Editing Caledonia County, Vermont (section)

== Government ==
As in all Vermont counties, there is a small executive function which is mostly consolidated at the state level. Remaining county government is judicial. There are no "county taxes".

In 2007, median property taxes in the county were $2,278, placing it 265 out of 1,817 counties in the nation with populations over 20,000.<ref>{{cite book | author = McLean, Dan |title = Property tax bills among highest | publisher = Burlington Free Press | date = December 17, 2008}}</ref>

The elected officials of the county are as follows:
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! Position<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us/|title=CloudfloorDNS - Managed DNS, Failover, GEO DNS, Domain Registration & Management|website=vtelectionarchive.sec.state.vt.us}}</ref> !! Name !! Party !! First elected
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| rowspan=2|'''[[Vermont Senate|State Senator]]''' || [[Joe Benning]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| [[M. Jane Kitchel]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem/Rep || 2004
|-
| '''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 1]]''' || Marcia R. Martel || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| '''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 2]]''' || Chip Troiano || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| rowspan=2|'''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 3]]''' || Scott Beck || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
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| Scott Campbell || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem/Prog || 2018
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| rowspan=2|'''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 4]]''' || Martha Feltus || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
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| Patrick Seymour || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep/Dem || 2018
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| '''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District Cal-Wash]]''' || Catherine Beattie Toll || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
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| '''[[State's Attorney]]''' || Jessica Zaleski || {{Party shading/Republican}} |Rep/Dem || 2018
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| rowspan=2|'''Assistant Judge''' || John S. Hall || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
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| Roy C. Vance || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Dem/Rep || 2006
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| '''[[Probate Judge]]''' || William W. Cobb || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2018
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| '''[[Sheriff]]''' || James Hemond || {{Party shading/Democratic}} |Dem/Rep || 2022
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| '''[[High Bailiff]]''' || Robert Gerrish || {{Party shading/Republican}} |Republican || 2022
|-
| '''[[Justice of the Peace#Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont|Justices of the Peace]]:'''
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[[File:Caledonia County Justices of the Peace 2018.svg|x200px|thumb|right|Current composition of justices.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! '''Town''' !! '''Name''' !! '''Party''' !! '''First elected'''
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| rowspan=7|[[Barnet, Vermont|Barnet]]<br />7 || Steven Adler || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
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| Susan Coppenrath || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
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| William Graves || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2002
|-
| Susan Jensen || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Dennis Mclam || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Stanley Robinson || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2004
|-
| Shellie Samuels || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Burke, Vermont|Burke]]<br />7 || Susan Carr || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Cathleen Feeley || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2004
|-
| Joel Gilbert || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| William David Hammond || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2018
|-
| Joan Harlowe || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Christian Bradley Hubbs || {{Party shading/Progressive}}|[[Vermont Progressive Party|Progressive]] || 2018
|-
| [[John Kascenska]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| rowspan=10|[[Danville, Vermont|Danville]]<br />10 || Eric Bach || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Ted Houle || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Virginia Incerpi || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Jane Larrabee || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2004
|-
| Julie Larrabee || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2006
|-
| Justin Lavely || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Kenneth Linsley || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Bruce Melendy || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Lindsey Mitchell || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Phyllis Kehley Sweeney || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Groton, Vermont|Groton]]<br />7 || Timothy Daily Sr || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Tirone Dyer || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Deborah Jurist || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Dorothy Knott || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Linda Nunn || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Carrie Peters || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Brent Smith || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| rowspan=10|[[Hardwick, Vermont|Hardwick]]<br />10 || Donna Casavant || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| James Casavant || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Bradley Ferland || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2010
|-
| Jean Hackett || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Bill Hill || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2004
|-
| Robin Leslie || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2018
|-
| Tracy Martin || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Allan Michaud || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Lenore Renaud || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2006
|-
| George Whitney || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Kirby, Vermont|Kirby]]<br />5 || David Emery || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Anne Mclaughry || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Karen Moore || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Timothy Peters || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| ''Vacant'' || n/a ||
|-
| rowspan=15|[[Lyndon, Vermont|Lyndon]]<br />15 || Joe Benning || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Catherine M. Boykin || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Edith Bell Brown || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 1996
|-
| Kevin Calkins || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2004
|-
| Michael Codding || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Dan Daley || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Libre E. Drouin || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Reed Garfield || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Kathy M. Gray || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Oralie Lefaivre || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Ken Mason || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Sean R. Mcfeeley || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Brenda J. Mitchell || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Beth Quimby || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2002
|-
| Sara J. Simpson || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Newark, Vermont|Newark]]<br />5 || John Findlay || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2008
|-
| Elizabeth Grout || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Sarah Newell || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| Mary Ann Riggie || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Laura Rodger || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2010
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Peacham, Vermont|Peacham]]<br />5 || Jean Dedam || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Cynthia Greene || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Eric Kaufman || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Samuel Kempton || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2006
|-
| Diana Senturia || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Ryegate, Vermont|Ryegate]]<br />7 || Todd Colby || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Katherine Davie || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Michael Murray || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Darcy Nelson || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Jennifer R. Nelson || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Nancy Perkins || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2006
|-
| Robert Rowden || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Sheffield, Vermont|Sheffield]]<br />5 || Barbara Bristol || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Gay Ellis || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Leslie Ham || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Dorothy Scofield || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Sally Woodsimons || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| rowspan=15|[[St. Johnsbury, Vermont|St. Johnsbury]]<br />15 || Pierre Berube || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2006
|-
| Mark Bickford || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2000
|-
| David Brown || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Stephanie Churchill || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Anne Cosgrove || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Albert Dunn || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Conrad Doyon || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Durward Ellis || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 1998
|-
| John Goodrich || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Gretchen Hammer || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2006
|-
| Diane Holmes || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Kevin Oddy || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Abby Pollender || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2018
|-
| Lisa Rivers || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Milton Rivers || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2004
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Stannard, Vermont|Stannard]]<br />5 || Christine Foster || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2006
|-
| Joseph Gresser || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| John Reynolds || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 1988
|-
| Evelyn Rich || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Chip Troiano || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Sutton, Vermont|Sutton]]<br />5 || Marlin Devenger || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Danielle Fortin || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Celeste Girrell || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Alan Seymour || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Patrick Seymour || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Walden, Vermont|Walden]]<br />5 || Diane Cochran || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Michael Coffey || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Annette Foster || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2010
|-
| Roger Fox || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| P. Ann Gaillard || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Waterford, Vermont|Waterford]]<br />7 || Brent Beck || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Kevin Gillander || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Charles Lawrence || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| David E. Morrison || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| William Piper || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2006
|-
| Marcia R. Martel || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Bernard Willey || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Wheelock, Vermont|Wheelock]]<br />5 || Stephen Amos || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2002
|-
| Eileen Boland || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Kimberly Cradysmith || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Peter Miller || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Carol Rossi || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
|}
{{Hidden end}}

=== Elections ===
In [[1828 United States presidential election in Vermont|1828]], Caledonia County voted for [[National Republican Party]] candidate [[John Quincy Adams]].

In [[1832 United States presidential election in Vermont|1832]], the county was won by [[Anti-Masonic Party]] candidate [[William Wirt (Attorney General)|William Wirt]].

From [[William Henry Harrison]] in [[1836 United States presidential election in Vermont|1836]] to [[Winfield Scott]] in [[1852 United States presidential election in Vermont|1852]], the county would vote the [[Whig Party (United States)|Whig Party]] candidates.

From [[John C. Frémont]] in [[1856 United States presidential election in Vermont|1856]] to [[Richard Nixon]] in [[1960 United States presidential election in Vermont|1960]] (barring [[1912 United States presidential election in Vermont|1912]], where the county was won by [[Progressive Party (United States, 1912)|Progressive Party]] candidate and former president [[Theodore Roosevelt]]), the [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican Party]] would have a 104-year winning streak in the county.

In [[1964 United States presidential election in Vermont|1964]], the county was won by [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic Party]] incumbent President [[Lyndon B. Johnson]], who became not only the first Democratic presidential candidate to win the county, but to win the state of Vermont entirely.

Following the Democrats' victory in 1964, the county went back to voting for Republican candidates for another 20 year winning streak starting with Richard Nixon in [[1968 United States presidential election in Vermont|1968]] and ending with [[George H. W. Bush]] in [[1988 United States presidential election in Vermont|1988]].

The county would be won by [[Bill Clinton]] in both the [[1992 United States presidential election in Vermont|1992]] and [[1996 United States presidential election in Vermont|1996]] presidential elections.

[[George W. Bush]] would win the county in [[2000 United States presidential election in Vermont|2000]] and would be the last time a Republican presidential candidate would carry the county.

[[John Kerry]] won the county in [[2004 United States presidential election in Vermont|2004]] and it has been won by Democratic candidates ever since.

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{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|4,089|5,593|2,117|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|4,571|4,948|3,543|Vermont}}
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{{PresRow|1984|Republican|7,249|3,223|138|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|5,986|3,284|1,253|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|5,488|3,511|204|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|6,762|3,094|83|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|4,996|3,201|288|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|3,258|5,732|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|6,688|2,909|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|7,560|1,744|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|7,595|1,807|21|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|5,873|2,585|84|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1944|Republican|5,086|2,804|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1940|Republican|5,793|3,444|23|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|6,054|3,342|27|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|6,066|3,621|54|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|6,616|1,832|26|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|6,205|929|288|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|5,537|1,694|69|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|3,024|1,887|92|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1912|Progressive|1,583|1,065|2,169|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|2,700|764|154|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|2,944|580|87|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|2,957|817|77|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|3,474|729|214|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|2,646|1,222|188|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|3,083|1,249|352|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|2,639|1,314|304|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|3,134|1,372|29|Vermont}}
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