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Sianay Chase Clifford drops out of US House race
Sianay Chase Clifford speaks during VTDigger’s debate between U.S. House Democratic primary candidates at the Double E Performance Center in Essex on June 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Updated...
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UNH poll shows Becca Balint with lopsided lead over Molly Gray in Democratic...
Becca Balint, left, and Molly Gray. Photos by Mike Dougherty and Glenn Russell/VTDigger A new poll from the University of New Hampshire suggests that the Democratic primary for the state’s sole U.S....
View ArticleGarrison Nelson: This election should end our embarrassing absence of women...
This commentary is by Garrison Nelson, professor emeritus of law, politics and political behavior at the University of Vermont. Vermont’s three-member congressional delegation is the smallest in the...
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In final TV debate, Becca Balint and Molly Gray draw distinctions on criminal...
Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint, left, and Lt. Gov. Molly Gray in Johnson on July 28. Photos by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The candidates vying for the Democratic nomination for Vermont’s sole...
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Vermont GOP declines to back US House nominee Liam Madden
Liam Madden speaks during VTDigger’s debate between U.S. House Republican primary candidates at the Double E Performance Center in Essex on Tuesday, June 28. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger The...
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Becca Balint becomes 1st woman to represent Vermont in Congress
Senate President Pro Tempore Becca Balint celebrates her election to the U.S. Congress during a Vermont Democratic Party gathering in Burlington on Election Day. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger...
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As they celebrate their blowout victories, Welch and Balint remain grimly...
The Vermont Democrats, including Becca Balint, left, and Peter Welch, won big in Tuesday’s midterms for the U.S. Senate and House. But their election night celebrations were tinged by an underlying...
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Becca Balint elected to leadership position in US House Progressive Caucus
Becca Balint listens during the Vermont Democratic Party's unity press conference in Montpelier on Tuesday, Aug. 30, 2022. Photo by Natalie Williams/VTDigger U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint, D-Vt., is...
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Peter Welch sworn into US Senate; Becca Balint in limbo as House Republicans...
Former U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy confers with U.S. Sen. Peter Welch outside the Senate chamber after Welch was sworn in on Tuesday, Jan. 3. Photo courtesy of Sen. Welch's office Updated at 5:39 p.m....
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Final Reading: U.S. Rep.-elect Becca Balint waits ‘to get to work’
A child lies on the floor to watch members of the Vermont House of Representatives take their oaths of office on the first day of the legislative biennium at the Statehouse in Montpelier on Wednesday....
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As the US House plays a ‘game of chicken’ over the debt ceiling, Vermonters’...
U.S. House Republicans are holding up a must-pass vote to raise the federal government’s debt ceiling. Vermont’s Democratic U.S. Rep. Becca Balint called the fight a high-stakes “game of chicken.”...
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Vermont Building Trades Council endorses Becca Balint for US House
Becca Balint, president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, announces her candidacy for the state’s lone seat in the U.S. House of Representatives at a press conference in Montpelier in December 2021....
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Becca Balint tests positive for Covid days before early voting begins
With just days to go before Vermonters begin casting the first votes in a contentious U.S. House Democratic primary, congressional candidate Becca Balint has tested positive for Covid-19. Balint, a...
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Becca Balint tapped to fill vacancy on blockbuster House Judiciary Committee
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint would be one of the only first-year members to serve on the committee, which has become a key battleground in the Republican-controlled House’s efforts to undermine the Biden...
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‘The chickens coming home to roost’: Balint and fellow Dems join hardline...
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, speaks after touring and visiting with a resident at Zephyr Place in Williston on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger U.S. Rep. Becca...
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Becca Balint votes to block ouster of House Speaker Mike Johnson
U.S. Rep. Becca Balint, D-Vermont, speaks after touring and visiting with a resident at Zephyr Place in Williston on Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Photo by Glenn Russell/VTDigger Vermont’s Democratic...
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