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Volume 51 Number 45
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November 10, 2022
Moonglow
PHOTOS BY LEE KROHN
Vermont experienced a total eclipse of the moon Nov. 8. These predawn shots were taken from Shelburne Beach.
Lalley, Brumsted will head to House in January Proposition 5 easily passes, Vermont elects first woman to Congress COREY MCDONALD AND LIBERTY DARR STAFF WRITERS
Tuesday night’s election was a historic event for Vermont, as well as a relatively predictable one for Shelburne, electing two unchallenged candidates to the Statehouse while reelecting the district’s three incumbent state senators. Kate Lalley, a Shelburne selectboard member since 2020 and a landscape architect, was easily elected to the seat vacated this spring by Rep. Kate Webb, the former chair of the House Committee on Education who had served the district since 2009. Lalley ran uncontested for the Chittenden-6 district, garnering 1,678 votes.
“I am very excited at this opportunity that the voters are giving to serve the community on a new level at the Statehouse. I am hoping to make it easier to pursue local priorities and bring them to life. I have a lot to learn, but I want to try to promote conversation and discussions,” said Lalley, a resident with more than 15 years of public service experience in Shelburne. Rep. Jessica Brumsted, Shelburne’s other uncontested representative in the Chittenden-7 district, garnered 926 votes to win, extending her six-year tenure in the House. “I want to thank the voters in Shelburne and St George for the opportunity to continue to serve them, to represent them. I look forward to continuing my focus
on making child care work for everyone in the system and I will be renewing my efforts to bolster civic education in all schools throughout the state,” Brumsted said. Chittenden County’s Democratic Southeast Senate trio, meanwhile, cruised to an easy victory. Incumbents Thomas Chittenden, Virginia Lyons and Kesha Ram Hinsdale easily bested two Republican challengers — Rohan St. Marthe and Dean Rolland. Hinsdale took the lead with 30,923 votes, followed by Chittenden with 25,689 and Lyons with 24,202. Republican challenger Rolland garnered only 8,537 votes, followed by St. Marthe with 6,853. Voters also approved several ballot items, including whether
the town should join a communications union district to try and bring broadband to unserved and underserved homes in the area. The 2,869 votes in favor means the town will form its own district to operate as a municipal entity to build and deliver highspeed internet. Communications union districts have become increasingly popular since 2015, when state legislators created the mechanism. Nine districts in Vermont currently serve 208 member towns and more than half the state’s population. Meanwhile, voters also approved $22 million for the Chittenden Solid Waste District to build a new state-of-the-art recycling facility. The current facility in Willis-
ton serves every town in Chittenden County and is wildly over capacity, processing 48,000 tons of materials in a facility equipped to handle only 25,000 tons a year.
Making history Vermont voters made a historic first this election cycle, sending a woman to Congress for the first time in state history. Becca Balint, the president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, beat out five challengers for election to the U.S. House of Representatives. Balint won with 175,228 votes, Republican Liam Madden following behind with 77,960 votes. Independent candidate See ELECTION on page 12