Tom Burditt

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Tom Burditt
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Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District
Tenure

2011 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

14

Compensation

Base salary

$843.32/week during session

Per diem

No per diem paid during session. Members can receive $168.66/day in per diem outside of session.

Elections and appointments
Last elected

November 5, 2024

Contact

Tom Burditt (Republican Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Rutland-2 District. He assumed office in 2011. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Burditt (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Rutland-2 District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.

Biography

Burditt owns Tom Burditt's Rx Lawn Systems, and was previously a partner in Vaillancourt Tree Landscape. He coached varsity wrestling at Rutland High School from 1997-2001, was a Town of West Rutland Selectman from 2005-2006, and is a Vermont State Certified Pesticides Applicator.

Committee assignments

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2023-2024

Burditt was assigned to the following committees:

2021-2022

Burditt was assigned to the following committees:

2019-2020

Burditt 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
Judiciary
Judicial Rules

2015 legislative session

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

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Burditt served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Burditt served on these committees:

Issues

Presidential preference

2012

See also: Endorsements by state officials of presidential candidates in the 2012 election

Tom Burditt endorsed Ron Paul in the 2012 presidential election.[1]

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Elections

2024

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024

General election

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

Incumbent Tom Burditt and David Bosch defeated Dave Potter in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on November 5, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt (R)
 
37.0
 
3,014
Image of David Bosch
David Bosch (R)
 
34.9
 
2,836
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter (D)
 
27.5
 
2,234
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.6
 
52

Total votes: 8,136
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Democratic primary election

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

Dave Potter advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter
 
97.0
 
328
 Other/Write-in votes
 
3.0
 
10

Total votes: 338
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Tom Burditt and David Bosch advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 13, 2024.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt
 
49.9
 
334
Image of David Bosch
David Bosch
 
49.1
 
329
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
7

Total votes: 670
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Endorsements

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2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

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

Incumbent Tom Burditt and incumbent Arthur Peterson defeated Dave Potter and Ken Fredette in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on November 8, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt (R)
 
27.1
 
2,079
Image of Arthur Peterson
Arthur Peterson (R)
 
25.5
 
1,952
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter (D)
 
25.4
 
1,945
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette (D)
 
22.0
 
1,687
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.0
 
1

Total votes: 7,664
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Democratic primary election

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

Dave Potter and Ken Fredette advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter
 
53.0
 
710
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette
 
46.3
 
620
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.7
 
9

Total votes: 1,339
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Arthur Peterson and incumbent Tom Burditt advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 9, 2022.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arthur Peterson
Arthur Peterson
 
51.0
 
566
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt
 
48.4
 
537
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.5
 
6

Total votes: 1,109
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

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

Incumbent Tom Burditt and Arthur Peterson defeated incumbent Dave Potter and Ken Fredette in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on November 3, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt (R)
 
28.1
 
2,424
Image of Arthur Peterson
Arthur Peterson (R)
 
25.4
 
2,192
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter (D)
 
24.9
 
2,150
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette (D)
 
21.5
 
1,853
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.1
 
11

Total votes: 8,630
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Dave Potter and Ken Fredette advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter
 
51.5
 
751
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette
 
47.6
 
694
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.0
 
14

Total votes: 1,459
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Republican primary election

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

Arthur Peterson and incumbent Tom Burditt advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 11, 2020.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Arthur Peterson
Arthur Peterson
 
51.8
 
898
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt
 
46.7
 
809
 Other/Write-in votes
 
1.5
 
26

Total votes: 1,733
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2018

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2018

General election

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

Incumbent Dave Potter and incumbent Tom Burditt defeated Ken Fredette in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on November 6, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter (D)
 
36.5
 
2,001
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt (R)
 
33.6
 
1,842
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette (D)
 
29.6
 
1,622
 Other/Write-in votes
 
0.4
 
24

Total votes: 5,489
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Democratic primary election

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

Incumbent Dave Potter and Ken Fredette advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Dave Potter
Dave Potter
 
51.6
 
375
Image of Ken Fredette
Ken Fredette
 
48.4
 
352

Total votes: 727
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Republican primary election

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

Incumbent Tom Burditt advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 District on August 14, 2018.

Candidate
%
Votes
Image of Tom Burditt
Tom Burditt
 
100.0
 
581

Total votes: 581
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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 Dave Potter and incumbent Tom Burditt defeated Michael Stimpfel, Ronald Boucher and Ted Schaft in the Vermont House of Representatives Rutland-2 District general election.[2][3]

Vermont House of Representatives, Rutland-2 District General Election, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Potter Incumbent 28.89% 2,127
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tom Burditt Incumbent 27.95% 2,058
     Democratic Michael Stimpfel 14.61% 1,076
     Republican Ronald Boucher 24.60% 1,811
     Libertarian Ted Schaft 3.95% 291
Total Votes 7,363
Source: Vermont Secretary of State


Incumbent Dave Potter and Michael Stimpfel were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Rutland-2 District Democratic primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Rutland-2 District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Dave Potter Incumbent 62.36% 454
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.png Michael Stimpfel 37.64% 274
Total Votes 728


Incumbent Tom Burditt and Ronald Boucher were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Rutland-2 District Republican primary.[4][5]

Vermont House of Representatives, Rutland-2 District Republican Primary, 2016
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Tom Burditt Incumbent 53.19% 559
     Republican Green check mark transparent.png Ronald Boucher 46.81% 492
Total Votes 1,051

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. Rutland-2 has two state representatives. Incumbent Dave Potter was unopposed in the Democratic primary. Incumbent Tom Burditt was unopposed in the Republican primary. Ted Schaft ran as a Libertarian candidate.[6][7][8][9] Potter and Burditt defeated Schaft and Michael Stimpfel in the general election.[10]

Vermont House of Representatives Rutland-2 District, General Election, 2014
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngThomas "Tom" Burditt Incumbent 36.8% 1,539
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDave Potter Incumbent 36.5% 1,526
     Democratic Michael Stimpfel 16.7% 698
     Libertarian Ted Schaft 9.9% 414
Total Votes 4,177

2012

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2012

Burditt won re-election in the 2012 election for Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2. Burditt was unopposed in the August 28 Republican primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.[11]

Vermont House of Representatives, Rutland 2 District, General Election, 2012
Party Candidate Vote % Votes
     Democratic Green check mark transparent.pngDave Potter Incumbent 30.2% 2,110
     Republican Green check mark transparent.pngTom Burditt Incumbent 26.6% 1,856
     Democratic Ken Fredette 24% 1,675
     Republican Glenn Eno 19.2% 1,337
Total Votes 6,978

2010

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2010

Tom Burditt ran for the Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 1-2 in 2010. He ran against Richard Norris in the Republican primary on August 24, 2010. He was opposed by Dave Potter (D), Tony Morgan (D), and Richard Norris (R) in the November 2, 2010, general election. According to unofficial results Burditt won one of the two seats in the district, but as of November 15 a recount is pending.[11]

Vermont House of Representatives, Rutland 1-2 General Election (2010)
Candidates Votes
Green check mark transparent.png Dave Potter (D) 1,190
Green check mark transparent.png Tom Burditt (R) 1,137
Richard Norris (R) 1,110
Tony Morgan (D) 854

Campaign themes

2024

Ballotpedia survey responses

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2022

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2020

Tom Burditt did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.

Campaign finance summary


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Tom Burditt campaign contribution history
YearOfficeStatusContributionsExpenditures
2024* Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 DistrictWon general$0 $0
2022Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 DistrictWon general$0 $0
2018Vermont House of Representatives Rutland 2 DistrictWon general$3,100 N/A**
2016Vermont House of Representatives, District Rutland-2Won $300 N/A**
2014Vermont House of Representatives, District Rutland-2Won $0 N/A**
2012Vermont State House, District Rutland-2Won $2,123 N/A**
2010Vermont State House, District Rutland-1-2Won $400 N/A**
** Data on expenditures is not available for this election cycle
Note: Totals above reflect only available data.

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Personal

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Burditt is a 12th generation Vermonter. He has two children and three grandchildren.

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