Elections: Political Party Organization

POLITICAL PARTIES IN VERMONT

Following are listings of major and minor political parties organized in Vermont in 2009-2010 and officers of those parties. If you do not see a town or county committee listed, or if you need the address for a specific committee not listed, please contact the respective state party. Minor parties may organize county committees, but are not required to by statute. Not all parties have executive directors and that office is not required by state law.

Click on the party name for a spreadsheet showing state committee members, town committee members and county committee members (where applicable).

MAJOR PARTIES in Vermont

Democratic Party
P.O. Box 1220
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 229-1783 - Montpelier
(802) 651-3487 - Burlington

Progressive Party
P.O. Box 281
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 229-0800

Republican Party
P.O. Box 70
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 223-3411

MINOR PARTIES in Vermont:

Libertarian Party

Liberty Union Party

Working Families Party

All information above regarding committees and officers is as of December 29, 2009, and will be updated periodically. Some committees that did not file required paperwork may not be listed above.

In Vermont, political parties must reorganize in September of every odd-numbered year. Parties organize by electing members at town caucuses and then sending representatives to state and/or county committees. For more information on the party organization process, click here.

Major and minor parties in Vermont nominate candidates using different methods:
Major parties nominate candidates principally through a primary election held on the second Tuesday of September in every even-numbered year.

Minor parties nominate candidates principally through a party committee nomination process.