UPDATE at 10:30 a.m. with reaction from Vermont GOP Chairman Rob Roper / Also corrected Mark Snelling’s political intentions. He’s running for lieutenant governor.
UPDATE X 2 at 12:10 p.m. with reaction from Gov. Jim Douglas and former Lt. Gov. Doug Racine, now a state senator and Democratic contender for governor.
UPDATE X 3 at 12:25 p.m. with comments from Judy Bevans, chairwoman of the Vermont Democratic Party.
UPDATE X 4 at 3:25 p.m. with comments from Democratic challengers Secretary of State Deb Markowitz and State Sen. Susan Bartlett (D-Lamoille) and Republican State Auditor Tom Salmon
Republican Lt. Governor Brian Dubie made it official moments ago via email: He will be a candidate for governor in 2010.
Dubie, now serving his fourth term as lite guv, made the announcement just over a month after the current officeholder — Republican Gov. Jim Douglas — announced that he would not seek a fifth term.
An official kickoff will be held at a later date.
Dubie is not expected to have a GOP challenger, unlike on the Democratic side. To date, three Democrats have announced their intentions to run for governor: Secretary of State Deb Markowitz, State Sen. Doug Racine (D-Chittenden) and State Sen. Susan Bartlett (D-Lamoille). Also likely to jump in are former State Sen. Matt Dunne and current Senate President Pro Tem Peter Shumlin.
This article appears in Sep 30 – Oct 6, 2009.
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Markowitz vs. Dubie! Pass the popcorn! Most interesting gubernatorial race since what’s her name from Thetford ran against Dean. Before that I’d have to back to Kunin vs. Easton. Remember John Easton? What the hell’s he up to now?
While questioning deb markowitz last year in her support of irv in burlington she showed she did not even know the law of what she was in favor of. a weak candidate in my veiw.
Willy: You are correct, Ed Flanagan initially announced his intent to run for lt. governor. After allegations of lewd behavior at the Y surfaced, however, he backed down from being a definite to saying he would decide after the legislative session.