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01 / THE CITIZEN REGISTER

Choose whom to hold accountable.

The original promise always stays on record.
Results must back it up.

GOVERNOR-ELECTVIEW REGISTER

Phil Scott

Republican
Vermont · State government4measures recorded
Phil Scott Sarah Mattison, U.S. Air National Guard
U.S. SENATORVIEW REGISTER

Bernard Sanders

Independent
Vermont · United States Senate0measures recorded
Bernard Sanders U.S. Congress
U.S. SENATORVIEW REGISTER

Peter Welch

Democrat
Vermont · United States Senate0measures recorded
Peter Welch U.S. Congress

Governor · 2024

Phil Scott

Republican

Each entry separates the original commitment from what has been verified during the term.

Associated Press race call

Results rating

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1 of 2 tracked commitments fulfilled

Tracked
2
Fulfilled
1
With progress
1
Not achieved
0
Awaiting assessment
0
Announced deadlines and priorities
  • 2025 legislative session · Pass a housing bill expanding tax-increment financing to help build housing.

2 of 2 commitments

Housing infrastructure financing

Fulfilled

What they pledged

Pass a housing bill expanding tax-increment financing to help build housing.

Announced deadline or priority · 2025 legislative session

Inaugural address transcript

What has been verified

Act 69, signed in June 2025, established the Community and Housing Infrastructure Program to finance housing infrastructure against future tax revenue.

Official CHIP program page

Student-centered school funding

Partially fulfilled

What they pledged

Reform school finance with a student-centered funding formula to control costs and stabilize taxes.

Announced deadline or priority · No deadline stated in the source

Inaugural address transcript

What has been verified

Act 73 in 2025 started a transition toward a weighted funding formula. Act 170 in 2026 changed the schedule and made the formula and statewide rate contingent on legislation in 2027 and 2028.

Vermont Agency of Education
02 / THE START OF THE TERM

The first
100 days.

An evaluation window. Each commitment keeps the timing published in its source.

TERM BEGINSDAY 100
Day one is the day the official begins the term for this office.
Phil Scott · 2024
Awaiting verification

The opening agenda is being verified.

A sourced first-100-days plan or specific early commitments for this term are still pending in the register.

03 / THE WORDS STAY ON RECORD

Election
night.

Phil Scott · 2024 · Election-night remarks

Election-night remarks are being verified.

A verified recording, transcript or contemporaneous report of the remarks is still pending for this election.

How we assess

Each status reflects the scope of the commitment and the available evidence. An announcement, an approved law, and a result in practice are different milestones. The rating measures the share of fulfilled commitments in this register and changes as more commitments and outcomes are documented.

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