The 2026 Vermont gubernatorial election will be held on November 3, 2026, to elect the governor of Vermont. Republican incumbent Phil Scott is seeking a sixth two-year term. He is being challenged by Democratic economist Amanda Janoo. Primary elections were held on August 11, 2026.
Along with neighboring New Hampshire, this is one of two Republican-held governorships up for election in a state that Kamala Harris won in the 2024 presidential election, and the only Republican-held governorship in a state that Harris won by a double-digit margin.
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Background
In November 2024, Governor Phil Scott won re-election in a landslide, and was able to break Democratic supermajorities in the Vermont Senate and Vermont General Assembly, and flip the office of lieutenant governor. That is despite the fact that Vermont is a deeply blue state at the federal and state levels otherwise.
According to the polling company Morning Consult, Scott is the most popular state governor in the entire nation. He has won re-election four times by increasingly wider margins since he was first elected in 2016.
Republican primary
Candidates
Phil Scott, incumbent governor (2017–present)
John S. Rodgers, lieutenant governor of Vermont (2025–present) (running for re-election)
Democratic primary
Candidates
Amanda Janoo, economist
Aly Richards, former lobbying group CEO
Jeffrey Wilson, Coventry Emergency Management Director
Charity Clark, Vermont attorney general (2023–present) (running for re-election)
Mike Pieciak, Vermont state treasurer (2023–present) (running for re-election)
Third party candidates
Freedom and Unity Party
Dean Roy, high school student and former legislative page
General election
Polling
Phil Scott vs. Amanda Janoo