Alison Clarkson
2017 - Present
2025
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Alison Clarkson (Democratic Party) is a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Windsor District. She assumed office in 2017. Her current term ends on January 8, 2025.
Clarkson (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Windsor District. She is on the ballot in the Democratic primary on August 13, 2024.[source]
Clarkson was elected Senate majority leader on January 6, 2021.[1]
Biography
Clarkson earned her B.A. from Harvard College in 1977. Clarkson is a theater producer.
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Clarkson was assigned to the following committees:
- Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee, Vice Chair
- Senate Government Operations Committee
- Senate Committee on Reapportionment
- Senate Rules Committee
- Judicial Rules Committee
- Small Business Solutions Task Force
2021-2022
Clarkson was assigned to the following committees:
- Canvassing Committee
- Joint Rules Committee
- Judicial Rules Committee
- Legislative Council Committee
- Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee, Vice chair
- Senate Government Operations Committee
- Senate Rules Committee
- Sexual Harassment Panel
2019-2020
Clarkson was assigned to the following committees:
- Judicial Rules Committee
- Legislative Management Committee
- Senate Government Operations Committee, Clerk
- Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee, Vice Chair
- Sexual Harassment Panel
- Canvassing Committee
2017 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2017 |
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| • Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs |
| • Government Operations |
| • Judicial Rules |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Clarkson served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2015 |
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| • Ways and Means, Clerk |
| • Legislative Council |
2013-2014
In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Clarkson served on the following committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2013 |
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| • Ways and Means |
| • Legislative Council, Chair |
2011-2012
In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Clarkson served on these committees:
| Vermont committee assignments, 2011 |
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| • Legislative Council |
| • Ways and Means |
2009-2010
In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Clarkson served on these committees:
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| • Judicial Retention |
| • Legislative Council |
| • Ways and Means |
Sponsored legislation
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Elections
2024
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024
Incumbent Alison Clarkson, incumbent Rebecca White, Joe Major, Marc Nemeth, and Justin Tuthill are running in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 13, 2024. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team. Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Jonathan Gleason, Andrea Murray, Robert Ruhlin, and Jack Williams are running in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 13, 2024.
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2022
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2022
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on November 8, 2022. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.General election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
✔ Alison Clarkson (D)
17,042 ✔ Rebecca White (D) 16,740 ✔ Richard McCormack (D)
16,539 Alice Flanders (R)
7,737 Dana Colson (R)
7,586 Bill Huff (R)
7,174 Other/Write-in votes 133 Total votes: 72,951 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Rebecca White, incumbent Alison Clarkson, and incumbent Richard McCormack defeated Christopher Morrow in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Rebecca White | 31.4 | 7,545 | |
| ✔ | Alison Clarkson | 31.3 | 7,528 | |
| ✔ | Richard McCormack | 27.9 | 6,701 | |
 | Christopher Morrow | 9.2 | 2,211 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 74 | ||
| Total votes: 24,059 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Dana Colson and Alice Flanders advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Dana Colson | 48.6 | 1,570 |
| ✔ | | Alice Flanders | 45.9 | 1,481 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.5 | 179 | ||
| Total votes: 3,230 | ||||
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2020
See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2020
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on November 3, 2020. Do you want a spreadsheet of this type of data? Contact our sales team.General election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
✔ Alison Clarkson (D)
19,084 ✔ Richard McCormack (D)
17,477 ✔ Alice Nitka (D / R)
16,726 Jack Williams (R)
9,702 Michael Jasinski Sr. (R)
9,632 Keith Stern (Independent)
4,605 Doug Wilberding (Independent) 2,855 Mason Wade (Independent)
1,471 Other/Write-in votes 251 Total votes: 81,803 = candidate completed the Ballotpedia Candidate Connection survey.
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Incumbent Alison Clarkson, incumbent Richard McCormack, and incumbent Alice Nitka advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alison Clarkson | 33.7 | 8,164 | |
| ✔ | Richard McCormack | 33.1 | 8,030 | |
| ✔ | Alice Nitka | 32.5 | 7,883 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.7 | 158 | ||
| Total votes: 24,235 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Jack Williams and Michael Jasinski Sr. advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Jack Williams | 50.6 | 3,022 |
| ✔ | | Michael Jasinski Sr. | 43.7 | 2,611 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 5.7 | 343 | ||
| Total votes: 5,976 | ||||
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2018
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2018
General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alison Clarkson (D) | 23.0 | 15,091 | |
| ✔ | Alice Nitka (D) | 21.8 | 14,276 | |
| ✔ | Richard McCormack (D) | 20.7 | 13,591 | |
| Randy Gray (R) | 11.0 | 7,183 | |
| Wayne Townsend (R) | 10.5 | 6,882 | |
| Jack Williams (R) | 9.7 | 6,389 | |
| Mason Wade (Independent) | 3.1 | 2,055 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 65 | ||
| Total votes: 65,532 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Incumbent Alison Clarkson, incumbent Richard McCormack, and incumbent Alice Nitka advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Alison Clarkson | 34.0 | 4,699 | |
| ✔ | Richard McCormack | 33.4 | 4,621 | |
| ✔ | Alice Nitka | 32.6 | 4,511 | |
| Total votes: 13,831 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District (3 seats)
Randy Gray, Wayne Townsend, and Jack Williams advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Windsor District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Randy Gray | 36.9 | 1,593 |
| ✔ | | Wayne Townsend | 32.2 | 1,388 |
| ✔ | | Jack Williams | 30.9 | 1,334 |
| Total votes: 4,315 | ||||
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2016
- See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2016
Elections for the Vermont State Senate took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016. Incumbent John Campbell (D) did not seek re-election.
The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Alice Nitka Incumbent |
19.39% | 14,430 | |
| Democratic | Alison Clarkson |
20.74% | 15,436 | |
| Democratic | Richard McCormack Incumbent |
18.69% | 13,905 | |
| Republican | Randy Gray | 10.95% | 8,148 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka | 13.22% | 9,836 | |
| Republican | Jack Williams | 10.03% | 7,460 | |
| Independent | Scott Woodward | 6.99% | 5,198 | |
| Total Votes | 74,413 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Incumbent Alice Nitka, Alison Clarkson and incumbent Richard McCormack defeated Conor Kennedy in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Alice Nitka Incumbent |
23.79% | 4,448 | |
| Democratic | Alison Clarkson |
27.52% | 5,145 | |
| Democratic | Richard McCormack Incumbent |
28.78% | 5,381 | |
| Democratic | Conor Kennedy | 19.90% | 3,720 | |
| Total Votes | 18,694 | |||
Randy Gray, Mark Donka and Jack Williams were unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Windsor District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont State Senate, Windsor District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Randy Gray |
33.05% | 2,091 | |
| Republican | Mark Donka |
35.39% | 2,239 | |
| Republican | Jack Williams |
31.56% | 1,997 | |
| Total Votes | 6,327 | |||
2014
Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Incumbent Alison Clarkson was unopposed in the Democratic primary and was unchallenged in the general election.[6][7]
2012
Clarkson won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5. Clarkson was unopposed in the August 28 Democratic primary and was unopposed in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[8]
2010
Clarkson ran for re-election to the Windsor 5 District in 2010. She ran unopposed in the primary election and in the general election on November 2, 2010.[8]
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2024
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2022
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2020
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2023
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In 2023, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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2022
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2021
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In 2021, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 21.
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2020
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2019
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2018
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In 2018, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 13. There was also a special session from May 23 through June 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 18. There was also a veto session June 21.
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Personal
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Clarkson and her husband, Oliver Goodenough, have two children.
See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ The Vermont Journal, "Sen. Alison Clarkson’s Legislative update, Jan. 11, 2021," January 12, 2021
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Election Results Search," accessed April 24, 2014
