Vermont State House Windsor-4 State House District

Tue, Nov 3 · Represented by Heather Surprenant Democratic (not a candidate in 2026) · Member list as of Oct 28

3 candidates on the printed ballot. Sorted by last name.

Last election: Heather Surprenant (Democratic) was unopposed, 2024
On the 2026 ballot: 3 candidates

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The current holder, Heather Surprenant, is not on the candidate list.

Michael HoytDemocratic
Justin SchovilleOther(Peace and Justice)
Kyle HansenIndependent

Source: sos.vermont.gov, dated Sep 23

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History (15 elections for this seat)

Votes for listed candidates: 2,144
Election day: November 5, 2024
District map: Older district map (2022 to 2024)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2024, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHeather SurprenantWon	Democratic	2,05095.6%	95.6%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	944.4%	4.4%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,973
Election day: November 8, 2022
District map: Older district map (2022)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2022, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticHeather SurprenantWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,90296.4%	96.4%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	713.6%	3.6%

No results on file 2011 to 2021

Votes for listed candidates: 1,971
Election day: November 2, 2010
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2010, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn L. BartholomewWon	Democratic	1,20261.0%	61.0%
RepublicanRoy Moffitt	Republican	76939.0%	39.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,568
Election day: November 4, 2008
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2008, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteven C. AdamsWon(incumbent)	Republican	1,32151.4%	51.4%
DemocraticJohn L. Bartholomew	Democratic	1,24748.6%	48.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,904
Election day: November 7, 2006
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2006, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteven C. AdamsWon(incumbent)	Republican	1,904100.0%	100.0%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,473
Election day: November 2, 2004
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2004, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteven C. AdamsWon(incumbent)	Republican	1,34154.2%	54.2%
DemocraticMary Obrien	Democratic	1,13245.8%	45.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,842
Election day: November 5, 2002
District map: Older district map (2002 to 2011)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2002, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanSteven C. AdamsWon(incumbent)	Republican	97252.8%	52.8%
DemocraticMary Obrien	Democratic	87047.2%	47.2%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,006
Election day: November 7, 2000
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 2000, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon P. DavisWon	Republican	96047.9%	47.9%
DemocraticGraham C. Hunter II	Democratic	72336.0%	36.0%
OtherMartha Hennessy	Other	32316.1%	16.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,463
Election day: November 3, 1998
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1998, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGary P. RichardsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	94264.4%	64.4%
DemocraticPaul Bogosian	Democratic	52135.6%	35.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,923
Election day: November 5, 1996
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1996, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGary P. RichardsonWon(incumbent)	Republican	85144.3%	44.3%
DemocraticTom Lauritsen	Democratic	65233.9%	33.9%
IndependentSandra F. Stearns	Independent	42021.8%	21.8%

Votes for listed candidates: 1,501
Election day: November 8, 1994
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1994, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanGary P. RichardsonWon	Republican	94362.8%	62.8%
DemocraticEdith Fisher Hunter	Democratic	48232.1%	32.1%
OtherToni M. Wilder	Other	765.1%	5.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 2,145
Election day: November 3, 1992
District map: Older district map (1992 to 2001)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1992, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticTom LauritsenWon	Democratic	94444.0%	44.0%
RepublicanDon P. Davis(incumbent)	Republican	86740.4%	40.4%
IndependentEarl A. Small Jr.	Independent	33415.6%	15.6%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,410
Election day: November 6, 1990
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1990, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
RepublicanDon P. DavisWon(incumbent)	Republican	1,38531.4%	31.4%
DemocraticJohn F. MurphyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,23127.9%	27.9%
DemocraticTom Lauritsen	Democratic	1,06824.2%	24.2%
RepublicanWayne Billingham	Republican	72616.5%	16.5%

Votes for listed candidates: 5,626
Election day: November 8, 1988
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1988, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn F. MurphyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,50526.8%	26.8%
RepublicanDon P. DavisWon	Republican	1,40224.9%	24.9%
RepublicanDorothy L. Grover	Republican	1,37624.5%	24.5%
DemocraticWilliam A. Hunter	Democratic	1,33823.8%	23.8%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	50.1%	0.1%

Votes for listed candidates: 4,473
Election day: November 4, 1986
Seats: 2
District map: Older district map (1982 to 1991)

Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-4 State House District, 1986 to 2024, 1986, every candidate
Candidate	Party	Votes and share	Share
DemocraticJohn F. MurphyWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,73238.7%	38.7%
DemocraticLeigh J. TofferiWon(incumbent)	Democratic	1,46432.7%	32.7%
RepublicanDorothy L. Grover	Republican	1,27328.5%	28.5%
Scattered write-ins	Write-in	40.1%	0.1%

2024: MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns; not an official source
1986 to 2022: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), retrieved Oct 28, 2026. Compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns; not an official source

Last contest in this district on file: 2024.

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Sources: Census TIGERweb Legislative MapServer (120th CDs layer 0, 119th CDs layer 4, 2026 SLD upper layer 1 and lower layer 2) (US Census Bureau, public domain), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open Civic Data division identifiers (census_autogenerated us_sldl/us_sldu and openstates state files); also (sld-recent.json): Open Civic Data division identifiers (country-us) (CC0 (repository); also (sld-recent.json): CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026; Open States people (current) CSVs (CC0-1.0 (Open States people data)), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Open States volunteers and staff (rosters from state legislature sites) from official returns, not an official source; MEDSL 2024 official precinct returns (individual_states zips) (Not stated in the GitHub repository (an earlier label said "MIT (repo)", which the repository does not support). MEDSL's Harvard Dataverse records are CC0 1.0, but these GitHub files were not checksum-matched to the Dataverse files, so CC0 is not claimed for them.), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by MIT Election Data and Science Lab (MEDSL) from official returns, not an official source; State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse) (CC0 1.0), retrieved Oct 28, 2026, compiled by Carl Klarner (Harvard Dataverse) from official returns, not an official source.

District id: ocd-division/country:us/state:vt/sldl:windsor-4

DataState data (JSON)Sources: State Legislative Election Returns, 1967-2022 (Carl Klarner, Harvard Dataverse), MEDSL 2024 official precinct returnsData as of Oct 28, 2026