Wednesday, August 27, 2014
Updated Wednesday, Aug. 27 at 10:07 a.m.
The biggest news out of Tuesday’s primary election may have been just how few Vermonters even bothered to cast a ballot.
How low was voter turnout?
“All I can tell you is it was low,” Secretary of State Jim Condos said Wednesday morning.
By then, more than 87 percent of polling places had reported preliminary figures to Condos’ office — and the race for governor had drawn just 33,261 votes. More than 439,000 people are registered to voter in Vermont.
Pomfret businessman Scott Milne, the preferred candidate of the GOP establishment, handily defeated three others for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In 10 weeks’ time, he’ll face Gov. Peter Shumlin — a well-financed, two-term Democrat who easily dispatched his own primary opponent.
“I believe I have the opportunity to offer a voice to hundreds of thousands of Vermonters who, like me, want more balance and want a change in the governor’s office,” Milne said Tuesday night.
The biggest news out of Tuesday’s primary election may have been just how few Vermonters even bothered to cast a ballot.
How low was voter turnout?
“All I can tell you is it was low,” Secretary of State Jim Condos said Wednesday morning.
By then, more than 87 percent of polling places had reported preliminary figures to Condos’ office — and the race for governor had drawn just 33,261 votes. More than 439,000 people are registered to voter in Vermont.
Pomfret businessman Scott Milne, the preferred candidate of the GOP establishment, handily defeated three others for the Republican gubernatorial nomination. In 10 weeks’ time, he’ll face Gov. Peter Shumlin — a well-financed, two-term Democrat who easily dispatched his own primary opponent.
“I believe I have the opportunity to offer a voice to hundreds of thousands of Vermonters who, like me, want more balance and want a change in the governor’s office,” Milne said Tuesday night.
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