Vermont Secretary of State Jim Condos says the state's election division will be doing a random audit of voter tabulator results in the recent election.

A group of left-leaning political activists say the Legislature needs to shed light on the operations of "super PACs" well before the next election.

New campaign finance reports show that Vermont Republican gubernatorial challenger Randy Brock spent more than $806,000 in his unsuccessful attempt to unseat Democratic Governor Peter Shumlin.

Now that Election Day is over, we survey the new political landscape and discuss what's in store for the Shumlin administration.

Two Middlebury College political science professors say the results of the 2012 presidential campaign show that the election was largely determined by voters' views on the economy and not on the day-to-day events that received a lot of attention from political pundits.

Vermont Democrats picked up two members in the state House in this week's election and will control 96 seats when they return in January.

Many political observers felt the GOP candidate for Auditor, state senator Vince Illuzzi, had a good chance of winning his race. But in the end he lost to Democrat Doug Hoffer.  Illuzzi said having an "R" next to his name turned out to be a liability.

In his first post-election news conference, Governor Peter Shumlin said his victory - and that of other Democrats in Vermont - shows that voters here are not swayed by political action committees or expensive ad campaigns.

Vermont was once a state of rock-ribbed Republicans, but its “Blue-state” status was solidified on Tuesday. So where does the Vermont GOP go from here?

It was an exciting election night in New Hampshire. VPR's Mitch Wertlieb speaks with John Gregg, editor of the Valley News.

With a look at what President Barack Obama's second term will mean for foreign policy we're joined by veteran diplomatic and foreign correspondent for ABC News and VPR commentator, Barrie Dunsmore.

Vermonters went to the polls yesterday. And it was a good day for Democrats in Vermont. Democrats won all the statewide races, except for Lieutenant Governor, Phil Scott will continue to hold that post And Independent Bernie Sanders will continue to be U.S. Senator. Retired Middlebury College Political Scientist Eric Davis joins VPR's Mitch Wertlieb for a look at the election.

A handful of incumbents have lost their bids for re-election to the Vermont House.

In Castleton, a controversial vote on whether or not to renovate the historic town office building took an interesting twist.  

With all but two towns reporting in the Essex-Orleans district, returns show former Representative John Rodgers of Glover taking a seat vacated by Republican Senator Vince Illuzzi.

Independent Senator Bernie Sanders cruised to re-election Tuesday night, defeating Republican John MacGovern with more than 70 percent of the vote.

Congressman Peter Welch won a fourth term representing Vermont, easily defeating political newcomer Mark Donka.

Lt. Governor Phil Scott is the sole Republican to win a statewide office in Vermont this year. Scott easily defeated Cassandra Gekas, who ran as both a Democrat and a Progressive.

Incumbent Democratic Treasurer Beth Pearce has won a solid victory over her Republican challenger Wendy Wilton. Many political observers thought this race was going to be very close, but in the end, Pearce won by a margin of roughly ten percentage points.

Election night was a tough one for Republicans in Vermont - from the top of the ticket to the bottom. Voters chose to move forward with Democrats in all races but one.

Vermont Governor Peter Shumlin has won a second term. The Democrat easily defeated Republican state Sen. Randy Brock.

Vermont voters have overwhelmingly backed the re-election bid of President Barack Obama, giving him the state's three electoral votes.

After Vermonters emerged from their town halls and other polling sites today, many of them stopped to reflect on the campaign season.

About half of Vermont's voters said the economy is the most important issue facing the country.

A propane leak in Barre has forced the evacuation of the city's polling place at the Barre Auditorium, and city officials have moved the location to the Old Labor Hall on Granite Street.