Editing Essex County, Vermont (section)

==Government==
The [[Essex Vermont Senate District, 2022-2032|Essex Senate district]] includes all of Essex County, as well as parts of [[Orleans County, Vermont|Orleans County]] and [[Caledonia County, Vermont|Caledonia County]]. It is represented in the [[Vermont Senate]] by [[Russ Ingalls]], a [[Vermont Republican Party|Republican]].

The elected officials of the county as of the [[2018 Vermont elections|2018 elections]] 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|accessdate=March 11, 2023}}</ref> !! Name !! Party !! First elected
|-
| rowspan=2|'''[[Vermont Senate|State Senator]]''' || [[Robert A. Starr]] || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2004
|-
| [[Russ Ingalls]] || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2020
|-
| '''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 1]]''' || Terrie Lynn Williams || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2020
|-
| '''[[Vermont House of Representatives|State Rep District 2]]''' || Paul D. Lefebvre || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2014
|-
| '''[[State's Attorney]]''' || [[Vincent Illuzzi]] || {{Party shading/Progressive}}|Prog/Rep/Dem/Lib || 1998
|-
| rowspan=2|'''[[Side judge|Assistant Judge]]''' || Evan Hammond || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2023
|- Evan Hammond 2023 Republican
| Kenn Stransky || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2023 
|-
| '''[[Probate Judge]]''' || Samuel Swope || {{Party shading/Republican}}| || 2023
|-
| '''[[Sheriff]]''' || Trevor Colby || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Rep/Prog || 2010
|-
| '''[[High bailiff (Vermont)|High Bailiff]]''' || ''Eric Engels'' || N/A || 2023
|-
| '''[[Justice of the Peace#Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont|Justices of the Peace]]:'''
|}
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[[File:Essex County, VT Justices of the Peace 2018.svg|x200px|thumb|right|Current composition of justices.]]
{| class="wikitable sortable"
! '''Town''' !! '''Name''' !! '''Party''' !! '''First elected'''
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Bloomfield, Vermont|Bloomfield]]<br />5 || Sharon Belknap || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Martin Lomansey || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Raymond Bowen Jr. || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2014
|-
| Steven Bunnell || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Suzanne Routhier || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2006
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Brighton, Vermont|Brighton]]<br />7 || Krystyna Kurzej || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| Stephanie Nagle || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Janet Osborne || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Peder Pederson || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2014
|-
| Susan Pederson || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| David Robbins || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Dolores Robbins || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Brunswick, Vermont|Brunswick]]<br />5 || Sharon Graham || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2008
|-
| Claudette Hook || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| June Hook || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Deborah Tetreault || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2010
|-
| Janet Washburn || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| rowspan=7|[[Canaan, Vermont|Canaan]]<br />7 || Martha Allen || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Irving Cullivan || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Michael Daley || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| Renee Marchesseault || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2004
|-
| Judith Masson || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Fern Owen Brown || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| ''Vacant'' || N/A ||
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Concord, Vermont|Concord]]<br />5 || Linda Blakslee || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Paula N. Christopher || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Mary Gochie || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2010
|-
| Nancy Goodwin || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Arlene Hovey || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| rowspan=5|[[East Haven, Vermont|East Haven]]<br />5 || Robert J. Burke || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2008
|-
| Franklin Higgins || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2014
|-
| Michael Masure || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Delbert Reed || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Bonnie Ricci || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2014
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Granby, Vermont|Granby]]<br />5 || Bruce Berryman || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Reginald Bunnell || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Calvin Noble || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2006
|-
| John Noble || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| Sonia Peters || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Guildhall, Vermont|Guildhall]]<br />5 || Casey Dowland || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Valerie Foy || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2010
|-
| Kelly McLain || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Alfred McVetty || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Jacqueline Spillane || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Lemington, Vermont|Lemington]]<br />5 || Myra Ellingwood || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2012
|-
| Walter Noyes || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2010
|-
| Michelle Thibault || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Mary Jane Walker || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Linda Young || {{Party shading/Democratic}}|Democratic || 2016
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Lunenburg, Vermont|Lunenburg]]<br />5 || Maren Downing || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2014
|-
| Gisele Hallee || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| Patricia Kenny || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2008
|-
| James Peyton || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| Barbara Willson || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| rowspan=3|[[Maidstone, Vermont|Maidstone]]<br />3 || Bruce Hobaugh || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2012
|-
| Cheryl McVetty || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| Gail Tattan Giampalo || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Norton, Vermont|Norton]]<br />5 || Janice Daniels|| {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Betsy Fontaine || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Andre Gagnon || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Franklin Henry || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2012
|-
| Kenneth Stransky || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| rowspan=5|[[Victory, Vermont|Victory]]<br />5 || Zane Cooke || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2014
|-
| Laurie Gilman || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2018
|-
| Howard Lynaugh || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
| Sylvia McKinstry || {{Party shading/Republican}}|Republican || 2016
|-
| Lori Miller || {{Party shading/Independent}}|Independent || 2016
|-
|}
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===Elections===
Essex County is a historically [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] county in presidential elections, supporting the party in all but seven elections since its founding.

In [[1828 United States presidential election in Vermont|1828]], Essex County voted for [[National Republican Party]] candidate [[John Quincy Adams]]. [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democrats]] would win the county in [[1832 United States presidential election in Vermont|1832]] and [[1836 United States presidential election in Vermont|1836]], then [[Whig Party (United States)|Whigs]] from [[1840 United States presidential election in Vermont|1840]] to [[1852 United States presidential election in Vermont|1852]], and Republicans from [[John C. Frémont]] in [[1856 United States presidential election in Vermont|1856]] to [[Alf Landon]] in [[1936 United States presidential election in Vermont|1936]]. Since the latter election, the Democrats carried the county in [[1940 United States presidential election in Vermont|1940]], [[1944 United States presidential election in Vermont|1944]], [[1964 United States presidential election in Vermont|1964]], [[1992 United States presidential election in Vermont|1992]], [[1996 United States presidential election in Vermont|1996]], [[2008 United States presidential election in Vermont|2008]], and [[2012 United States presidential election in Vermont|2012]]. Since 1980, Essex County is a [[bellwether]] county, consistently backing the national winner except in 2020.

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{{PresRow|2016|Republican|1,506|1,019|400|Vermont}}
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{{PresRow|2008|Democratic|1,284|1,733|84|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2004|Republican|1,591|1,276|70|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|2000|Republican|1,564|1,129|199|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1996|Democratic|819|1,120|510|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1992|Democratic|1,038|1,092|866|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1988|Republican|1,535|837|19|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1984|Republican|1,632|693|24|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1980|Republican|1,305|799|236|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1976|Republican|1,161|1,002|26|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1972|Republican|1,441|655|14|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1968|Republican|1,009|952|64|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1964|Democratic|750|1,673|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1960|Republican|1,439|1,063|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1956|Republican|1,714|719|1|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1952|Republican|1,592|705|9|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1948|Republican|1,055|881|10|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1944|Democratic|1,064|1,126|0|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1940|Democratic|1,365|1,531|11|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1936|Republican|1,474|1,203|3|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1932|Republican|1,567|1,397|16|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1928|Republican|1,703|805|6|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1924|Republican|1,391|576|220|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1920|Republican|1,243|552|9|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1916|Republican|734|544|15|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1912|Republican|463|348|376|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1908|Republican|744|327|22|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1904|Republican|750|233|10|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1900|Republican|758|358|7|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1896|Republican|873|277|46|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1892|Republican|721|418|36|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1888|Republican|907|502|63|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1884|Republican|898|500|63|Vermont}}
{{PresRow|1880|Republican|853|472|5|Vermont}}
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