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Vermont’s Congressional delegation Tuesday announced their unequivocal support for former Vice President Joe Biden for President of the United States with Senator Leahy and Congressman Welch joining Senator Sanders who previously declared his endorsement in April. Saying Donald Trump failed to lead our country, Senator Leahy, Senator Sanders and Congressman Welch said we must restore honest, competent leadership to the Executive Branch.

The 2020 campaign for Lieutenant Governor features a strong group of qualified female candidates. That is undoubtedly an encouraging sign for our state which has struggled to elect women to statewide office. We are disappointed, however, in recent coverage of the race — coverage that further highlights the challenges female candidates face when vying for power.

Two-time failed Republican candidate for statewide office, and currently the leading Republican candidate for lieutenant governor, Scott Milne released his first campaign ad with an incomplete set of facts.

MONTPELIER, VT — Vermont Democratic Party chair, Terje Anderson, informed the Party’s Executive Committee of his resignation. Anderson told the committee that he will be stepping down from his responsibilities as Chair to focus on his health.

Please find in this message important information regarding media guidance for the 2020 Democratic National Convention -- “Convention Across America.” Look out for future communications regarding any in-state programming.

‘“The staff working their tails off at the Department of Labor were ill-equipped to handle the fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic because Governor Scott failed to make improvements to the outdated system a priority,” said VDP spokesperson R. Christopher Di Mezzo. “Blaming the antiquated processing system for DOL’s woes falls short of addressing the issue: A lack of investment and prioritization by Governor Phil Scott.”

The last state campaign finance report before the 2020 Primary was due on July 1st and from what VTGOP candidates for Governor and Lieutenant Governor reported on their forms, it’s not grassroots dollars funding their campaigns.

Phil Scott has opposed increasing funding for Medicaid, he’s tried to burden seniors and children with higher health care costs, and to top it all off, he’s indicated his willingness to consider transitioning Vermont’s Medicaid funding into block grant funding -- a Trump administration proposal. He well knows the tremendous burden this move would have on working families: Scott himself has said block grant funding would “raise concerns of adequate funding in the future.” Again, if Scott had it his way funding for Medicaid could be gutted by more than 30 percent.

Vermont’s Republican Governor Phil Scott has refused to institute a statewide mask mandate, calling the measure unnecessary and counterproductive. His refusal to do so is an outlier among a bipartisan chorus of governors from Texas to Kentucky, Massachusetts to Maine, who are mandating their residents wear a mask in public. In fact, Vermont and New Hampshire are the only two states in New England not mandating face coverings.