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First elected to the Vermont Senate in 2010, Baruth was re-elected in 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2020, 2022, and 2024. He was elected Majority Leader of the Vermont Senate in 2013, and served until 2017. In January 2023, he was elected Vermont Senate President Pro Tempore. From 2017 to 2020, Baruth served as Chair of the Senate Education Committee.
U.S. Senator Peter Welch served as Senate President from 1985 to 1989 and 2003 to 2007, and was the first Democrat to hold the post. [8] Peter Shumlin, Governor from 2011 to 2017, was President pro tempore from 1997 to 2003 and 2007 to 2011. [8]
In 2020, the Democratic caucus selected her to succeed Tim Ashe as president pro tempore of the Vermont Senate, and she became the first woman and openly LGBT person to serve in the role. [32] [33] During the 2016 election she was a member of the Victory Leaders Councils formed by the Democratic National Committee. [34]
The president pro tempore is elected by the majority party caucus followed by confirmation from the entire body through a Senate resolution, and is the Senate's chief leadership position. The majority and minority leaders are elected by their respective party caucuses.
The Senate President has only a casting vote. More often, the Senate is presided over by the President pro tempore, who is chosen at the start of each session. For past partisan compositions of both houses see Political party strength in Vermont.
President pro tempore of the Senate: Jeremy Moss (D) 5 Speaker of the House of Representatives: Joe Tate (D) Eligible to serve as emergency interim governor if 1–5 are vacant 6 List of 5 people named by the governor [40] State Treasurer Rachael Eubanks: 7 Fmr. Lieutenant Governor John Cherry (D) 8 Wayne County Exec. Warren Evans (D) 9 ...
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If the House can’t elect a Speaker by Jan. 20, the constitutionally-prescribed Inauguration Day, then the new GOP-controlled Senate’s president pro-tempore (pro-tem), Grassley, would be ...