Thomas Nelson (Vermont)
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Thomas Nelson (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Chittenden-8-1 District. He lost in the general election on November 3, 2020.
Elections
2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Marybeth Redmond and Tanya Vyhovsky defeated Thomas Nelson, Maryse Dunbar, and Varpilah Chase in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | Marybeth Redmond (D) | 34.2 | 3,234 |
| ✔ |  | Tanya Vyhovsky (Vermont Progressive Party / D)  | 24.0 | 2,273 |
 | Thomas Nelson (R) | 19.5 | 1,840 | |
| Maryse Dunbar (R) | 19.0 | 1,793 | ||
 | Varpilah Chase (L) | 3.2 | 302 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.2 | 17 | ||
| Total votes: 9,459 | |||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Incumbent Marybeth Redmond and Tanya Vyhovsky defeated Brian Shelden in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Marybeth Redmond | 48.6 | 1,359 |
| ✔ | | Tanya Vyhovsky | 27.2 | 762 |
 | Brian Shelden | 23.8 | 666 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 11 | ||
| Total votes: 2,798 | |||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) (2 seats)
Maryse Dunbar and Thomas Nelson advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 8-1 District (Historical) on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Maryse Dunbar | 49.6 | 601 | |
| ✔ | | Thomas Nelson | 48.8 | 591 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.6 | 19 | ||
| Total votes: 1,211 | |||
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2012
Nelson ran for election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 2. Nelson was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and was defeated in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[1][2]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic |  Terence Macaig Incumbent |
27.4% | 2,504 | |
| Democratic | Jim McCullough Incumbent |
31.3% | 2,855 | |
| Republican | Jay Michaud | 20.9% | 1,910 | |
| Republican | Thomas Nelson | 20.4% | 1,861 | |
| Total Votes | 9,130 | |||
Campaign themes
2020
Ballotpedia survey responses
See also: Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection
Thomas Nelson did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
2012
Nelson told the Williston Observer, "We need to encourage businesses to add more jobs, either through incentives or an evaluation of how high taxes are that a business will face trying to expand or locate here to begin with."[3]
See also
2020 Elections
External links
Footnotes
