Scott Beck

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Scott Beck
Image of Scott Beck
Vermont State Senate Caledonia District
Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

0

Prior offices
Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District

Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Education

Bachelor's

University of Washington

Graduate

The Citadel

Military

Service / branch

U.S. Navy

Personal
Birthplace
St. Johnsbury, Vt.
Profession
Teacher
Contact

Scott Beck (Republican Party) is a member of the Vermont State Senate, representing Caledonia District. He assumed office on January 8, 2025. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Beck (Republican Party) ran for election to the Vermont State Senate to represent Caledonia District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Beck also ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Caledonia-Essex District. He did not appear on the ballot for the Republican primary on August 13, 2024.

Biography

Scott Beck was born in and lives in St. Johnsbury, Vermont. Beck served in the U.S. Navy as a Naval Flight Officer. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Washington before his military service. After serving in the Navy, Beck earned M.Ed. degrees in social science and mathematics at The Citadel. His career experience includes working as a teacher and coach at St. Johnsbury Academy, owning an independent bookstore, and being the executive director of the St. Johnsbury Chamber of Commerce. Beck volunteered as the chair of the Downtown Improvement Commission and as a board member of RINK. He also founded the Kingdom Maple Festival.[1]

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Beck was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Beck was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Beck was assigned to the following committees:

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

Vermont committee assignments, 2017
Education
Government Accountability

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Beck served on the following committees:

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according to BillTrack50 and sorted by action history. Bills are sorted by the date of their last action. The following list may not be comprehensive. To see all bills this legislator sponsored, click on the legislator's name in the title of the table.


Elections

2024

State Senate

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024

General election
General election for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District

Scott Beck defeated Amanda Cochrane in the general election for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck (R)
 
58.2
 
7,245
Amanda Cochrane (D)
 
41.6
 
5,182
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
24

Total votes: 12,451
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District

Amanda Cochrane defeated Shawn Hallisey in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Amanda Cochrane
 
87.8
 
1,393
Shawn Hallisey
 
9.6
 
153
 Other/Write-in votes
 
2.6
 
41

Total votes: 1,587
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District

Scott Beck defeated JT Dodge in the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Caledonia District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck
 
82.5
 
1,096
Image of JT Dodge
JT Dodge
 
16.8
 
223
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.8
 
10

Total votes: 1,329
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Endorsements

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House of Representatives

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District (2 seats)

Deborah Cordz Dolgin and incumbent Scott Campbell defeated Frank Empsall in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Deborah Cordz Dolgin
Deborah Cordz Dolgin (R)
 
37.1
 
2,225
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell (D)
 
36.0
 
2,159
Frank Empsall (D)
 
25.7
 
1,541
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
74

Total votes: 5,999
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Campbell and Frank Empsall advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
 
61.7
 
513
Frank Empsall
 
37.6
 
313
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
6

Total votes: 832
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Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Campbell and incumbent Scott Beck defeated Frank Empsall and Brendan Hadash in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell (D)
 
30.0
 
1,795
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck (R)
 
29.8
 
1,783
Frank Empsall (R)
 
20.7
 
1,239
Brendan Hadash (D)
 
19.3
 
1,157
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.3
 
16

Total votes: 5,990
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Campbell advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
 
82.9
 
773
 Other/Write-in votes
 
17.1
 
159

Total votes: 932
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Beck and Frank Empsall advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck
 
53.4
 
349
Frank Empsall
 
45.4
 
297
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.2
 
8

Total votes: 654
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Beck and incumbent Scott Campbell defeated Frank Empsall and Brice Simon in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck (R)
 
31.2
 
1,807
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell (D)
 
29.1
 
1,689
Frank Empsall (R)
 
20.8
 
1,206
Image of Brice Simon
Brice Simon (D) Candidate Connection
 
18.7
 
1,087
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.2
 
11

Total votes: 5,800
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Campbell and Brice Simon advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
 
55.8
 
679
Image of Brice Simon
Brice Simon Candidate Connection
 
41.1
 
500
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
37

Total votes: 1,216
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Beck and Frank Empsall advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck
 
54.6
 
536
Frank Empsall
 
43.8
 
430
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
15

Total votes: 981
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Beck and Scott Campbell defeated Brendan Hughes and Jane Pompeo in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck (R)
 
28.7
 
1,297
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell (D)
 
26.2
 
1,183
Brendan Hughes (R)
 
23.8
 
1,077
Jane Pompeo (D)
 
21.2
 
959
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 4,517
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Scott Campbell and Jane Pompeo advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Campbell
Scott Campbell
 
53.9
 
403
Jane Pompeo
 
46.1
 
345

Total votes: 748
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District (2 seats)

Incumbent Scott Beck and Brendan Hughes advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Scott Beck
Scott Beck
 
55.5
 
350
Brendan Hughes
 
44.5
 
281

Total votes: 631
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2016

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2016

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2016. The primary election took place on August 9, 2016, and the general election was held on November 8, 2016. The candidate filing deadline was May 26, 2016.

Incumbent Scott Beck and incumbent Janssen Willhoit defeated Scott Campbell, Corey Raynor and Philip Aldridge in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District general election.[2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Beck Incumbent 31.66% 1,655
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Janssen Willhoit Incumbent 23.61% 1,234
     Democratic Scott Campbell 22.10% 1,155
     Democratic Corey Raynor 8.82% 461
     Independent Philip Aldridge 13.81% 722
Total Votes 5,227
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Scott Campbell and Corey Raynor were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District Democratic primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Scott Campbell 60.25% 385
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Corey Raynor 39.75% 254
Total Votes 639


Incumbent Scott Beck and incumbent Janssen Willhoit were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District Republican primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Scott Beck Incumbent 52.85% 417
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Janssen Willhoit Incumbent 47.15% 372
Total Votes 789

2014

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2014

Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Caledonia-3 has two state representatives. Incumbents Robert South and Michelle Fay were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Scott Beck and Janssen Willhoit defeated Tom Moore in the Republican primary.[6][7][8][9] Beck and Whillhoit defeated Fay and South in the general election.[10]

Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngScott Beck 31.2% 1,085
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngJanssen Willhoit 23.9% 830
     Democratic Michelle Fay Incumbent 23.1% 803
     Democratic Bob South Incumbent 21.8% 759
Total Votes 3,477
Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District Republican Primary, 2014
Candidate Vote % Votes
Green check mark transparent.pngScott Beck 38.5% 284
Green check mark transparent.pngJanssen Willhoit 38.4% 283
Tom Moore 23.1% 170
Total Votes 737

Campaign themes

2024

State Senate

Ballotpedia survey responses

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House of Representatives

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

Scott Beck did not complete Ballotpedia's 2022 Candidate Connection survey.

2020

Scott Beck did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

2014

Beck's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[11]

  • Taxation
Excerpt: “St. Johnsbury and the rest of the Connecticut River Valley towns and counties have been economically punished by Vermont sales tax since 1969. Scott's first action in the House will be to form a block of legislators in the House and Senate that will fight to have this tax repealed in favor of revenue from economic growth and taxes that do not unfairly punish St. Johnsbury and the rest of Eastern Vermont.”
  • State Spending
Excerpt: “The budget passed in the most recent legislative session far surpasses the ability of many Vermonters to pay. The legislature needs to have an adult conversation about spending our money wisely.”
  • Education Spending
Excerpt: “Vermonters spend far too much on education. Responsible school districts such as St. Johnsbury are punished due to the excesses of budgets passed in other communities. Act 60/68 needs to be modified.”
  • Local Control
Excerpt: “Vermont towns deserve to be able to run themselves with as little interference from Montpelier as possible, including how they want to run their schools.”
  • Energy/Environment
Excerpt: “We…need to be mindful that we do not live in a vacuum, and unnecessary and excessive regulation will make our energy use inefficient, overly expensive, and ultimately do damage to our economy.”
  • Health care
Excerpt: “The proposed single-payer health care model for Vermont is unaffordable and will likely cause tremendous damage to our economy. Vermonters deserve affordable quality healthcare with as little interference from state regulators as possible.”[11]

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Scott Beck campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont State Senate Caledonia DistrictWon general$61,375 $29,656
2022Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-Essex DistrictWon general$2,135 $2,241
2020Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 DistrictWon general$4,667 N/A**
2018Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia 3 DistrictWon general$7,686 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Caledonia-3Won $5,300 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Caledonia-3Won $9,891 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Footnotes


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