Update, 9/1/15: Bruce Lisman announced this morning he is running for governor.
Bruce Lisman, a retired Wall Street executive, plans to run for governor as a Republican, two state legislators said Monday.
Lisman, of Shelburne, called a number of Republicans on Monday to say he’ll file as a candidate Tuesday.
“I got a call from him, just letting me know he’s going to announce,” said Rep. Corey Parent (R-St. Albans).
Senate Minority Leader Joe Benning (R-Caledonia) got a call too. “I told him I was glad to see him running as a Republican.”
Benning and other Republicans had worried Lisman would run as an independent, potentially splitting votes with Republican Lt. Gov. Phil Scott in the general election, should Scott run.
Scott is expected to announce within the next couple months that he’s running for governor.
Scott said Monday that Lisman also called him. “It’s good for the party if he chooses to run as a Republican,” Scott said. “I think primaries are healthy.”
Lisman is the founder of the public policy advocacy group Campaign for Vermont.
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Don’t you early haters think Lisman knows he’ll need to explain what he was doing and when? Do ya think Lisman is reading your comments and thinking, “Oh shit, I guess I’ll have to fess up for all my thievery?” Please people, give him a little credit…
We really need a smart business person to lead us out of the mess Shummy got us into. I don’t care if the person is a retired Wall Streeter or a Mafia boss, just give us someone who knows money, people and can navigate legal waters.
A bus of monkeys could do better than what we have now. Just think what a smart gal or guy could do.
Further decimating the economic opportunities of working Vermonters? Sounds exactly what the Democrat leadership is doing now.