very civil and it was just quiet Like there weren't a lot of candidates in front of the buildings, which we usually like to find an interview There weren't a lot of issues in the hallways. I guess it's just the mid-term election kind of feel and it felt very peaceful and not heated and very Vermont like sort of civic Nature and people I happen to know locally from different parties kind of sitting side-by-side and chatting and laughing I guess kind of idyllic Vermont voting situation in these little towns up here in Chittenden County That's great. Is there anything else you'd like to add before we end our short time together Well We did you know, there was an interesting candidate in Underhill. We had somebody running for governor Peter DeVall Who I heard over at CCTV in a discussion who had there said that he didn't feel like he had a chance of really winning But he still was throwing his hat in the race just as an effort to make sure that every single voice is heard And I couldn't find him I looked for him in Underhill did not find him maybe who was in Burlington Yeah, I'm sure he's around somewhere. It's you know, sometimes hard to tell where people will be But thank you so much for for joining and for this, you know, spending this time together Once more the whole whole stuff happening behind you Absolutely, and I'll see if the clerk has a minute or two to say something if you'd like a little later Awesome, thank you. And yeah, hopefully we'll see if we can join with the clerk later But otherwise we're going back to the folks in the studio. Thank you again. You're welcome Great. Thank you to Angeliki and Jordan Mitchell for doing that interview Interesting to hear how things are going over there Let's let's chat about the representative races a little bit go back to the legislature. What are we looking at? Yeah, so we have some some contested seats in Williston Replacing Jim McCullough longtime representative. We've got four folks up for two seats So Angela Arsenal Aaron Brady as Democrats Anthony Antonio Rourke and Bruce Roy as Republicans I mean in Heinsberg, we have one seat. That's Phil Pooch the Democrat with Sarah Toscano the Republican In Burlington's district 13 we have Tiff Blumley the Democrat incumbent incumbent and Gabrielle Stevens also incumbent Challenge by Tom Lakata independent who is he's run before? In Colchester, we have Sarita Austin the Democratic incumbent running against the Against Patrick M Brennan the Republican incumbent and then Spencer Sherman is running as a libertarian. That's two seats Colchester Grand Isle also two seats We have two incumbent Democrats Seth Chase and Kurt Taylor and two Republican challengers Doug Wood and Tom Lassage Manuski we have Daisy Rebecca the Democrat running against Jordan Matt independent and Taylor small progressive Democrat She's an incumbent in Essex Junction Karen Dolan and Lori Houghton our incumbent Democrats Seth Adam Manley is a Republican challenger and In Essex, we have two Democrats Leonora Dodge and Ray Garrafano Ray Garrafano's incumbent running against Maurice Dunbar and Dennis White both Republicans and Then in Essex town for one seat. Alyssa Black is the incumbent Democrat with Roger Drury the Republican challenger In Milton we have Julie Andrews Democrat running against Allison Duke at the Republican In chin and Franklin district Chris Mattos a Republican incumbent has a Republican challenger and Chris Taylor and a Democratic challenger and Emily Hecker There's also a number of unopposed seats Especially in the South Burlington area. Yes. Yes, South Burlington has a lot of unopposed seats and a lot of new representatives Joining we had three representatives from South Burlington leave. It was and Pew John Kalaki and Mayna Townsend not seeking reelection We have four new faces coming from South Burlington replacing some folks that had been around for quite some time. That's right. Yeah Burlington also has a number of unopposed and new candidates mainly progressive Democrats. Yes Carol Odie and Robert Hooper sticking around Emma Mulvaney Stanek Jill Krowinski speaker of the house But we have some some new faces in here Mary Catherine Stone Troy Hedrick Kate Logan Branching is still around and Barbara Richardson Yep, and we will and we'll return to these results throughout the night. I already saw when we were looking at the results There that we already have a few some are trickling in some are starting to trickle in Yeah, so we'll report on that but before we go to that let's check in with Ali Jang Who is with V-NAC Vermont? New Americans advisory council with a review of this election and how it's worked out for new Americans So, thank you for joining us. Where are you calling in from? Yep calling from Burlington. Yeah Glad to you know glad to have you on so I know you work with the Vermont new American advisory council You're the secretary of the Vermont new American advisory council So I'd love to kind of chat about that So as V-NAC is working to build civic engagement for new Americans around elections How do you feel that candidates municipalities and the media have done the selection season to engage new Americans in the process? Yes, thank you for that question and I think before I responded I wanted to just also Say congratulations to all the winners, you know, I know the results are coming And also to all the voters because at the end of the day, they are the winners because their voices have been heard now and respected and To your question, I think I will start back, you know, and how the candidates engage new American during the election season So as you know in late July five sheet in the central district Vermont Senate candidate. That's a mouthful you know engaged with Vermont new American advisory council to give their perspective and understanding on new American communities and How also the support also to understand the support needed regarding affordable housing early childhood education child care as well as abuse About combating racism and promoting a sense of belonging, you know For new American families calling them at home. I think that was that speaks volume to that the candidates really want to engage with new covers and also the minority groups I Think also the municipalities have done You know tremendous amount of work in order to translate the ballot items in collaboration with the secretary of state And I think the city of Burlington is currently contemplating non-citizen voting For local elections and the charter change committee of the city city council, you know engage with them on new American advisory council About the ballot language and the outreach mechanism needed to make it happen, you know And also you see another Candidate such as infinite who's a African American and he intentionally found new Americans to be part of his team You know, basically of supporting him to supporting his candidacy, and I wish them all very well And I think you know over the years also the translated ballot items that we have done candidates are you know showing up every single day to ask us questions to engage when we call them for debates they show up and I think all of that is is They have an intention to working with Permanent American advisory council as we move forward and new Americans in general But in terms of the media, I think everything that we have done so far be not related events and everything We collaborate with CCTV channel 17 You have been an instrumental partner around this work and we cannot thank you enough The only hope that we have is basically all the media outlets in the state of the month to look into you and to You know, basically also try to engage just the way that you do it. It's genuine It's clear and this is just that you want to build the communities and doing so it requires including every single person Yeah, thank you and you know in the media piece, you know, we appreciate the compliment and you know We're always, you know, really trying to be there for the community and support organizations like the knack and definitely hope that, you know That mentality can spread to other places And so thinking about You know, what more can be done? Do you think to access the talents talents and experiences of new Americans and other organizations like VNAC and building strong and healthy communities Absolutely. Thank you. I think that's a great question What can be done more as we move forward and I think the fact that understanding there are different Community groups who speak different languages who have different cultures and try to engage in is one concrete example That everyone need to strike for whether or not you are a state agency.  They are educated and their perspectives also are unique In making this state the best place to leave work waste to them, etc And I think people also need to stay away from using new american as an afterthought You know, I think it would be important. I mean from the get go from the beginning to include them in Thinking about policy ideas and thinking about reform or structures And I think their perspective are only going to diversify And and increase also your perception about about about life about well-being as well I think those are concrete things that people need to be to build a strong healthy community Thank you to Ali Dang and Jordan Mitchell for that interview Great to check in with him to hear about his views on the election this season Let's Let's go check in with the results page again. We are getting some results starting to trickle in We got some results from westford. We have a few results from some of the wards in burlington Slowly starting to trickle in we'll see how this shapes shapes up sometimes it all comes in in a wave Sometimes it takes a little bit of time So we'll keep an eye on that and we'll come back to that soon Um Next we're gonna check in back at the republican party. We have an interview with paul dame GOP chair And uh, let's see what paul dame had to say Hi there, it's pive on the command here at the berry elks lodge in downtown berry. We are at the vermont GOP election watch party. I'm standing here with paul dame chair of the vermont GOP and The polls have closed And the results are trickling in can you tell me what we've got what we've seen so far? Yeah, so far the the first only results that we have are from berry town Where we had uh representative topper mcfaun running for reelection And uh, his previous seatmate robert claire had retired. Uh, so we had a new republican running in that race Gina galfetti and jena was successful. So republicans have retained that second seat in berry town So the the first news of the night is good news. So we just hope that uh, that it keeps coming Great. Um, I heard from my co-host over there that, um, both topper and gina. We're doing a pretty, um rigorous uh door-to-door canvas campaign Yeah, that's really what we recommend for all of our candidates. Uh, It's it's the best way to make sure that you get to know your district and the people that you're representing And making sure that you're able to listen to what their concerns are so that you know how to represent them And that's something that topper mcfaun has been doing for for years And so it's been great in that to see district to have an established veteran like topper who knows the area Um, uh, he knows the legislature and to have gina kind of come in working with with topper Uh, to to to reproduce those results that are working for him Yeah, so, um as the night rolls on What other major or what other races are you really keeping a keen eye on? Yeah, I I think we're we're keeping an eye on certainly a couple of our incumbents Like like vicki strong up in orleans or semanthala fave Who's who's here tonight to make sure that we keep the republicans that we have that have been in there And then we're also looking to to kind of expand the map. I think there's a couple opportunities We have up in franklin county with a new fairfax georgia district that has You know carolyn brandigan coming back and and ashley bartley So and we're keeping an eye, you know here in washington county on paul bean. He ran a very vigorous campaign for state senate And in washington county you get to vote for three. So we're hoping that Despite the fact there are two incumbent democrats. There's an open seat We're hoping that paul as a younger Vermonner is able to get in and and be a voice for younger vermoners in the vermont senate I've seen quite a lot of his signs around Yeah, so let's touch back on something you were talking about This new district. How is redistricting affected the campaigning? Well in some places it The districts, you know look very similar to what they had before so in some places. There's not large changes In other places, especially as you get into chitney county where more of the population is We had to do some redistricting because there's more people living there. So they need more reps And then the other side of that is places like the northeast kingdom caledonia or leans essex county Lost some representation. So that has meant kind of moving the map around a little bit In some places, you know, there's probably one place that's created an opportunity for republicans in the senate It looks like we we've got a good chance of getting a republican senate candidate out of this new district around milton And then in some other places, you know, it's it's certainly hurt us a place like vicki strong I mentioned before We kind of cut that district in half and cut vicki off from some of the support that she's enjoyed for almost 12 years as a state rep Up there We just talk about The uh, so yeah, we're looking at our results coming in. Thank you for That interview with paul dame. Thank you for speaking with us and thank you to pie von for doing the interview And we're looking at this school bond in berlington, which some of the results are starting to come in It's looking pretty strong This is A resounding yes so far Realized we don't have all of the wards reporting but with a trajectory like this. It's promising for supporters of that This is a big deal a big vote for berlington. They've had a number of significant bond votes recent in recent years And 165 million should this pass. I believe will be the largest school reconstruction vote To date in the state And it's a big question, you know around the state There was a over 200 million dollar bond in south berlington that went down a few years ago So there were some question Is this going to is this going to come through? So far looking like it is there's a lot of pressure in berlington because macy's is no is not going to be around forever Yeah, um, and there's You know, there's been a moratorium on state funding for school construction for A number of years now and I think we're seeing that come to a head with Municipalities local towns haven't been able to keep up with that. And so now we're requiring these substantial reconstructions and renovations situation in berlington a little bit different with the pcbs and the Sort of air quality issue there, but still an old building that had a need for renovation to begin with And it's an issue throughout the state There are a lot of buildings like this throughout the state that are needing Rebuilding so we just in wienewski We are just about to wrap up our school reconstruction project Voters supported that to the tune of about 53 million dollars a couple of years ago And it was a substantial financial impact on us because these things are having to be funded locally And so to see Burlington residents supporting that shows how committed they are to Providing that healthy learning environment for their kids We heard that from a lot of the people that we talked to throughout the night And throughout the day people In our exit voices talking about the Burlington school bond and it was Reflecting some of the numbers that we're coming in now So let's check in with some of those exit voices interviews talking about the bhs school bond I already voted absentee. I voted absentee for echinotica. I was gonna go absentee, but I forgot so I'm gonna vote tomorrow I actually already voted online for my state. Yeah Or not online with uh in mail I think it's important to vote because without voting Then government is pointless. I think it's important to vote especially as a young person. It's important to like Stay informed about what's going on and make our voices heard and our opinions heard on what should happen By casting a vote There's a few ballot measures in Connecticut and that's very important to me A lot of the races aren't close, but a lot of the ballot measures are important to me like early voting So everyone wants to support that I mean like I didn't grow up here Um, but like having a high school that doesn't have asbestos falling apart is important I know it's expensive But I feel like it's worth in the long run because that's people's education I'm out here because I think it's really important for our community that we have a fully functioning high school and macy's has been a great Stop gap in the meantime, but it's not a long-term solution. It's critical You can't have a thriving community without a thriving high school and being in macy's is fantastic. It's an incredible Lift that we did that was an incredible success, but it's temporary Definitely build the high school is very important. It's going to bring a lot of jobs It's going to bring a lot of teachers It's going to bring a lot of everything to to our uh, our land in berlington I'm definitely the high school one. Um, I'm native berlington and um, I went to berlington high school myself And I think that the city deserve In high school um in um a function in high school So, um, definitely be voting for it for sure Like the kids at bhs need a high school because there's as full of asbestos And they're going to school in the mall and I think they should have a high school Uh, yes, especially for me the high school one feels I'm a retired educator and I just think that's so important for a community It's the least the community can do for their children I'm two middle school students and I would like to see a high school built so Anything it takes the development of a new high High school was very important to me uh The kids who have had to go to high school in the last few years have You know, I've gone to something that isn't appropriate for them And this city is wealthy enough to be able to support a really good school Yeah, I think the new high school is very important. I voted for it. It's a lot of money, but we have to have a high school My kids both had to go to school at the macy's not ideal. They're not going to benefit from the new high school But uh, I want the future generations to have a real high school Yeah, so I played hockey with a few kids who've gone to school in that high school And I've heard some of their thoughts so it's an interesting, you know, I don't have kids myself So it's interesting to hear. Uh, I definitely think we need a new high school. Um Seems like it's going to be expensive But I think that's just you know, I think it's always going to be expensive. So that's just the price we pay Uh, I voted for it. We need a high school. Uh, what kind of a community would it be if we Didn't have a high school for the children versus our community? Um, yeah, definitely, uh, that's what brought me out today to vote for the new high school Yeah in favor I love education. We should definitely the kids need a place to learn. I've got a one-year-old He's gonna need a place to learn So vote yes for the school. I think we really do need to buy like a really good expensive Um furnished high school that will last like 100 or even 200 years But uh, but what are your thoughts? Yeah, no, I I think uh, the buildings are very important It's also very much about the experiences that are going on and uh, not just in those buildings, but um, especially high school Students getting them out in the community like you're doing right now is really really important So while the facilities are important It's the experiences that are the most important and getting out in the community is um There's no substitute for that. So what you're doing is fundamental for education Thanks to navarro and travis for those exit voices interviews this morning a lot of people coming out In support of the bhs bond. Yeah, it it trends well with what we're seeing in the in the results so far. Yeah we In our results, we're starting to see some stuff coming in on the statewide Items we have that brolington high school bond, which is looking really positive so far We also have the cswd murph bond. Some of those numbers are are coming in So this was um A bond vote to do an expansion and renovation of the recycling facility for chintenden county Trending well, I know this was a point of confusion for a lot of voters since it wasn't included on the general ballot And had to be voted on separately Yeah, and this one is looking like those who did receive that ballot Voting strongly in favor. We got 83 almost 83 percent voting. Yes. So far. It's not complete results yet, but it's coming in So that's good news for the murph and good news for um, uh brand new 70 000 ton capacity Building for that vermont vermonters love to recycle. So we need to keep our infrastructure intact so that we can do that Yeah, um, I know we had another another local bond vote for a communications union district Bringing broadband into parts of south broughington williston sx in westford. Um, we have No reporting yet on that. Um, but that's another one. We're looking at yeah I'm still keeping an eye on that one. We'll see how that comes through. We're waiting on results from south broughington Uh shellburn williston sx junction some of those areas that are voting on that But we'll see how that comes and then we have the two big state items for uh prop two and prop five Constitutional amendments. Um, these are big so prop two remove some language from our constitution Um related to slavery. So there's actually mention in there about indentured servitude I think this is something that probably surprised a lot of voters when this came, you know, that this is still in the vermont constitution Yeah, you know vermont prides itself being one of the first states to abolish slavery and it's still in the constitution So removing it Long time coming. Yeah And and action from our legislature saying that language matters and that we shouldn't have that language in our founding document um proposal five Reproductive liberty another amendment adding language to strengthen protections for vermonters Um, we already have reproductive rights in vermont, but this is I think our legislature Saw the writing on the wall with the supreme court. Um and have this proactive measure in here to help strengthen those protections for vermonters We're starting to get some information in on uh prop two and prop five taken a look at Some of the looking at vermont public Uh reporting less than 25 percent of votes have been counted, but both prop two and prop five looking like strong yeses Um, but for now, uh, let's go back to the party at hula go back to our friends over at hula Leahy is speaking at the democratic party. Uh, let's see what he has to say you know Marcel and I got a kick out of hearing Hearing trucking, uh because that's Become something we played every one of my elections an election night I think the first time they thought maybe play it because I may be trucking out of there Because I wasn't supposed to win But it has been so wonderful to do it Marcel and I have enjoyed all these years seeing all of you here and Back a couple months ago Oh, okay The uh after after a month in the hospital with myself taking care of me teaching me how to walk again I'm glad she's here, but uh About two or three years ago. We started thinking about where This is going what would be the legacy I felt one It was time we wanted to go uh We figured out between primaries and general elections states attorney and senate I've been on the ballot and but want 24 times and that should be enough for most people and uh, and so We'd be up for mine and as announced a year ago If we're going to go home and be back home have more time with children and grandchildren but I also Saw the way the country is going And I this is not a plug but I wrote a book just to finish a couple months ago called the path taken I've talked about the downward arc of much of what We've counted on both republicans and democrats in the us senate and how badly it's gone And I worried about that for the future. We saw in january 6th The example the worst aspect of that The one thing that gave me Hope at all during this time is watching who would be the next senator. I'm not I don't want I somebody to be a rubber stamp or be A duplicate. I want somebody to have Vermont values Peter welts has those values and he's our next senator and every I was telling Peter earlier this evening every time During his past few months the senators whether they're running For reelection or just watching elections have asked me What Is Peter welts like? I said you could not ask for a better senator I don't care what party you're in you couldn't ask for a better senator because he has The true value as I put out in the book and as I learned He keeps his word You can trust him. He cares about our state of Vermont Now I gotta admit My first campaign was called the children's crusade. We had all these young volunteers including this young new attorney down the prior westerns uh our eastern side of the state brother and Windsor county Called peter welch Look who peter welch is Every single one of you on january 3rd And new when peter stands there and takes the oath of office You can say Vermont all of us. We're in good hands A lot of states aren't going to be able to say that Vermont ken Vermont can say with peter welch So myself and I want to Welcome peter and margaret up here This is our future Here in from senator lehi who uh his retirement this season is Was a big shake up for our national delegation and as You know top of the ticket races on both the senate and congress are as a result of his retirement Yeah, a waterfall of changes. You know, we just heard from him discussing peter welch who is The nomination to take his seat over from the democratic side But also a number of challengers in that uh in that race for senate. Yeah We're starting to get some uh results trickling in on the secretary of state's website Only 52 out of 283 towns reporting. So, you know, this is really early stuff But looking at senate We have peter welch with 64 of the vote and jerald meloy with 30 percent with 30 percent of the vote We can see a little bit of support for some of the other folks independence And green mountain party running here too Yeah, we've also Yeah, we've also got don marie ellis carrie patrick rahebb steven duke mark coaster natasha diamond stone cohout and chris erickson also running For this race, but for right now in these 52 towns that are reporting A lot of votes for peter welch and jerald meloy with peter welch in the lead And now looking at the seat that welch opened up We have beca ballant here leading leah madden and some votes for eric eretic Also matt drusba luke talba adam ortiz running his independence Yeah, I mean go back to that that senate race a little bit talking about, you know, what how that's looked peter welch, you know former representative of congress. He's been representative of congress for a long time and he is Trying to run for a center lay his seat Unopposed well not completely unopposed in the primary But he had a great showing in the primary And with the challenger on the republican side jerald meloy A relatively new comer to the scene to to vermont's republican scene. That's right beating out christina nolan seen as a you know long time figure in vermont politics and Who is more of the moderate republican beaten out by general meloy Who I heard was recently trump endorsed. That's right. That's right heard that recently Which was a kind of a shake up for the republicans in that race Similar thing happened in on the house side of things where you had leah madden an independent Come out and beat eric eretic for for that nomination Yeah, eric eretic and ania tainio running in that republican primary and beaten out by liam who Was a vowed independent against the two-party system Running as a republican to get visibility of the campaign and then we have ran away with the primary A lot of surprises there You know, I think there's something interesting There's something interesting going on there where you see these sort of long time known faces Being replaced with with new folks On the democratic side We've got more, you know folks who've been around for a long time who have been in service Um, and also We mentioned earlier about Vermont not having sense of woman to congress before We see on the democratic side. We had a lot of women in the primary And we it's not quite the same on on the republican side of the ticket So I think there's like different we're seeing kind of different priorities happening there, right Well women republican women running in the primaries and being beaten beaten out. Yeah by some by some new faces Yeah, yeah, so interesting uh stuff that we're keeping an eye on here We'll see some more towns reporting in throughout the night and we'll keep an eye on that secretary of state's website And see about those federal races Let's go back to our local results for a little bit check in and see where things are at Looks like we have uh, some of the some of the ballot items. Let's see where we're where we're trending here Burlington high school bond vote still looking strong for the yeses That's right. That's the cswd also still looking strong No reporting yet for our communications union district membership It looks like we've got some state senate information coming in here. Um, we have This is for the chitin in central district. We have phil baruth in the lead with 33 percent martin la rock gulik with in second with 30 percent And then tanya viosky with 24 percent an infinite coalesure with 11 percent We have eight out of 18, uh district reporting. So this is still early information. Um, yeah over in the southeast district We've got a very tight lead between jenny lions and thomas jittenden Followed by kasha rom hinsdale Those are our three incumbents. So they're they're currently in the lead with roughly 30 each Dean roland and roan st mart at four and three percent respectively We are looking at one out of 12 reporting on that one though. So we'll keep an eye on it and see if those leads hold Let's see. Do we have chitin in north here as well? Wow very close. Wow just as um As potentially predicted, right? So lilin morgan the republican coming from milton Irene renner the democrat from essyx Um, almost a 50-50 split here with lilin morgan in in the lead with 50.6 percent Once again two out of five reporting on that. So still early. Yeah, but that is that is very close Yeah, that's definitely going to be one to watch. Yes Um, so let's check back in with our friends at the republican party We've got an interview with erica reddick at the elks lodge in barry. So let's let's hear from erica In downtown barry. We are at the vermont gop election night watch party and standing next to me is erica reddick and I'll let her introduce herself and tell me what office you're running for and what you're looking forward to tonight. Yeah Oh, are you holding it? Okay. My name is erica reddick. I am the libertarian party candidate for congress I also have the support and endorsement from the majority of the gop apparatus here in vermont Especially for folks who don't know The young man who who does have the r behind his name is not actually a republican, but I was very blessed to also have received the libertarian party endorsement. And so The thing that I'm most excited about is that Um You know, I would say number one the libertarian party is going to become a major party It here in vermont tonight with my candidacy. So that's pretty exciting So can you tell me a little bit more about the libertarian party and how it's different from the gop? Yeah, great question The libertarian party much like the gop is focused on liberty, right? So it's really about freedom Bodily autonomy always been pro gay marriage where the gop was not previously The libertarian party is also pro cannabis. And so that's one thing that the gop is not for so they tend to be a little bit more liberal On social issues than the gop does that's probably the main difference um And Remind me which congressional seat are you? Um, well vermont the vermont us house us house seat. Yeah, so we just have the one um, and what um, what it's What was your motivation for running for that position? Great question My motivation for running For congress was just seeing our country running off of a cliff I'm an accountant by trade. That's what i've done for much of the last 20 years So I knew that this inflation spike was coming when those Stimulus checks came out. I knew what was going to happen to the supply chain when they started shutting down You know doing lockdowns and and things like that and and it did happen And the the that uh leadership is lying It's transitory and you know all this other stuff Uh, why are you not? I can people the truth about what's going on Strategic oil reserve Uh withdrawal from afghanistan. I know i'm okay. So I just I feel like our current leadership Well, they may be intentioned don't seem to The american people and will take more caution and care before changing Our institutions great one last question. Let's keep it quick. Um, because I know I know we got we got the wrap up sign over here so, uh, the congress is large and sometimes it moves really slowly and Sometimes it takes a while to make a name for yourself. What do you hope accomplish in your first term if you get this? I my goal is going to be i'm going to submit three Uh bills for consideration One is going to be for term limits for federal officials Another is going to be for a balanced budget. So no more deficit spending, you know Just run in the black card for six trillion dollars a year or whatever it is Uh and single issue bills. So instead of these 10 000 page omnibus spending packages that they just stuff stuff in Single issue bill one appropriation one topic These are items that are bipartisan that democrats progressives and republicans all across the board libertarians everyone agree That that's how you can help restore accountability transparency and integrity in washington Thank you so much. We've been talking with erica reddick who is on the ballot for the us house in congress Thank you so much for joining us. Thank you so much. I appreciate it. Yeah, no problem. Have a good night. Yes Hi Thank you to pie von and erica for that interview Um, let's let's continue our recap. Uh, let's check back in with the numbers and see what we have to look at bhs, uh school bond still looking strong with a lot of yeses We have four out of eight reporting. So half of the ward's coming in Um, but still looking strong on that Six out of 25 so far on the materials recovery facility bond Still 81 percent. Yes. Oh 80 percent. Yes Getting some information in for the chitinon county communications union district We got one out of five reporting, but so far that's looking like a yes vote In the chitinon central district phil baruthi incumbent is still in the lead with 33 percent Uh, we have eight out of 18 reporting martin lara gulik With 30 tanya vioff ski at 24 and infinitacle pleasure at 11.7 And going to the chitinon southeast district with 3 out of 12 reporting. We got thomas chitinon with 30 percent jinny liens with 28 percent keisha rom hinsdale with 25 percent dean ron with 8 percent and roan st mart with 6 percent In the chitinon north district only two out of 25 Leland morgan at 53.3 percent and iran runner at 46.6 still a tight race Going to some unopposed races here richman. We have yana brown democratic incumbent 100 percent In south berlington another unopposed sonoa hyman democrat with 100 percent And then going back to berlington We have some information on district 13 tiff bloomley with 47 percent gaby stebbins with 42 percent tom lecada with 9.8 percent one out of two reporting for that In district 14 in berlington two seats barbara rachelson in the lead with 53 percent mary cavern stone with 46 two out of two reporting So they will both be advancing Then in berlington district 15. We got two seats brian chenna and troi hedrick Both going to the legislature In district 16 jill kerowinski our current speaker of the house and kate logan three out of five districts reporting In berlington district 17. We have emma wolvaney stanek returning one out of three reporting In district 18 berlington carol odie and robert hooper one out of two reporting In millton. We have julia andrews democrat And uh julie andrews the democrat with 54 and allison duquette the republican with 45 two out of two reporting So that's very close. Yeah, that is a close one in chitin and franklin for two seats. We have chris taylor in the lead at 59 percent emily hecker with 21 and chris mattos at 19 percent That's really close for that second uh, that second seat Uh probate judge here, uh, gregory j glennon No, no, um opposition there for assistant judge. That's two seats susanne brown and connie kane ramsey both becoming assistant judge For state's attorney sarah george continuing on We are 17 reporting For high bailiff, uh, we have michael r major democratic republican with 73 percent running against james a malin the independent with 26 percent So there's a number of unopposed positions there. Um Also, it looks like uh in our senate our contested senate races our incumbents are likely to continue on But it's still early. We don't have all the numbers yet. Yeah, but that chitin in north We'll still keep an eye on that one that'll that should be interesting Still very tight taking a closer look at the c ud support Because we have that mass percentages, but it does the c u whether or not the c ud happens depends on which towns vote for What and it looks like we have our our information is coming in from south berlington So that's where that yes vote so far is looking like it's coming from that's interesting One would suspect they would have better coverage out of all that group So to see them interested in pursuing that is that's great news Yes, it is and then other towns can join that communication district afterwards as well. That's right. Yeah Just takes a couple to get it started. Yeah So let's go to um, let's see what we got here. We have some of our statewide results. Uh, so starting off with the governor's race Um, we have phil scott in the lead 59 out of 283 towns reporting. Um, so still early But he's got a lead of 70 percent with brenda seagull with 20 percent Um, and then going down that line Um, we will go to lieutenant governor Wow, this is looking close so far 59 out of 283 towns with david zuckerman in the lead at 47 percent Joe benning closely behind at about 45 percent Looks like we're getting some refreshed information here. Yeah Looks like we're looking at state treasurer here. We have mike p check. Uh, this is beth pierces seat, uh, mike p check In the lead as the democrat with 57 percent against hbrook page with 37 percent Then the secretary of state we've got, uh, replacing jim condos sarah copeland hands us the democrat in the lead at 57 percent Hbrook page here the republican with 37 percent Going to auditor recounts dug hoffer democratic progressive with 57 percent against rick morton The republican with 36 percent once again for all these 59 out of 283 towns reporting so early still early for sure Um in the attorney general's race charity clark the democrat is in the lead at 57 percent with michael tagliava I think it said 37 percent there So interesting start some of the statewide results coming in as well um A lot of uh, a lot of democratic candidates winning out so far, but we'll we'll keep an eye out for it Yeah, it looks like they're in the lead for the moment. Yeah Speaking of one of those unopposed Folks that we just we're listing. Uh, we have an interview with sarah george at the democratic party in at hula Let's check in with sarah george Back here at hula in burlington of with the vermont democrats i'm joined by democratic candidate for chitman county state's attorney sarah george sarah, how does it feel to be back in person tonight with your colleagues for less than night? It feels really good. I actually didn't really think about it until I like walked in and then was like Oh, man, this first time i'm going to see a lot of these folks, which is really exciting. It's good to see everybody Awesome. Um, what are you hoping to accomplish in the state's attorney office for the next couple of years? Um, I hope to continue doing a lot of the same work I've already been doing most of the policies and practices that I implement in this work come from the community and come from The data as it comes out. So I don't have like a plan now for all the things I want to do I'm just going to wait to see what the community wants and what the data tells us we should be doing And then do what I can to implement policies that will help to address those issues And uh, you had a pretty challenging, um primary race earlier this year Uh, did that change the way that you thought about running, uh, this campaign or or the way that you think about your your Your job in the state's training office, you know, the the challenge that I faced was Disinformation so I think that something I really want to focus on going forward is finding ways to be more Um accessible to the community to fact check things that they hear You know, I've been thinking about setting up like a tip line or some way that people can call and ask If something they've heard is accurate What during the campaign something I did was get curious with sarah george and they were like Clips to sort of try to tackle some of the disinformation and people have asked that I continue doing that because they found those really helpful So I don't think that how I do the work will necessarily change, but I do think how I interact with the community will Thanks so much sarah Back to you guys studio a Thanks bobby and thanks to sarah george for doing that interview with us And you know statewide results are starting to come in We've got teams from around the state who are helping us out tonight In southern vermont, we have andrew mckiever from gene at a member of van and one of our supporters We have an interview with him. Let's check in with how things are going in southern vermont Well, thank you for joining me andrew. It's great to have you here. Where are you? Where are you calling in from? I'm calling in from sunderland, which is just a little bit south of manchester and little north of orlington Wonderful, and I know you work with gene at uh, you're the news director at gene at the great north shire Greater north shire access television station. So another public access station in vermont, which is wonderful So can you tell us a little bit about some of the local races you've been watching down there? And if you have any results so far Well, uh, yeah, they're they're about four local Competitive races. We've been following three of them are are four house seats and one is the county sheriff's race I'll start with the house seats One in particular was kind of interesting The bennington four district that includes manchester or lincoln Sandgate and a part of sunderland of where i'm calling in from There are two it's a two-member district the two current incumbents are represented as cathleen james and south bond guards And they were challenged this year by a republican candidate both the south and cathleen or democrats I should say they were challenged by a republican candidate for one of those two seats A gentleman named joe jervis who was from orlington Both cathleen and southern from manchester. So the only results i've gotten in so far Are from or lincoln itself? And I guess if mr. Jervis was going to make a challenge out of the race He it would have been expected that he would have uh performed performed strongly in this hometown of orlington But uh, the results i'm seeing show him in third place About 200 votes behind both cathleen and seth. So, uh It's not over yet and all of that and the biggest vote totals will be coming from manchester It's the biggest town in the district, but um, I I guess that's probably not Uh, what mr. Jervis was hoping for, um, but we'll see it's uh still early as they say Um, the other two races that we were following pretty closely here. Whereas the district just north of that The bennington ruttland one district That includes the towns of dorset danby landgrove peru and mount sabre That's kind of an interesting district because the incumbent representative Linda joy sullivan opted not to run for reelection. She had served for three terms It's basically been a republican leaning district over the years since since about 2000 They until 2016 they had sent a republican candidates including a representative patty com line who was a House minority leader for the republican party and before that bolter freed. It was the last uh speaker Uh, of the house was from uh, it's from dorset Uh, then uh, linda joy sullivan who was a democrat, uh, flipped that seat in 2016 Uh, but it's it's definitely, uh, a district could go either way And so this year two new newcomers are running One gentleman named bill giotti who's from mount tabor a lifelong resident from from there and a newcomer Michael rice a democrat Was running and no results in yet Definitely a race that could go either way And we had both of them into our studio for a debate And that was kind of interesting we had actually we I should have said we had Mr. Jervis And cathleen james and set by the guards in for a discussion also in our studio, which Which is quite interesting actually Got into an interesting conversation about the january 6th event Which mr. Jervis had attended in in washington Although he's very careful to say that he hadn't gone into the capital or taken part in any of the violence that took That day the third race we're watching is Just to the south of us the shasper a sondaland district bennington three Uh incumbent david derpy has a comfortable lead over his republican challenger victor harwood I just saw some numbers on the secretary states website, which indicates that david is going to be I think comfortably in the lead. We also had them in for a discussion as well The fourth race we're following down here is the bennington county sheriff's race, which is kind of interesting The same three candidates who ran Well, not quite Well, the same three candidates who ran in the primary in the democratic party primary are in the general election The the winning candidate in the democratic primary obviously isn't a race One of the other candidates switched parties to run as a republican and another Switch part ran as an independent So it's kind of a replay of the primary in a strange way That that race attracted a fair amount of interest down here as well The incumbent Chad schmidt Is not running for reelection he became sort of well known because there was evidence to suggest that he had Been spending a lot of his time in in tennessee and was kind of working remotely when That hadn't been agreed to in advance. Let's put it that way. So that became kind of interesting So those are the ones we were following pretty closely down here It sounds great and you know Glad to hear you are also hosting some debates or forums of candidates I know that's something a lot of public access centers try to do really, you know Bring the candidates in and you know, let them you know share their thoughts So glad to hear that you guys are doing that as well. And so what about statewide, you know keeping it brief What were some of the statewide races that y'all are watching currently? Thanks to andrew mckiever for giving us that interview and Letting us know what's going on in southern romant Let's go back to a little recap. It sounds like we have some more Results coming in. It sounds like we have all of burlington in so far. So that will help us See a few more things about this here. Burlington high school still firmly in the yes column Yeah, still maintaining a lead there. Looks like they're gonna get a new high school. Yep. That's how it's looking And cswd murph We got nine out of 25 reporting and we are still a firm. Yes The communications union district still only one out of five south burlington reporting there with the 85 percent. Yes, yeah And it sounds like We're gonna have a lot of other results coming in yet, but we'll check in with it soon I'm gonna take a look at this the vermont public website here. They've been helping us out with some of these Some of the information for prop five and prop two Yeah, so as a reminder prop prop two is the amendment to the constitution to remove Language relating to slavery and prop five the reproductive rights amendment language This is a ap estimates 12 percent of 12 percent of votes counted But for prop two, we have 88 percent in the yes column 11 percent no and then for prop five 75 percent in the yes column and 24 No, so so it's I mean a kind of a low number reporting but really strong leads for yes Um, I think You know the the tenor and dialogue that I've heard over the last couple months are generally supportive of both of those measures Yeah, and there's definitely some opposition. I think more to Prop five than prop two, but it sounds like they are trending as expected to pass Yep, and we'll we'll keep an eye on that. Thanks for vermont public for collecting that information for us Let's check in we talked with voters today about some of the other ballot items some of the proposals and the various ballot items They're seeing on In the polls today. So let's check them in with exit voices and see what they had to say For me personally, um, I'm very excited about our constitutional amendments about banning slavery and reproductive choice So those are very very fundamental to our rights and I'm really excited for those having a bond measure to Modernize our recycling facility is also really key and and really important for the health of vermont's and the health of our Planet and making a lot easier for vermontros to do what we want to be doing the one about A guaranteeing reproductive rights is really important uh prop five I think uh, it's um It's a regulation where our legislatures aren't doing their job Uh, it kind of spins around and continuously goes back to the courts to decide And then in the end it's in the best interest of the state So the courts can't decide the state gets to decide still so Is it really keeping the government out of our personal decisions? So I think it needs more work I supported both of the uh, uh, both amendments. Uh, the slavery one to me is is a minor fix If it's important to some people that we change that you know that that Legal gap i'm fine with that. I don't think it's really going to change a lot of things the reproductive one. I think Is going to be important Going forward Who knows what's going to happen in many years? You know decades forward how vermont's going to you know skew left or right So I think that's really important to get that in the constitution Well, I think the vermont constitution items both were very very important items The anti-slavery item is a huge supporter of that I've often gone to the conference over at the john brown center in uh, in in new york And uh, it's it's it's a huge issue and we need to correct our history Definitely no on article 22. Uh, I'm a pro lifer. I feel uh The the execution of children's wrong And uh, I just believe in life You know life and liberty pursuit of happiness typical american As long as that baby hasn't taken his breath. I think it's okay I'm very excited. Um that the reproductive liberties amendment is on the ballot and I'm very optimistic that it's going to pass Um, and I'm also very excited that vermont will hopefully finally be ending slavery Um, I think everybody should be able to you know, live freely and not be required to work For you know, not any compensation and I think it's pretty reprehensible Well, it looks like our country's going in the wrong direction and People have to come and speak out for what they believe in and I believe in a woman's right to choose for themselves And anything else is an abomination But on the s6 ballot, there was a measure for joining the manuski valley parks district, which I didn't realize was on the ballot And I was very excited to see it Article 22 I voted no Um, I believe that the baby in the womb is a human being that has a right to life Just like every one of us. I think women Um have a right to their bodies and their health care and I agree with that but The um, this issue deals with a life separate from the woman and is not given a chance if um If if they're terminated I can understand why it needs to be updated for the time. Um, I just hope that The original text doesn't get lost because understanding the context in which it was written is very important Um, like why those things are there and I'm actually interested to see How the prohibition against indender servitude gets played out in the courts Oh, I came up to vote this morning because I have already voted And I needed to vote for the jitman solid waste district building Gotcha. So, um, it was important for you to come in person even though you had already voted on the rest of the ballots Absolutely. I'm in for recycling. Um, yeah, all of the um, the constitution the vermont constitution changes that I saw um were seem really important, especially reproductive liberty and the, uh A abolishment of slavery um It seemed very important to just uh make sure that my voice was heard Out initiative making sure that reproductive liberty is continuing and that there's no slavery listed Uh, what was it the number 22 the the reproductive rights? I thought that was pretty important to establish that as part of our Our state constitution to protect those rights. I'm voting no on both of them Yeah, I I just I feel so terrible about this abortion thing. They're making such a such a Funny thing about it and it's not we're talking about a live child that's being killed It's important. That's life And I don't know if they even feel pain then it's just before they you know gotta have a time at least They shouldn't be just before they're born that that happens. It's too terrible Thanks to travis and navarro for those interviews this morning Um, we have a few races that are getting pretty close here Uh, so let's let's take a look back at our election module and take a look at first Let's do the these chitin county races A lot of unopposed races here. Yeah, so sarah george for state's attorney gary glennon for probate judge And then the two seats for assistant judge susanne brown and connecane ramsey And then going down a high bailiff the only contested race among them We have michael major democratic republican with 73 percent and james malin with 26 percent Six out of 17 reporting, but uh major It's a strong lead. It's just it's a very strong lead. Yeah, it's very promising for for michael major there. Yeah And yeah, let's return to some of these ballot items also having a lot A lot of district reporting, uh We've got six out of eight here on the high school bond Still 75 still a huge lead. I mean it sounds to me like they're gonna they're passing this and they're gonna move forward with that project Yep likely to pass here And let's take a look At the cswd murph bond We have 10 out of 25 reporting, but you know once again, uh, still a huge lead widely. Yeah 80 percent The communications union district. Um, still just the one out of five reporting. Yep So that's south burlington, but it looks like south burlington is pretty firmly in the yes column on that So a lot of a lot of yeses on our local ballot items. It looks like lots of lots of ballot items That are coming down, uh with strong support strong support And I I would say that that high school bond vote may be a little bit controversial You know, it's a it's a huge dollar amount that the city and that voters are So far supporting. Um Something that you know, we've been watching I think regionally. Yeah And we have an interview uh at hula with burlington mayor morrow wine burger He has some thoughts about the bhs bond and how it's trending. So let's check in with morrow Thank you so much studio a i'm joined tonight here at hula with burlington mayor morrow wine burger wine burger morrow How are you feeling tonight? Well, this is a great night for for vermont. We've had a vote on two Really significant constitutional questions. We just a few moments ago. We saw senator lehi kind of hand off the torch to center elect welch Both of them are men. I've worked with a known since I was a kid worked for a long time And we've just elected the first woman to congress from vermont. So that's sort of the overall Tenor of of the the evening and then on top of that we've gotten some very good news that Burlingtonians and appears have decisively Come down in favor of building a new high school, which uh, yeah, I'm very excited about you can definitely feel the excitement here tonight and With a six out of eight Burlington wards reporting on that burlington high school bond vote It's looking likely that it will pass and now Um, how what does this mean for burlington residents? Well, it means that we've got an answer to really one of the biggest challenges. We have you know, we A city certainly a great city like burlington needs a permanent high school. The district has done a great job um Working with it with the state really being very resourceful to set up a temporary high school Upon the decision that that the old high school had to be abandoned But that was everyone knew that was You know my daughter goes there. That's a it's a temporary situation. We need a 21st century high school for for our students and I certainly I and I think everyone involved in this I was very conscious that we were bringing this forward to voters at a challenging economic time When we're experiencing inflation unlike anything we've seen in in years when there's just great financial uncertainty And in that context it is really remarkable I think that and very clear where burlingtonians values are that they have come down decisively In favor of making this investment in in a in a permanent high school That's great now and really quickly. What's the next steps for burlington high school now that Yeah, well, that's a great point. It's the the the work is far from done I mean what this does mean is that the design and Construction teams of course can move forward full speed to try to be in construction to be in construction by next fall, which is their goal what it also means is that this The school district the commissioners City counselors and I are very committed in making good on what we said to voters Which is that we're going to continue to work very hard for the next three years as this building is being Designed and constructed to do everything we can to bring down the ultimate cost to burlington taxpayers It would be really wrong for burlingtonians alone to have to pay for What is it going to be a great regional facility serving hundreds of non-burlington students? It would be wrong for burlingtonians alone to have to pay for these environmental cleanup costs Which you know the burlingtonians weren't the ones that made this pollution so we have a lot of work ahead but What's very exciting coming out of tonight is to know that this project is going to get done and it is our kids are going to have a Great 21st century high school For for the decades ahead Well, thank you very much mayor morrow looking forward to seeing those next steps play out with the high school Thank and thank you so much back to you studio a And there we have the burlington high school bond numbers Still looking like a resounding. Yes six out of eight. Yeah Sounds like mayor Weinberger is excited and i'm sure many residents are as well looking at that support numbers. Yeah And let's check in with our state senate and house races. Just go down the line. See what we have so far I'm still looking like a strong lead for phil beruth martin martin gullick and tanya by oski, but a really good showing from infinite coak leisure Yeah, more of a newcomer to the sort of race and also an independent There's a pretty good spread here, but looks like our incumbent is likely to return Yep, and likely become president pro tempore of the senate. Yeah, yeah, very good for our area. Yes. Yes In the southeast district jinny lions Long-term incumbent. She is leading at 28 percent close follow with thomas chitenden And then 25 for keisha rom hensdale dean rollin and roan saint mar at 9.6 and 8.4 respectively looking like incumbents still pretty strong and in chitin in southeast And here's chitin in north race. So which is uh, still a close one Leland morgan by a hair here Yeah, this is super interesting. I'm sure that both parties are closely watching this race to see how it turns out Yep, still only two out of five reporting on that one. So we still have more people coming in We can take a look at which towns specifically are coming in on that one. Um, but that Still still an ongoing race, uh, not close at all. We'll keep the night interesting Yes Um in richmond, we have yanna brown democratic incumbent moving forward unopposed. Yeah, and let's see we have jereco We have two seats trevor squirrel and id graining We're gonna move through some of these unopposed seats quickly getting into some of these Local ones. We have noah hyman unopposed in south burlington one of these Um democratic unopposed seats that are coming in. There's quite a few of them There are but it's important to track in case there's writings or something. You never know what could happen Right, that's right. And here we got the the burlington district We got tiff and gabriel stebbins returning to the legislature over tom lakata so far Still uh, need some more folks reporting Barbara rachelson returning, um, mary catherine stone Newcomer but two seats unopposed essentially. Um, and same for this other burlington district 15 with brian schiena returning Jill kurwinski returning as well and kate logan and emma mulvaney stanek also returning Yeah, burlington and south burlington both a lot of unopposed Um, a lot of unopposed candidates this year Most of the opposed Legislative seats were in winewski s x x junction. Those were most of the contests more northern And it also feels like maybe more aware. Um I shouldn't say that but I think I really do think that the redistricting and the changing makeup of these districts Has had an impact there on who's who's willing to run or who wants to run, right? And we interesting to see that going down the road. We still have some other And this one is an opposed one in milton. We have julia andrews over allison duquette the democrat Two out of two reporting. So it looks like julia andrews is is likely moving forward. That's right in chin and franklin christ taylor Uh, republican challenger in the lead at 59 percent over, uh, chris mattis the republican incumbent emily hecker the democrat is Currently in second at 21. That's very interesting to newcomers a republican and a democrat over the republican incumbent. Yeah, that's definitely a shake up there. Yeah Very interesting There's a lot of uh, it looks like there is going to be a lot of changes in in our state house this year And we will also at the end of the night have some changes to our federal delegation We have peter welch given a speech at the democratic party. He's they're calling it their victory speech So let's see what peter welch has to say Thank my wife margaret Everybody behind me is the big irish family and friends Begun to misbehave Ryan mclaren my campaign manager painstaff which is the best in the entire country You also want to thank again, and I can't stop thanking him enough patrick lehi and his wife marcel 48 years Of service with integrity With honesty with standing up for democracy every single day of those 48 years patrick and marcel. Thank you so much And bernie sanders My partner for 16 years Bernie was so shy and so holding back that it took him one hour to endorse me after I announced Bernie, thank you very much for that endorsement. You know, it's It's a it's an extraordinary time In our democracy. We know that we're excited about The outcome of the election here for the u.s. Senate But this election Is in the shadow of what happened on january 6th And as we are here today celebrating this moment There's votes being cast There's votes being counted But it's uncertain whether all election results will be accepted And I was there When the capital was attacked and the shot was fired and the doors were broken down And everyone was dismayed Because this election unlike any other election Has democracy right front and center on the ballot and our mission here in vermont Is to restore and defend and protect the democracy that we A lot of people have asked me peter, you know, how do you do it? Or how can we all do it after what happened on january 6th? And you know the answer to that We don't pick The times We're in We don't pick the challenges those times present The choice we make is to face those challenges, whatever they may be That's what we do And you know, I have so much confidence that we vermonters will do that again In our example will be a beacon of hope for the rest of the country Look at our history. No, look at our collective history. This is all of us ours was the first date The first date in its constitution to ban slavery our country Was driven by the civil war. It was vermonters more than any other by population Who enlisted in the union cause to save our union and to ban and abolish slavery And in the midst of that with all those challenges, it was a predecessor of patrick lehi Justin moral who created the land grant college where there was a fundamental commitment to the educational opportunity of everyday people Vermonters who wanted to get ahead And you know When it came to the question Of whether every citizen should have the opportunity To marry the person that that person loves It was the vermont general assembly with republicans and democrats who said the law of this state Is you have the right to marry the person you love fast for patrick lehi preceded by george akon Who said It all when he said about vietnam a war that was misguided was tearing our country apart causing heartbreak In loss of life said we should declare victory and come home And who was the senator that succeeded him and cast his first vote to end Funding for the vietnam war that was patrick lehi we've seen In our history Is that we don't pick the problems we face the problems And you know some folks think it's like a farmer Farms in the weather that the farmer wants no way It's the weather you have And it's the problems we have and a big problem and a challenge we face is democracy and we are going to face it And you know what's also special about vermont? It's the way we do democracy It's the small d democracy It's mutual respect It's humility That understands that a person that you disagree with maybe even vietnam elite Is most likely guided by the same aspiration you have to make this a better state We understand that listening is more important than talking And that by having an approach where we seek the common ground for the common good We can make a better and more just society So i gotta tell you i'm so excited About the challenges ahead and how we can face them And i'm looking forward to doing that With who i know will be our next member of congress becca ballant the first woman to represent us In becca In bernie And i Are going to be there In the way all vermonters want to be there We know that this state that fought for marriage equality We know that this state that stood up to joe mccarthy when he was trying to take our way our civil liberties We know that this state That banned slavery in its original constitutional document We know that this state offers america hope for the future And with the vermont way we can be successful and face the challenges that are before us and i am so excited To be your representative in the united states senate to take those vermont values to washington thank you Lots of excitement at hula tonight uh peter welch declaring victory Yeah, uh not all of the vermont towns are reporting but it's a really strong lead that he has Yeah, it's about half reporting And he has 66.39 percent Over gerald meloise 28.62 percent very strong lead. Yeah Big night for democrats Continuing to hold that seat in the u.s senate for vermont. Yep Very exciting We have our own nick chedley carter with us, you know a lot of people are watching You know we're watching some of the local stuff But a lot of people are watching the larger national picture of what the midterm elections are shaping up like nick chedley carter Is going to check in with us and give his views on what's going on around the country So let's let's check in with nick Joining us nick carter. You're a harvard kennedy school ash center Reimagining democracy fellow and we appreciate you taking the time to chat with us tonight Tell me like what are some of the key things happening nationally specifically with congress and the house and senate control Well, thanks so much jordan for having me and also to the service that cctv town meeting Television provides it's nights like tonight where I think people are reminded of the value of local media And and the services that community access provides You know, it's really remarkable when you think about it The number of candidates the number of ballot initiatives that are on The ballot this year at all levels of government. So ranging from control of the united states congress to state Voting rights to marijuana legalization There is quite a lot going on And according to the united states election assistance commission, there's somewhere in the ballpark of 176 000 voting precincts or equivalent precincts across the united states And to make things even more interesting is the decentralized electoral systems. So voting rules being decided at the state county town city level And so having very different voting rules and systems in very close proximity Makes for some really interesting Dynamics, but it's also a testament to election officials town clerks Volunteers and others who make this a wonderful process actually actually work And and frankly, I think for the most part it's working pretty well. Certainly There are concerns from across the political spectrum about Issues with the voting process intimidation at the polls But I think most voters are expecting That their vote will count and that they'll be able to participate in the electoral process So obviously everyone is going to be watching what happens with the u.s. House and the u.s. Senate Where republicans just need to pick up a net five votes to take control of the u.s. House Which they're highly expected to do And for a variety of reasons historical trends The president's approval rating the economic condition And you know, obviously that hasn't been called yet, but Very good reason to think that's going to happen. And then the u.s. Senate Republicans will just need a a net one vote pick up to take control of the u.s. Senate. And so Poll election watchers are watching very closely the outcomes of the u.s. Senate races in Arizona, Georgia, Nevada, Pennsylvania Wisconsin and even a next-door New Hampshire Where Maggie Hassan's reelection has gotten much closer, especially over the last couple of days I think it's important that people keep in mind that in some of these really close contested races We may not know the results for a couple of days As ballots come in as results are challenged You could expect a a slew of legal challenges in a few of these races So it's you know likely that we might not actually know Who's going to control The u.s. House or the senate for a couple of days leaving many many folks anxious But additionally you also have some really interesting and important statewide races If you think about arizona Not a lot of similarities with the senate states, but not entirely So arizona Is one where you also have a very competitive gubernatorial race Secretary of state attorney general Go up a little bit to oregon where you have an unexpectedly close governor's race Next door in nevada also u.s. Senate, but also a very closely contested governor's race as well as secretary of state Then moving more to the midwest michigan, wisconsin, pennsylvania where you have really close statewide races Which will have real implications on a variety of policy issues, but also Voting dynamics going into the 2024 presidential election So the stakes are extremely high lots of Energy and focus has been spent on those states, and we'll see we'll see what happens and lastly Not only do you have candidates running against each other you also have The democratic process and electoral process itself on the ballot in a few in a few places So this range from the town and city level. So for example in portland, origan Voters will be deciding a rank choice voting Proportional representation system For the city of portland next door in seattle Voters will be deciding between a few different approaches to elections Approval voting rank choice voting And then statewide you have a voter ID ballot initiative in arizona As well as a ballot initiative in michigan to expand voting options So not only is a candidates that are being decided, but the process itself is is on the ballot in many places across the country So those are those are some things that I think a lot of folks are what you're going to be watching tonight and You know these will have immediate implications for the many more elections that will be happening in states and communities in 2023 and then of course impacting the next presidential election in 2024 And so also there are items on the ballot Nationally, can you tell me about some of those ballot initiatives and different things that people should be watching for? absolutely, so There's a there's a range of issues ranging from tax policy to abortion rights To voting rights the voting rights is where I've been specifically Focused on so for example in arizona proposition 309 Which essentially relates to voter ID and that it requires birth and government identification number For people voting by mail and creates new requirements um to participate in in the vote by mail process You know in arkansas interestingly you have something that is more related to the threshold necessary for uh for ballot initiatives so raising the threshold to 60 percent In order to move a ballot initiative forward um And then prop uh proposal two In michigan this would create a nine day early voting period with drop boxes It ensures that military ballots are counted if postmarked by election and Allow us for an affidavit instead of id for in-person voting There's also some provisions to protect against harassment at voting locations so uh that just gives you a range of the uh The types of democracy related ballot initiatives that are being decided um You know in additionally, uh, it even gets further granular So for example dain county wisconsin has a ballot initiative specifically for that town I'm sorry for that county. I don't believe it's binding, but it essentially gives uh a recommendation to the state legislature around uh marijuana legalization So even just at the county level uh voters will be deciding specific ballot initiatives As they're doing uh as well in the state of romant I'm just kind of to to wrap it up and uh You know, is there anything that? You know, you think is really different from this midterm election compared to you know, the other elections And how does it compare to prior years? For for good or for bad. I do think more people are recognizing the importance of What happens in between presidential elections? And there's much more of an awareness and enthusiasm. I do think turnout is going to be high I think it's going to be high for all parties So i'm not sure if you know high turnout is a guaranteed win for either side I think you're going to see high turnout across the country And I think you know thinking about the next year in 2023 That there's going to be plenty of municipal elections and cities and towns You're going to have special elections And and the realization that democracy is very much a 365 day All all the all the time Activity and I think that's something that is different about this cycle And so I guess we'll see what happens We will see what happens. Thank you so much. Nick Carter for joining us And we're going to go back to Jordan and Christine in the studio. Great. Thank you very much Great. Thank you. Thanks to Nick and Jordan Mitchell for that interview talking about the national race A lot of people watching it very closely. Yeah, it's um, it's big interesting to see that Victory speech so early in the night, but with the numbers that are coming in seems appropriate. Yeah Um, but let's you know, we're mostly A lot of chitin and county stuff here So let's zoom back down and let's do a little recap of what we've had come in so far our local elections numbers starting at You know with some of the ballot items we do have brooklyn high school. That's still a yes Looking pretty good. Maybe we can look at the ballot items real quick because we have a few additions here We have The the recycling facility the expansion there that's still looking strong. Yes so far 14 out of 25 Yeah, we got another one come in for the cud For from sx town. That was a yes vote for the communications union district so Two different districts reporting south brunton sx both voting in favor of it That means there is a communications union district. It does and those other member towns can also vote. Yes They can join later just needed two to get that started off the ground Yeah, and let's take a look. Let's hop over to state senate and see where we are there So for the central district, we've got 13 out of 18 reporting phil bereuth still in the lead followed by martin laroculic tanya vayovsky An infinite co-cledure with a 15 percent showing 13 of 18, you know infinite co-cledure still You know getting more votes are still really strong showing Very doing a great job so far Right now still looking like it's phil tanya and martin going to state senate Yeah, which it's um kind of funny that martin is sort of she like second right now right after she just Eeked her way into the primary right and tanya's sort of an incumbent in some ways at least she's a known person She was a representative. Yeah So the numbers aren't playing out. Maybe how you'd guess but still kind of the top three. Yeah Maybe let's check in with uh In southeast still incumbents all the democratic republicans looking pretty strong here Yeah, six out of 12 reporting and um, not much change since the last time we checked in. Yep To the north still very close. Oh, iran has eked out ahead. Yeah, 51.4 percent to lilin morgan's 48.5 And three out of five reporting. So it's neck and neck. We're watching this go back and forth throughout the night. Yeah Looking forward to checking in on that. Uh, that'll be very interesting. Yeah, uh, let's look at some of these state representative races We have a few that we've had some more come in that we think are looking pretty close Uh in burlington in chitin in 13 We have tiff bloomley and gabby stevens Ahead of tomlacotta that looks uh, that looks So again, these these incumbents are doing well here for this one. Um, two out of two reporting So this this looks solid like they will remain in their seats. Yep Going further down the list here Let's go to wanouski Let's let's check out wanouski There it is So interesting here. We have uh, taylor smalley incumbent at 42 percent and then daisy rebeco new democrat at 43 percent That's very interesting. Yeah, um independent jordan matt with 13.9. Yep And looking at some of these other contested seats that we have here Not a lot of other, um contested races that we we can call yet here. Um Once again in the legislature a lot of unopposed seats Essex district, uh, leonora dodge And ray garifano, well that's a pretty strong lead 33 for leonora dodge 30 for ray garifano both democrats Over marise dunbar and denis white So we you know here again, we see the incumbent likely to to retain their seat. Yeah, that's right Um one out of two reporting there and then in s6 24 Alyssa black the democrat incumbent 63 lead over roger jerry the republican challenger's 36 percent. So another one likely to retain that seat. Yep looking like a strong looking like a strong one there See in melton. We got one seat julia andrews democrat Um over alison duquette the republican. We got two of two reporting. So uh, that looks pretty solid as well In chitlin chitlin franklin district here. Here's the one where we don't see the incumbent likely to stay in so chismatos was In this seat as a republican Um 19 percent of the vote and we have chris taylor a challenger republican with 59 percent a substantial lead And then for that second seat likely emily hecker the democrat with 21 percent very interesting For probate judge, we have gregory glennon Um For a 17 reporting but unopposed so and then a lot of these statewide that these chitlin county ones are unopposed Except for that high bailiff. Let's check in with that high bailiff. Yeah, michael major 73 percent to james melons 26 percent We are eight out of 17 reporting. So he's Looking quite well ahead at this point in the evening We've still got a few more of these uh representative seats that we're looking for. We're still looking at that Williston race hoping that that's going to come in Some of the Still looking at an s some of the other sx races as well. Um, so we'll keep an eye out for that Until then let's let's check in back with the dems at hula bury sanders stopped by to give a speech and we can check in with them. Let's see what he had to say On behalf of My wife jane who everybody knows and my entire family that is scattered around here Uh, we just want to thank pat lehy for his years Of dedication and service to our state I am delighted more than delighted to have as a new colleague In the senate peter welch. I am confident. It's going to do a great job And before the evening is out. I am confident becker ballant will be our new congresswoman I don't have to tell anybody here That these are tough times for our country Uh, we are fighting to make Women who control their own bodies not the government We are fighting for our kids and grandchildren So that the planet that they live in Will be healthy and habitable because we're going to take on the greed of the fossil fuel industry Transform our energy system And we're here tonight to remind trump and his friends that in a democracy Sometimes you lose elections. Hey trump you lost that election and at a time When over 60 of our people nationally are living paycheck to paycheck When 85 million americans have no health insurance When bright young kids can't afford to go to college When we pay the highest prices in the world for prescription drugs When a half a million americans are homeless What we are saying right now is we are prepared to take on the billionaire class And create an economy that works for all not just the few We are all proud that vermont has a long history A history of fighting for justice Whether it's racial justice Whether it is social justice whether it is environmental justice or economic justice And i am confident That with peter alongside of me in the senate and becker in the house We are going to become a model for what this country can be in terms of fighting for ordinary people Not just the people on top So let me thank all of you Not only for the work you have done to help elect peter and becker But to understand the struggle continues tomorrow and the day after and the day after we are taking on Enormously powerful forces But the stakes are enormous We're fighting for the future of our kids Jane and i have seven grandchildren. We're fighting for our grandchildren and your grandchildren. Let's go forward together. Let's do it Thanks from the democratic party checking in with bernie sanders there Um, let's check it. We haven't talked about the the us congress race for a little while So let's let's see what that's looking like on the secretary of state's website We have beca ballant in the lead With a little under 60 of the vote with lea madden with 28 percent Yeah, so i you know the the independent who gained the republican nomination Looks like most of those voters are sticking with that eric heretic at about four percent here We've got about 140 out of 283 towns reporting, but pretty solid lead for beca ballant at this point in the evening Yeah, i wonder if we're going to hear a speech from her Pretty soon here. It's interesting. You know i Was wondering if the conservative vote would go towards eric heretic possibly Because more traditionally conservative candidate, but it does like you said looks like they're sticking with lea madden across the state You know, I think this is reflective of Folks are often concerned about using their vote on an independent on a non-major party and you know There's always that question of am i wasting my vote Um Or is it the right thing to do? I heard some folks at the polls today talking about Two parties not their favorite, but they feel like that's what they're working with here. So not sure what's underneath of that But um lea madden having a really strong showing for republicans. Yeah, very interesting Um, so we'll we'll keep an eye on that. We'll see if we hear some speeches from any of the candidates Um later on in the night, but let's let's take a look at brollington. We have all of our brollington Results in so we can just go down the list here. See For some of these let's start with the state representatives And let's just go one by one and see who are the brollington's legislature is going to look like Starting off with The chitin in 13 race, uh, that's tiff bloomley tomlacan and gabriel stebbins tiff bloomley and gabby stebbins are Are are looking like they're going to the legislature returning to the legislature Looks like we're having a little trouble getting our our module aligned there And then after that we have some unopposed folk. Oh, there we go. There we got brollington district 13 We have 47 for tiff and 43 for gabby Over tomlacan is nine percent all wards reporting District 14 barba rachelson and mary catherine stone moving forward We have brian chena and troi hedrick both progressive democrats going to legislature troi hedrick new to the legislature brian chena been representing for a while. Yeah, uh in district 16 jill kerowinski democrat She's been in there. Um speaker the house and now kate logan progressive democrat joining her in that district Interesting and if things hold for the chitin in central state senate seat Phil bereuth May be president pro tempore of the senate and then two burlingtonians At the top of the vermont legislature. Yeah Something i i've often heard shited that burlington maybe has too much power Too much representation This is also where a lot of the people live. Um, but so I'll be looking forward to saying, you know, if that's our leadership in the state house What do they do working together in service of our region here? Yeah Um, we have carol odie and robert hooper Unopposed returning to the legislature both incumbents We have emma mulvaney stanek as well progressive democrat, uh, unopposed returning to the legislature and I think that's it for burlington. I think that's it for our state reps in burlington But let's return to the ballot items real quick. Just checking in I'm thinking the bhs bond is still going to look pretty strong here and had a big lead before so, um, let's see what we got Yeah, with all burlington districts reporting. Yeah, we had, uh, 75 80 support for that. So it looks like that bond is going to move forward. Yep. We'll Give a moment to check in with that here But that's that's our main one from burlington, um for Bond items all the other ones are statewide Bond items, but we can take a look at Maybe we can take a look at some of the polling Um, we we had some people coming going around interviewing people in burlington around the area Um, let's return to our exit voices interviews Asking people about the redistricting that happened for this session How about any candidates in particular that you were excited to see on the ballot? I'm always happy to vote for peter welch I think he's been doing great work and I'll be happy to see him in the senate No one person I think can fully encompass Somebody's beliefs and everything Depending on What some of their opinions were I voted democratic I voted republican I voted independent I think there's an element of you know from not such a small place There's a good chance you probably are a first name basis for at least one of the candidates The the main one is just I want the democrats to still remain on the Irene renner was one I voted for i'm a democrat, but I voted for phil scott because I know phil Okay, and he's a good guy and I like You know most I'd like him to be a little stronger. He knows this on guns control Were there any particular candidates that you feel can bring about that change that you'd like to see? republicans So one person in particular taylor small local wanouski resident is really kind of here for us And both she and daisy who's also representing wanouski You know they're in favor of just cause eviction Which is like a first step that we really need in order to have the working class be able to stay in vermont peter welch Becca ballant Those are the two that I think of first and foremost I really liked both molly gray and Becca ballant. So there's like no issues there So, you know, we have wonderful choices here in vermont collection. Not particularly I just brought it pretty progressively. Yeah Um, I'm very supportive of my local. I always think local first My two representatives gabriel stephens and tiff bloomlee. I think I've been doing a great job and uh, so I'm excited to support them About this here Uh, yeah, I'm excited about Becca ballant. Um, and dave zarkerman both, uh, I think our excellent tiff also tip Blooming from my district. I'm excited about all of them. They I think have good, uh, liberal progressive politics that I believe in especially in the climate right now where I feel like very anti-liberal kind of Politics are on the rise. I am excited to have those voices representing me I've got all my candidates lined up and I know how i'm gonna vote on all the issues Yeah, it's pretty cut and dried Thanks to folks for doing those exit interviews this morning. Um, always good to hear from people at the polls We've got an interview with one of the folks that we just mentioned kate logan New burlington representative progressive democrat going to the legislature At the democratic party at hula. So let's check in with her Thank you so much jordan and christine. I'm joined with kate logan who's just been elected as a burlington state representative Kate, how are you feeling? I feel great. Um, we knew it was an uncontested race We worked really hard in the primary this summer to secure our spot New that we were going uncontested into the general But it still feels great to know that, um, I'll be going in as one of the most progressive Um legislators to ever serve the old north end and downtown of burlington and the legislature That's wonderful. Um, and looking forward to this next biennium. What are you hoping to accomplish? Well a lot of what I hope to accomplish in the next biennium depends on what happens across the state In all 150 house Seats i've worked as an advocate in the state house for years And have worked really hard on issues where the governor vetoed the legislation that we were able to pass And more often than not we weren't able to overturn the governor's veto And um, and it looks like we're going into another biennium with governor scott As our governor and so i'm really interested I'm looking to see what happens in all of the other house races and in the senate To know what the composition is and the general political orientation But in general, I think that we need to move really aggressively to a more equitable and sustainable economy Kind of across the board child care education from birth to college health care energy you name it if it's something that um working people are struggling to pay for housing um on a daily basis Then vermont should be Doing more just like every other state in the country needs to do right now while we're struggling Um at the federal level to get all the stuff that we know we need And is there anything else you'd like your constituents to know? I would love my constituents to know that they can reach me at my website www.kateloganforhouse.com You can find my email address and my social media there Um, I would love you to sign up to um for my social media and my email list So that I can communicate with you because when it comes time to make a decision In the legislature and take testimony on issues that are impacting the people in the chitinin 16 district Then I want to hear from you I'll be reaching out to you But I want you to reach out to me and I would love you to come visit the state house I've learned that there are many legislators who get elected to office who have never actually been to montpelier and visited the state house So I'd love to bring burlington to montpelier So that you can share your story on issues that matter to you in the state house That sounds great kate and we're looking forward to seeing how the rest of the races shake up and the Stuff that you take in the next biennium. So thank you so much appreciate it Back to you the studio way Thanks to emily and kate at hula at the democratic party kate logan progressive democrat Going to the legislature all of our burlington districts are in You can always check out any of these results yourself at results dot town meeting dot tv That webpage is being uploaded or it's being updated constantly. That's what we're referencing here as well So Let's return To some of the statewide races here. We haven't talked about the governor or the lieutenant governor for a little while So let's take a look at some of those races Looking at the secretary of state's website We have Uh phil scott in the lead with 70 over brenna seagull's 22 percent 160 reporting There's a really strong lead for governor scott once again. Um, uh, independence kevin hoit peter duvall and bernard peters down there with 2.2 1.5 and and 0.8 percent respectively phil scott A lot of support amongst even democrats and independents are i cut one of these exit voices and Heard somebody talking about you know voted democrat across the board except for phil scott So a lot of support, you know one of the most popular governors in the in the country in the nation. Yeah Might speak a little bit to his he and being more of a moderate republican. I think He had really strong showing in in his last re-election as well and has just been generally favored in vermont it's A nice balance potentially to have it's an interesting balance to have a state house that is a strong democratic majority And then a governor's office with a republican lead. Yeah kind of an interesting situation in this state Which looks like it's going to continue. Yeah, and and we'll see what that balance looks like when it comes to the lieutenant governor's office Um, you know, we have david zuckerman returning running for that seat again with the democratic nomination And joe benning on the republican side of the ticket So it looks like zuckerman is still in the lead at 50 percent To 42 for joe benning, but this one's still pretty close. We've seen some Some lopsided numbers this evening, but not so much this time zuckerman in the lead. This was seen as possibly one of the more Contested races and still does look like zuckerman is pulling ahead 50 to joe bennings 42 percent It does. I I think it's a little bit counter to you know, zuckerman is not technically an incumbent But he has held this role before And in those state senate and and house rep races we saw Democratic incumbents taking strong leads to return to those roles. Um, not quite the same situation We're seeing here. So this one's a little bit more interesting to watch. Yes Yes, and we'll continue to check in with that because we're a little over half reporting, but We still have more folks coming in and with the closest of that that could change a little bit. We'll see There could be some shifts there. Yeah We have a few more statewide races that we could look at real quick We could take a look at mike p check For state treasurer over hbrook page 60 for mike p check there 34 for hbrook page Mike p check the democrat and hbrook page the republican there Yep, hbrook page the perennial republican candidate runs anytime a republicans not Stepping forward to run for one of these offices hbrook page runs. He fills the gap. Yes, we've we've had him on many times We had him on this season as well Um, wasn't able to beat out mike p check on this one. Um, let's look at secretary of state Here once again a brook brook page race against sarah copeland hands this sarah copeland hands this uh ahead with Almost 60 of the vote and she's coming out of the state house to move into this role taking over the seat for jim condos Different perspective here, right? She hasn't worked in Sort of the secretary of state side of things but has the government operations Perspective to bring to the role and beat out chris winters in the primary who was jim condos's Chief staff. Yeah, that was a another one of those primaries that we were watching a little bit surprising in the end there Yes, yes Let's go to audit over counts here. Uh, doug hoffer Against rick morten, uh, doug hoffer with almost 60 of the vote against rick morten's, uh, 35 percent And we can round it off here with attorney general We have charity clark the democrat over michael tagliava the republican charity clark with 60 Michael tagliava with 35 percent You know all of these statewide races look They've got roughly like a 60 30 split somewhere in that range Feels a little bit reflective of the general population perhaps right where we're seeing Much closer and further apart spreads in the local races. Yeah And that's interesting, uh, interesting Thing to notice about that Let's check in with uh, some more statewide analysis. We can check in with kevin ellis. Um, who's Joining jordan mitral in studio z Let's check in to see what he's seeing on the statewide races All right. Well, thank you kevin for joining us here to talk about, you know, the election and the election results We're getting into night. So where are you calling from? I'm calling from waterberry where i'm doing some other election analysis on wdev But uh, it's great to be with you Yeah, we really appreciate you taking the time to join us So what are some of the state races and some of the local races that you've been watching this evening? Well, obviously the election of uh, of peter welch to be The next u.s senator from brahmont replacing long Time senator patrick lehi is somewhat historic and then there is the The election of beca ballant to be the first woman and a gay woman to be brahmont's lone member of congress in the us house of representatives that is truly historic and um and she Both welch and ballant won overwhelmingly And then governor scott phil scott has won Convincingly as well With a wider margin than i had thought and so Those are those are the early ones that one of the local races that i'm keeping my eye on Is uh down in orange county? Uh, there's a spirited challenge by a guy named john clarr against a long time incumbent mark mcdonald mcdonald had a stroke recently and couldn't campaign clarr is way out to the right Is something of an election denier and has gotten involved in a in a debate over transgender issues at the local high school so You know, we're all looking to see whether election denialism On the national stage Infects vermont at any level so far it seems not to happen Now at this point in the evening, you know, we're starting to get results What are some of the trends you're seeing with these results and how do you think they're impacting? during this midterm election Phil scott is winning a fourth term By a very convincing margin Right now Sort of 70 some 70 plus to 20 And that surprised me The lieutenant governor's race featuring David zuckerman a long time chitney county senator Former two-term lieutenant governor Ran for governor against governor scott lost badly two years ago is is now seeking his old lieutenant governor's position against popular and well respected republican joe benning Not an election denier, but one of the more I would say moderate republicans That still exists in vermont and new england zuckerman's ahead by 12 000 votes at this point And it's it seems like that's just too much to make up for a guy with zuckerman's name recognition and record In chitney county And is there anything else overall that you think has really been interesting or surprising, you know this election? Well, again, I I gotta say, you know There's a tradition in vermont that when a governor is running for a fourth term, whether it was howard dane whether it was jim douglas you People get tired of the legislation that we raise After six years at least that's been the pattern The the the strength and durability of phil scott's reputation in the state in a hugely democratic state. I often call vermont the most liberal state in the country There is little to no evidence that trump and maga Politics are infecting our politics yet Uh, it was tried it looks to be failing but Thank you to kevin allis for the state that statewide analysis Let's check in with some of the let's start up a little recap here. We're Getting close to 10 Right now, but let's go to our chitney and state senate seats. We haven't looked at those for a little while Yeah, yeah, we're hearing that Only in the chitney north district only georgia is left to report. Is that right? That's what we forgot 300 vote difference. So it's looking strongly like iran renner is is going to take the seat over lilin morgan But really close. Yeah, this is the tightest race. We've seen all night. I think yeah, 51 percent to 48 percent Right now. We've got a difference of just 300 votes So really close, but so far looking like iran and we will continue Getting those results into the night to see we can get a firm answer on that That'll be a tough district for her to represent Having that kind of split, right? She's going to have to do a lot of work to find What are the areas where she didn't meet with voters and and and where she might in the future? That's right I'm looking at the southeast district. We've got six out of 12 reporting Still about what we saw earlier, right? Ginny lions thomas chitney and in caseya rum hensdale those incumbents are Likely to take these three seats over again. Yep, that's how it's looking And let's check in here with this chitney central district Once again still looking pretty similar to what we saw last time We have phil baruth with 32 percent and then martin lorak gulik and tanya vioski also So far joining him in to an incentral infantacle cleanser with 13 percent 16 out of 18 reporting. So that's Fairly close to done there strong. Yeah All right. Well, speaking of tanya vioski. We have an interview with her at the democratic party. So let's check in With them and see how it's going Welcome back to hula and burlington With the vermont democrats. I'm joined by tanya vioski Who's a uh candidate for the vermont state senate in the chitney central district tanya How would you describe the feeling in the room tonight the feeling in the room tonight is really excited? I mean people I think are really excited to be sending our first woman congresswoman congressperson To washington and just I think really excited for all of the great opportunities we have to put good people in office So you served in the vermont house Before this and now you're jumping to the senate Can you describe a little bit about that decision to jump from the house to the senate and how your work might look a little Bit different moving forward. Yeah, absolutely. I'm in the house, which is 150 people and when the senate district were redrawn There was an immediate Open seat and then when my mentor chris pierce and decided not to run again There was a second open seat and after a lot of conversation with him We sort of came to the the conclusion that in order to continue to have a progressive voice in the house Somebody needed to run for that seat and as a social worker I rely on relationships and it's a lot easier to build relationships with 30 people than it is to build them with 150 So I just felt like I would be able to do more for vermonters with my skillset in the senate and Maybe Walk Phil chris pierce and shoes at least a little bit tanya behovsky candidate for vermont state senate. Thank you so much back to you guys in the studio All right. Thank you tanya. Uh, let's go to let's check in with burlington again. Let's do another burlington recap here Um, it's second in with their their big item the burlington high school Yeah, we've got the burlington numbers in looks like that burlington high school bonvo is passing um The Yeah, you can see here a really strong lead on that 75 almost 76 that that is a resounding. Yes, right reporting. That's that's looks like that's going to happen Um, and then let's look through our State reps here once again We have all of our burlington wards reporting so we know we can report on that Including some of these unopposed folks. Let's start out here with the tiff bloomley The the chitin and 13 race got tiff bloomley and gabby stebbins beating out tom lecata They'll be returning to the legislature this year. Uh, both democratic incumbents. Yep, and then we have, uh, barbel We have lots of, uh, unopposed people going to the legislature this year. We got, u