Ian Carleton

MONTPELIER -- Although he's not facing a Democratic opponent right now, Republican Lt. Gov. Brian Dubie doesn't expect that his path to a fourth term will remain clear for much longer.

"I assume that I will have a strong, well-funded opponent," Dubie told PolitickerVT.com last week. "But competition makes you stronger and I'm looking forward to a spirited campaign."

There has been speculation over potential Democratic challengers for the state's No. 2 job but nobody has yet to make a formal announcement.

Vermont Democratic Party Executive Director Jill Krowinski will take a leave of absence from her current position to run the gubernatorial campaign of former House Speaker Gaye Symington, according to a joint announcement from the Symington campaign and state Democratic Party.

State Democrats have decided to hold on meeting with Progressive gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina until June, the Burlington Free Press reports today.  read more »

Vermont Democratic Party Chair Ian Carleton, a superdelegate, has endorsed Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama.  read more »

The Vermont Democratic Party is slamming John McCain today.  read more »

The Vermont Democratic Party took a hard shot to Republican Presidential candidate John McCain Friday afternoon.  read more »

The Vermont Democratic Party is slamming Republican Governor Jim Douglas over the lobbyist issue.  read more »

Peter Galbraith by all indications was having a good week.  He spoke to Democratic Leaders in Montpelier and formed his PAC.  And this was coming off a nice introduction to Democratic insiders by the Dem Chair Ian Carleton.   read more »

Vermont Democratic Party chair Ian Carleton has blasted off an update to supporters on Peter Galbraith’s Vermont Leadership Fund.

“We were blown away and overwhelmed by the responses we received: It was the single biggest online fundraising and activist sign-up day we have ever had.”

And Galbraith has this to say:  read more »

Now the Democrats are out with their response to Republican Governor Jim Douglas’s address on the budget.  read more »