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The newest web ad from U.S. Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.) includes a variety of prominent Democrats, including Democratic National Committee chairman Howard Dean -- all praising the presumptive Republican presidential candidate.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and House Speaker Gaye Symington this morning unveiled more details of her energy policy, "Roadmap to Energy Independence," which focuses heavily on developing and utilizing wind power technology in the near future.  

Symington made the announcement at the Hinesburg headquarters of wind power technology manufacturer NRG Systems, Inc.  

If elected governor, Symington said she would boost the state's reliance on wind power and renewable energy for electricity, reorganize the state's energy bureaucracy and call for a change in policy toward Vermont Yankee, among other reforms.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina on Tuesday released his 2007 tax return and a list of his combined total assets. 

The tax return and the list of assets reveal personal financial information for Pollina and his wife, Deborah Wolf. They show the couple has about $650,000 in assets and have an annual income of about $92,000.

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and state House Speaker Gaye Symington hit the airwaves Monday with her first radio political ad.  

The 60-second clip, which will air this week on several radio stations across the state, focuses on the economy, the environment, Symington's proposed energy plan, and her tri-partisan approach to governance. The ad also takes a few jabs at Gov. Jim Douglas for what the House Speaker considers to be shifting blame for the Green Mountain State's economic troubles.

Gov. Jim Douglas' re-election campaign demanded Monday that his Democratic gubernatorial challenger, House Speaker Gaye Symington, release her husband's personal financial information to the public.  

Symington, a Jericho resident, released her personal financial information last Thursday afternoon with her campaign finance report, but did not include information for her husband Chuck Lacy, a former chief operating officer for Ben and Jerry's.  

The Douglas administration announced Monday that the state's Department of Public Service, after a competitive bidding process, had awarded the Vermont Energy Investment Corporation (VEIC) a two-year contract to administer the Vermont Small-Scale Renewable Energy Program. 

VEIC is a non-profit company aimed at promoting energy-efficiency and the use of renewable energy resources. The energy program is intended to boost the demand for and installation of renewable energy systems, such as solar and wind power.  

Fresh fundraising numbers put both Gov. Jim Douglas and Anthony Pollina on our Winners & Losers list for the week. We're not usually this superficial, but U.S. Rep. Peter Welch's communications director Andrew Savage is a winner for being so good-looking. Find out who else made the list. | CLICK HERE

Democratic gubernatorial candidate and House Speaker Gaye Symington has raised just over $205,000 since declaring her candidacy for Vermont's top job on May 12.  

Campaign finance reports filed today show the state house Speaker raked in a total of $205,309 in a little more than two months, with approximately $135,000 cash-on-hand after expenditures nearing $70,000.  

Independent gubernatorial candidate Anthony Pollina raised over $150,000 in campaign contributions, according to campaign finance reports filed today, slightly more than half of what Pollina raised during his first gubernatorial bid in 2000.

Pollina's supporters, over 1,000 of whom are Vermonters, have donated $153,541 to help promote their candidate before Election Day. Pollina has spent a little more than $130,000 so far, and has approximately $23,000 cash-on-hand.  

Gov. Jim Douglas (R-Middlebury) filed his first campaign finance report for 2008, raking in a total of nearly three quarters of a million dollars to date.  

According to campaign finance reports filed this afternoon, Douglas' supporters have donated a total of $737, 596.65, the most money the incumbent governor has ever raised prior to a primary election.