Cris Ericson

Cris Ericson (independent) ran for election to the U.S. Senate to represent Vermont. She lost in the general election on November 8, 2022.

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Biography

Cris Ericson obtained a certificate in paralegal/corporate law from the Professional Career Development Institute in 1996. She attended the University of California, Los Angeles, in 1991. She earned a B.A. from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, in 1976.

Elections

2022

General election

General election for U.S. Senate Vermont

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. Senate Vermont on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Welch (D)	68.5	196,575
		Gerald Malloy (R)	28.0	80,468
		Dawn Ellis (Independent)	1.0	2,752
	Submit photo	Natasha Diamondstone-Kohout (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont)	0.5	1,574
		Kerry Patrick Raheb (Independent)	0.5	1,532
		Mark Coester (Independent)	0.4	1,273
	Submit photo	Stephen Duke (Independent)	0.4	1,209
		Cris Ericson (Independent)	0.4	1,105
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	612

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 287,100
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Brock Pierce (Independent)
Martha Abbott (Vermont Progressive Party)
Christopher Helali (Communist Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont

Peter Welch defeated Isaac Evans-Frantz and Niki Thran in the Democratic primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Peter Welch	87.0	86,603
	Isaac Evans-Frantz	7.3	7,230
	Niki Thran	5.1	5,104
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	599

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 99,536
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Folasade Adeluola (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont

Gerald Malloy defeated Christina Nolan and Myers Mermel in the Republican primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Gerald Malloy	42.4	12,169
	Christina Nolan	37.7	10,825
	Myers Mermel	18.2	5,227
	Other/Write-in votes	1.7	489

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 28,710
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Justin Tuthill (R)

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont

Martha Abbott advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. Senate Vermont on August 9, 2022.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Martha Abbott	86.6	473
	Other/Write-in votes	13.4	73

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 546
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2020

U.S. House

United States House election in Vermont, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

United States House election in Vermont, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

The following candidates ran in the general election for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Welch (D)	67.3	238,827
		Miriam Berry (R)	27.0	95,830
	Submit photo	Peter Becker (Independent)	2.3	8,065
	Submit photo	Marcia Horne (Independent)	1.2	4,334
		Christopher Helali (Party of Communists USA)	1.0	3,432
	Submit photo	Shawn Orr (Independent)	0.5	1,926
		Jerry Trudell (Independent)	0.5	1,881
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	542

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 354,837
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Chris Brimmer (Vermont Progressive Party)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

Incumbent Peter Welch defeated Ralph Corbo in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Welch	95.5	101,566
	Submit photo	Ralph Corbo	4.3	4,599
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	237

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 106,402 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Andrew Straw (D)

Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

Miriam Berry defeated Justin Tuthill, Anya Tynio, and Jimmy Rodriguez in the Republican primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Miriam Berry	32.5	14,368
	Justin Tuthill	24.7	10,915
	Anya Tynio	20.0	8,830
	Jimmy Rodriguez	18.8	8,290
	Other/Write-in votes	4.0	1,789

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 44,192 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

Chris Brimmer defeated Cris Ericson in the Vermont Progressive Party primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Chris Brimmer	58.0	469
		Cris Ericson	29.2	236
		Other/Write-in votes	12.7	103

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 808 (100.00% precincts reporting)
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Gubernatorial

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Vermont gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Scott (R)	68.5	248,412
		David Zuckerman (Vermont Progressive Party / D)	27.4	99,214
		Kevin Hoyt (Independent)	1.3	4,576
		Emily Peyton (Truth Matters Party)	1.0	3,505
		Erynn Whitney (Independent)	0.5	1,777
		Wayne Billado III (Independent)	0.4	1,431
		Michael Devost (Independent)	0.3	1,160
	Submit photo	Charly Dickerson (Independent)	0.3	1,037
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,599

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 362,711
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

John Klar (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

David Zuckerman defeated Rebecca Holcombe, Patrick Winburn, and Ralph Corbo in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		David Zuckerman	47.6	48,150
		Rebecca Holcombe	37.1	37,599
		Patrick Winburn	7.6	7,662
	Submit photo	Ralph Corbo	1.3	1,288
		Other/Write-in votes	6.5	6,533

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 101,232
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated John Klar, Emily Peyton, Douglas Cavett, and Bernard Peters in the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott	72.7	42,275
	John Klar	21.9	12,762
	Emily Peyton	1.7	970
	Douglas Cavett	1.7	966
	Bernard Peters	1.3	772
	Other/Write-in votes	0.7	426

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 58,171
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont

David Zuckerman defeated Cris Ericson and Boots Wardinski in the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	David Zuckerman (Write-in)	32.6	273
	Cris Ericson	30.3	254
	Boots Wardinski	28.5	239
	Other/Write-in votes	8.6	72

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 838
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Lieutenant governor

Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Molly Gray defeated Scott Milne, Cris Ericson, Wayne Billado III, and Ralph Corbo in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Molly Gray (D)	51.3	182,820
		Scott Milne (R)	44.1	157,065
		Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	2.2	7,862
		Wayne Billado III (Independent)	1.4	5,101
	Submit photo	Ralph Corbo (Banish the F35S Party)	0.6	2,289
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,097

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,234
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Molly Gray defeated Timothy Ashe, Brenda Siegel, and Debbie Ingram in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Molly Gray	46.0	47,636
	Timothy Ashe	34.7	35,954
	Brenda Siegel	9.6	9,945
	Debbie Ingram	9.1	9,466
	Other/Write-in votes	0.5	568

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,569
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Scott Milne defeated Meg Hansen, Dwayne Tucker, Dana Colson, and Jim Hogue in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Milne	51.5	26,817
		Meg Hansen	32.4	16,875
	Submit photo	Dwayne Tucker	5.9	3,066
	Submit photo	Dana Colson	5.2	2,736
	Submit photo	Jim Hogue	3.7	1,944
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	680

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 52,118
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	57.5	438
	Other/Write-in votes	42.5	324

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 762
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Treasurer

General election

General election for Vermont Treasurer

Incumbent Elizabeth Pearce defeated Carolyn Whitney Branagan, Alex Wright, and Cris Ericson in the general election for Vermont Treasurer on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Elizabeth Pearce (D)	57.4	197,255
		Carolyn Whitney Branagan (R)	33.2	114,177
	Submit photo	Alex Wright (Independent)	5.2	17,939
		Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	4.1	14,142
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	332

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 343,845
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer

Incumbent Elizabeth Pearce advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Elizabeth Pearce	99.6	96,088
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	392

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 96,480
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer

Carolyn Whitney Branagan advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Carolyn Whitney Branagan	97.1	41,023
	Other/Write-in votes	2.9	1,222

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,245
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Treasurer on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	58.1	411
	Other/Write-in votes	41.9	297

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 708
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Secretary of state

Vermont Secretary of State election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Vermont Secretary of State election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Vermont Secretary of State

Incumbent Jim Condos defeated H. Brooke Paige, Pamala Smith, and Cris Ericson in the general election for Vermont Secretary of State on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Condos (D)	61.9	214,666
	H. Brooke Paige (R)	28.7	99,564
	Pamala Smith (Independent)	6.1	21,210
	Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	3.2	11,171
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	309

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 346,920
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont Secretary of State

Incumbent Jim Condos advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont Secretary of State on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Jim Condos	99.6	96,885
	Other/Write-in votes	0.4	358

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97,243
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont Secretary of State

H. Brooke Paige advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont Secretary of State on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	96.7	40,765
	Other/Write-in votes	3.3	1,370

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 42,135
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Secretary of State

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont Secretary of State on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	57.3	406
	Other/Write-in votes	42.7	303

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 709
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Auditor

General election

General election for Vermont State Auditor

Incumbent Doug Hoffer defeated Cris Ericson in the general election for Vermont State Auditor on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Doug Hoffer (D / R)	84.0	266,445
	Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	15.4	48,731
	Other/Write-in votes	0.6	1,876

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 317,052
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Auditor

Incumbent Doug Hoffer defeated Linda Sullivan in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Auditor on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Doug Hoffer	59.3	55,486
	Linda Sullivan	40.6	38,018
	Other/Write-in votes	0.1	139

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 93,643
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Republican primary election

No Republican candidates ran in the primary.

Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Auditor

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Auditor on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	56.6	410
	Other/Write-in votes	43.4	315

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 725
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Attorney general

Vermont Attorney General election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

Vermont Attorney General election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

General election

General election for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan defeated H. Brooke Paige and Cris Ericson in the general election for Attorney General of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	T.J. Donovan (D)	67.7	234,081
	H. Brooke Paige (R)	27.5	94,892
	Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	4.6	15,846
	Other/Write-in votes	0.2	696

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 345,515
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Incumbent T.J. Donovan advanced from the Democratic primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	T.J. Donovan	99.1	94,739
	Other/Write-in votes	0.9	823

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 95,562
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont

H. Brooke Paige defeated Emily Peyton in the Republican primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	49.4	21,574
	Emily Peyton	46.7	20,376
	Other/Write-in votes	3.9	1,705

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 43,655
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Attorney General of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Cris Ericson	58.1	414
	Other/Write-in votes	41.9	299

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 713
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2018

U.S. House

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont, 2018

General election

General election for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

Incumbent Peter Welch defeated Anya Tynio, Cris Ericson, and Laura Potter in the general election for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Peter Welch (D)	69.2	188,547
		Anya Tynio (R)	26.0	70,705
		Cris Ericson (Independent)	3.3	9,110
	Submit photo	Laura Potter (Liberty Union Party)	1.4	3,924
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	165

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 272,451
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

H. Brooke Paige (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

Incumbent Peter Welch defeated Daniel Freilich and Ben Mitchell in the Democratic primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Peter Welch	84.0	54,330
	Daniel Freilich	11.9	7,711
	Ben Mitchell	4.1	2,624

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 64,665
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District

H. Brooke Paige defeated Anya Tynio in the Republican primary for U.S. House Vermont At-large District on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	H. Brooke Paige	63.3	14,272
	Anya Tynio	36.7	8,261

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 22,533
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Governor

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2018

General election

General election for Governor of Vermont

The following candidates ran in the general election for Governor of Vermont on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Phil Scott (R)	55.2	151,261
		Christine Hallquist (D)	40.3	110,335
		Trevor Barlow (Independent)	1.2	3,266
	Submit photo	Charles Laramie (Independent)	0.8	2,287
		Cris Ericson (Independent)	0.8	2,129
	Submit photo	Stephen Marx (Earth Rights Party)	0.7	1,855
		Emily Peyton (Liberty Union Party)	0.7	1,839
		Other/Write-in votes	0.4	1,115

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 274,087
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

Joseph Barney (Independent)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont

Christine Hallquist defeated James Ehlers, Brenda Siegel, and Ethan Sonneborn in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Christine Hallquist	48.2	27,622
	James Ehlers	22.1	12,668
	Brenda Siegel	21.4	12,262
	Ethan Sonneborn	8.2	4,696

	There were no incumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 57,248
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Governor of Vermont

Incumbent Phil Scott defeated Keith Stern in the Republican primary for Governor of Vermont on August 14, 2018.

	Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Phil Scott	67.4	24,142
	Keith Stern	32.6	11,669

	Incumbents are bolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 35,811
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2016

Senate

See also: United States Senate election in Vermont, 2016

Heading into the election, Ballotpedia rated Vermont's U.S. Senate race as safely Democratic. Incumbent Patrick Leahy (D) defeated Scott Milne (R), Cris Ericson (United States Marijuana), Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union), and Jerry Trudell (Independent) in the general election on November 8, 2016. Leahy defeated Cris Ericson in the Democratic primary on August 9, 2016.^[1]^[2]^[3]

**U.S. Senate, Vermont General Election, 2016**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Patrick Leahy Incumbent	61.3%	192,243
	Republican	Scott Milne	33%	103,637
	United States Marijuana	Cris Ericson	2.9%	9,156
	Independent	Jerry Trudel	1.7%	5,223
	Liberty Union	Pete Diamondstone	1%	3,241
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	309
Total Votes				313,809
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

**U.S. Senate, Vermont Democratic Primary, 2016**
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Patrick Leahy Incumbent	89.1%	62,249
Cris Ericson	10.9%	7,596
Total Votes		69,845
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

Governor

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2016

Ericson filed to run as a Democratic candidate for governor in the 2016 election.^[4]
She was defeated by Sue Minter.

Ericson's campaign website stated that her campaign platform matched the party platform of the United States Marijuana Party, which seeks to legalize marijuana and eliminate criminal penalties for its use.^[5]

Sue Minter defeated Matt Dunne, Peter Galbraith, Cris Ericson, and H. Brooke Paige in the Democratic primary for governor.

Democratic primary for governor, 2016
Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Sue Minter	49.27%	36,046
Matt Dunne	36.50%	26,706
Peter Galbraith	9.04%	6,611
Cris Ericson	0.73%	537
H. Brooke Paige	0.49%	361
Write-in votes	3.96%	2,899
Total Votes (275 of 275 Precincts Reporting)		73,160
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

2014

See also: United States House of Representatives elections in Vermont, 2014

Ericson ran in the 2014 election for the U.S. House to represent Vermont's the At-Large Congressional District. Cris Ericson lost the general election on November 4, 2014.

Election results

**U.S. House, Vermont's At-Large District General Election, 2014**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Welch Incumbent	64.4%	123,349
	Republican	Mark Donka	31%	59,432
	Independent	Cris Ericson	1.4%	2,750
	Liberty Union Party	Matthew Andrews	1.1%	2,071
	Independent	Randall Meyer	0.9%	1,685
	Energy Independence Party	Jerry Trudell	1.1%	2,024
	N/A	Write-in	0.1%	193
Total Votes				191,504
Source: Vermont Secretary of State

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2014

Ericson ran for election as governor of Vermont in 2014.^[6]

General election

Governor of Vermont, 2014
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Shumlin Incumbent	46.4%	89,509
	Republican	Scott Milne	45.1%	87,075
	Libertarian	Dan Feliciano	4.4%	8,428
	Liberty Union	Emily Peyton	1.6%	3,157
	Independent	Pete Diamondstone	0.9%	1,673
	Independent	Bernard Peters	0.7%	1,434
	Independent	Cris Ericson	0.6%	1,089
	Nonpartisan	Write-in votes	0.4%	722
Total Votes				193,087
Election results via Vermont Secretary of State

Campaign media

Vermont PBS interview: Healthcare

2012

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2012

See also: United States Senate elections in Vermont, 2012

Ericson ran for Governor of Vermont in 2012. She also ran in the 2012 election for the U.S. Senate as a United States Marijuana Party candidate. In the former race, she faced incumbent governor Peter Shumlin (D), Randy Brock (R), Emily Peyton (I) and Dave Eagle (Liberty Union);^[7] In the U.S. Senate race, she appeared on the ballot alongside John MacGovern (R), incumbent Bernie Sanders (D), Laurel LaFramboise (VoteKISS), Pete Diamondstone (Liberty Union) and Peter Moss (Peace and Prosperity) in the general election on November 6, 2012.^[8]

Governor of Vermont General Election, 2012
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Shumlin Incumbent	57.8%	170,749
	Republican	Randy Brock	37.6%	110,940
	Independent	Emily Peyton	2%	5,868
	United States Marijuana	Cris Ericson	1.9%	5,583
	Liberty Union	Dave Eagle	0.4%	1,303
	Independent	Write-in	0.3%	969
Total Votes				295,412
Election results via Vermont Secretary of State

**U.S. House, Vermont At-Large District General Election, 2012**
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Peter Welch Incumbent	72%	208,600
	Republican	Mark Donka	23.3%	67,543
	Independent	James Desrochers	2.9%	8,302
	Third	Andre LaFramboise	0.4%	1,153
	Third	Jane Newton	1.4%	4,065
Total Votes				289,663
Source: Vermont Board of Elections "Official Election Results, 2012 General Election"

2010

See also: Vermont gubernatorial election, 2010 and Gubernatorial elections, 2010

Ericson faced Peter Shumlin (D), Brian Dubie (R) and five other challengers in the general election on November 2, 2010. She garnered less than 1% of the vote.^[9]

2010 Vermont gubernatorial general election
Party		Candidate	Vote Percentage
	Democratic Party	a Peter Shumlin	49.61%
	Republican Party	Brian E. Dubie	47.82%
	Independent	Dennis P. Steele	0.80%
	Independent	Cris Ericson	0.75%
	Independent	Dan Feliciano	0.56%
	Liberty Union	Ben Mitchell	0.18%
	Independent	Em Peyton	0.28%
Total Votes			240,945

Campaign themes

2022

Ballotpedia survey responses

Cris Ericson completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Ericson's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.

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Who are you? Tell us about yourself.

I believe we should open the pipeline and also allow oil drilling to take down high fuel prices which hurt rural Vermonters who have to drive longer distances, and is a threat to our health in Vermont in below freezing cold winters.

I believe we should close the borders against illegal aliens who do not enter our Country legally, and we should not give them "benefits" while simultaneously U.S. Military Veterans and other USA citizens are homeless. I believe we should keep our 2nd amendment rights while simultaneously providing all schools and shopping centers and government facilites with the highest quality "live" video camera surveillance in every room, hall and parking lot and air the "live" footage "live" on youtube so any parent or shopper or employee can see it anytime.

I believe we should make it perfectly legal to pay any mother and doctor to allow their abortions to be video taped and filmed live and air these on prime time television and on the internet and cable because abortion is legal up to the moment of birth in Vermont and people have been deprived of material facts of what really happens during an abortion.

Please list below 3 key messages of your campaign. What are the main points you want voters to remember about your goals for your time in office?

We pay our taxes to the I.R.S. and then the U.S. Congress votes to give BILLIONS of our tax dollars to the N.I.H., National Institute of Health and to the Pentagon for research, design and development of new products including prescription drugs and vaccines and drones and satellites and new weapons systems, then the N.I.H. and the Pentagon allows the pharmaceutical corporations and defense contractors to own the Patents for these new inventions, and then they sell these new products world wide for TRILLIONS of dollars in profits, so where is our share of the profits, we paid Billions for the research, design and development and we deserve a share of the Trillions made in profits, and we can use our share for programs we need!
I am the only candidate with a plan to raise money for programs we need without raising taxes! I will demand a return on investement of our tax dollars when they are used fby some other entity to make a profit!
We must make marijuana legal under federal law. Old Testament Holy Bible, Genesis, God gave us every seed bearing plant.

What areas of public policy are you personally passionate about?

(1) "R.O.I." Return on investment of our taxpayer dollars. When U.S. Congress votes to give our tax dollars to any entity and our tax dollars are used to make a profit, then we should receive a share to pay for programs we need.

(2) Reducing our 2nd Amendment rights will not stop criminals from getting guns and weapons.
(3) The abortion industry has to be exposed for what it really is in Vermont where abortion is legal up to the moment of birth and unborn babies organs may be harvested and "donated' while the abortion doctor may receive huge fees for storage and transport of the unborn baby's organs.
(4) Home heating fuel oil and car and truck gas are far more important to Vermonters than "global warming", especially during up to 6 months of snow a year. Open the pipeline and also commence with oil drilling.

(5) Marijuana needs to be legal under federal law and it is time for a U.S. Constitutional amendment to make marijuana/cannabis legal like ending alcoholic beverage prohibition.

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2020

Campaign finance summary

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Cris Ericson campaign contribution history
Year	Office	Status	Contributions	Expenditures
2022	U.S. Senate Vermont	Lost general	$0	N/A**
2020	U.S. House Vermont At-large District	Lost primary	$0	N/A**
2018	U.S. House Vermont At-large District	Lost general	$0	N/A**
Grand total			$0	N/A**
Sources: OpenSecrets, Federal Elections Commission *This product uses the openFEC API but is not endorsed or certified by the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
** 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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Vermont's current delegation to the United States Congress

Senators

Bernie Sanders (I)

Peter Welch (D)

Representatives

Becca Balint (D)

Democratic Party (2)

Independent (1)

[list16-1] Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidates," accessed May 27, 2016

[primaryresults16-2] Politico, "Vermont Senate Primaries Results," August 9, 2016

[generalresults16-3] The New York Times, "Vermont results," November 8, 2016

[candlist-4] Cite error: Invalid <ref> tag; no text was provided for refs named candlist

[5] U.S. Marijuana Party, "Platform," accessed July 27, 2016

[2014election-6] Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed July 24, 2014

[general-7] Vermont Public Radio, "Campaign 2012 Election Results," accessed November 6, 2012

[8] VermontElections.org, "Official primary candidate list"

[9] Vermont Secretary of State, "2010 GENERAL ELECTION OFFICIAL RESULTS: Vote Totals and Mailing List for the Federal and Statewide Races, revised November 12, 2010," accessed November 15, 2010

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