VERMONT LEGISLATIVE DISTRICTS, 2022 - 2030 ELECTIONS, ORANGE COUNTY

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Summary of Legislative Districts for the State

• Overview:
  • The General Assembly meets in Montpelier, the state capital, each January. Sessions generally are longer in the first year of the biennium (odd year).
  • All members are elected for two-year terms in the even-year November elections. All members are up for election at the same time.
  • The State Senate elects 30 members and the State House elects 150 members.
• Reapportionment, The Process:
  • The districts from which members of the General Assembly are elected are determined by the legislature, this is known as reapportionment. A new reapportionment plan (generally one for the Senate and one for the House), is adopted by the legislature following each decennial federal census.
  • The Legislative Apportionment Board (LAB) proposes plans, but the General Assembly considers these advisory plans and usually modifies them to varying degrees.
  • Districts are generally intended to have approximately the same number of persons per member. (This has been the case since the 1980 census.)
• Post-2020 Plans, Population deviation:
  The basic means of measuring the degree to which a districting plan meets this equal population goal is to review the districts with the highest and lowest number of persons per member. This is generally stated as a percentage value for the overall plan.
  • For the Senate this deviation is 14.41%.
    • The district with the highest number of persons per member (7.61%) is CHI-SE (Chittenden-Southeast) with 3 members.
    • The district with the lowest number of persons per member (-6.8%) is WSR (Windsor) with 3 members.
  • For the House this deviation is 16.65%.
    • The district with the highest number of persons per member (7.88%) is RUT-10 (Rutland-10: Benson, Fair Haven, and West Haven) with 1 member.
    • The district with the lowest number of persons per member (-8.77%) is FRA-6 (Franklin-6: Bakersfield, Fairfield, and Fletcher) with 1 member.
  • According the National Conference of State Legislatures (see NCSL table) these overall deviations are exceeded only by Hawaii (which has unique island issues) and South Dakota (which has Native American issues). The highest deviation range for most states is 9.99%.
• Post-2020 Plans, Municipal splits and members per district:
  • Municipalities (cities and towns) are generally not split except to equalize the population factor.
    The Senate plan has 2 municipalities split for Senate Districts: Burlington and Essex.
    The House plan has 23 municipalities split for House Districts; these are in 8 counties.
  • There is no set number of districts. Districts may have more than one member.
  • The current reapportionment statute created 16 Senate Districts and 109 Representative Districts (aka House Districts).
    Many districts elect only one member but others elect more than one member.
  • For the 2022 Senate plan, for the 16 districts: the largest number of members per Senate District is three.
    • In the Senate, 7 districts elect one member; 4 elect two members; and 5 elect three members.
    • Thus, 23 of the 30 members (77%) are elected in at-large elections where voters cast more than one vote.
  • For the 2022 House plan, for the 109 districts: the largest number of members per Representative District is two.
    • In the House, 68 districts elect one member; 41 elect two members.
    • Thus, 82 of the 150 members (55%) are elected in at-large elections where voters cast more than one vote.

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Current Districts with with one or more towns in Orange County:

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• There are 17 towns in Orange County but districts cross county lines. Several of these 17 towns are in Senate or House districts that include only Orange County towns.
• But other towns may be the only Orange County town with most towns in the district from the neighboring counties of Caledonia, Washington, Addison, and Windsor.
• These 17 towns are included in 4 Senate Districts.
• These 17 towns are included in 8 House Districts.
• An online, zoomable map can be found here.

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Senate Districts that include an Orange County town are listed below.
a) The names of the towns in Orange County are enclosed in brackets, e.g., [Corinth].
b) A link to a district map can be found by clicking on the district name.
c) A link to a member's page can be found by clicking on the member's name.

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1. Caledonia District (1 Member)
   

   Barnet, Danville, Groton, Hardwick, [Newbury], Peacham, Ryegate, St. Johnsbury, Stannard, Walden, Waterford, Wheelock
     Scott Beck of Saint Johnsbury (R), elected 2024

2. Orange District (1 Member)
   

   [Bradford], [Brookfield], [Chelsea], [Corinth], [Fairlee], [Randolph], [Strafford], [Topsham], [Tunbridge], [Vershire], [Washington], [West Fairlee], [Williamstown]
     John Benson of Brookfield (R), appointed Jan. 2, 2026

3. Washington District (3 Members)
   

   Barre City, Barre Town, Berlin, [Braintree], Cabot, Calais, Duxbury, East Montpelier, Fayston, Marshfield, Middlesex, Montpelier, Moretown, Northfield, [Orange], Plainfield, Roxbury, Stowe, Waitsfield, Warren, Waterbury, Woodbury, Worcester
     Ann Cummings of Montpelier (D), elected 1996   Andrew Perchlik of Marshfield (D/P), elected 2018   Anne Watson of Montpelier (D/P), elected 2022

4. Windsor District (3 Members)
   

   Andover, Baltimore, Barnard, Bethel, Bridgewater, Cavendish, Chester, Hartford, Hartland, Ludlow, Norwich, Pittsfield, Plymouth, Pomfret, Reading, Royalton, Sharon, Springfield, Stockbridge, [Thetford], Weathersfield, West Windsor, Weston, Windsor, Woodstock
     Alison Clarkson of Woodstock (D), elected 2016   Joe Majors of White River Junction (D), elected 2024   Becca White of Hartford (D), elected 2022

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House Districts that include an Orange County town are listed below.
a) The names of the towns in Orange County are enclosed in brackets, e.g., [Corinth].
b) A link to a district map can be found by clicking on the district name.
c) A link to a member's page can be found by clicking on the member's name.

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1. Orange-1 (1 Member)
   

   [Corinth], [Orange], [Vershire], [Washington]
     Mike Tagliavia of Corinth (R), elected 2024

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2. Orange-2 (1 Member)
   

   [Bradford], [Fairlee], [West Fairlee]
     Monique Priestley of Bradford (D), elected 2022

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3. Orange-3 (1 Member)
   

   [Chelsea], [Williamstown-part]
     Joshua Dobrovich of Williamstown (R), elected 2024

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4. Orange-Caledonia (1 Member)
   

   Groton, [Newbury], [Topsham]
     Joseph Parsons of Newbury (I), elected 2020

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5. Orange-Washington-Addison (2 Members)
   

   Granville, [Braintree], [Brookfield], [Randolph], Roxbury
     Philip Jay Hooper of Randolph (D), elected 2016   Larry Satcowitz of Randolph (D), elected 2020

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6. Washington-Orange (2 Members)
   

   [Williamstown-part], Barre Town
     Gina Galfetti of Barre Town (R), elected 2022   Francis "Topper" McFaun of Barre Town (R), elected 2004

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7. Windsor-Orange-1 (1 Member)
   

   [Tunbridge], Royalton
     John O'Brien of Tunbridge (D), elected 2018

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8. Windsor-Orange-2 (2 Members)
   

   [Strafford], [Thetford], Norwich, Sharon
     Rebecca Holcombe of Norwich (D), elected 2022   James Masland of Norwich (D), elected 1998

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