Charlie Kimbell
2025 - Present
2027
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Charlie Kimbell (Democratic Party) is a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Windsor-5 District. He assumed office on January 8, 2025. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.
Kimbell (Democratic Party) ran for election to the Vermont House of Representatives to represent Windsor-5 District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Biography
Charlie Kimbell was born in Boston, Massachusetts. Kimbell's professional experience includes working as a director, branch manager, development officer, director of sales and marketing, and business owner. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Vermont in 1986.[1]
Kimbell has been affiliated with the following organizations:[1]
- Good Neighbor Health Clinic
- Vermont Economic Progress Council
- King Street Youth Center
- UVM Vermont Council
- Rotary Club, Woodstock, Essex, St. Albans chapters.
- Hard'Ack Ski Club
- Woodstock Ski Runners
- Pentangle Council on the Arts
- Covered Bridges Half Marathon, Inc. - Race Director and Board Chair
- Road to the Pogue
- Prouty Ultimate
- Woodstock Economic Development Commission
Committee assignments
2023-2024
Kimbell was assigned to the following committees:
- Commerce and Economic Development Committee, Vice Chair
2021-2022
Kimbell was assigned to the following committees:
2019-2020
Kimbell 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 |
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| • Commerce and Economic Development |
Sponsored legislation
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
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2024
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Charlie Kimbell defeated Steven Radonis in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on November 5, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell (D) | 74.8 | 2,102 | |
 | Steven Radonis (R) | 24.9 | 701 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.3 | 9 | ||
| Total votes: 2,812 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Charlie Kimbell advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell | 99.1 | 343 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.9 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 346 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Steven Radonis advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on August 13, 2024.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | | Steven Radonis (Write-in) | 63.2 | 24 |
| Other/Write-in votes | 36.8 | 14 | ||
| Total votes: 38 | ||||
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Endorsements
Ballotpedia did not identify endorsements for Kimbell in this election.
2022
Lieutenant Governor
See also: Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2022
General election
General election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
David Zuckerman defeated Joe Benning and Ian Diamondstone in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on November 8, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Zuckerman (Vermont Progressive Party / D) | 53.9 | 150,102 | |
| Joe Benning (R) | 42.6 | 118,724 | ||
| Ian Diamondstone (Green Mountain Peace and Justice Party of Vermont) | 2.9 | 8,159 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.6 | 1,738 | ||
| Total votes: 278,723 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
David Zuckerman defeated Kitty Toll, Patricia Preston, and Charlie Kimbell in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | David Zuckerman | 43.7 | 42,564 | |
| Kitty Toll | 38.9 | 37,868 | ||
| Patricia Preston | 9.6 | 9,326 | ||
| Charlie Kimbell | 7.4 | 7,253 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 354 | ||
| Total votes: 97,365 | ||||
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Republican primary election
Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
Joe Benning defeated Gregory Thayer in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 9, 2022.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Joe Benning | 53.5 | 14,679 | |
| Gregory Thayer | 44.4 | 12,188 | ||
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.0 | 561 | ||
| Total votes: 27,428 | ||||
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Vermont Progressive Party primary election
No Vermont Progressive Party candidates ran in the primary.
Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- Cindy Weed (Vermont Progressive Party)
State House
Charlie Kimbell did not file to run for re-election.
2020
See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Incumbent Charlie Kimbell won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on November 3, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell (D) | 97.7 | 2,454 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 2.3 | 57 | ||
| Total votes: 2,511 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Incumbent Charlie Kimbell advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on August 11, 2020.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell | 99.6 | 854 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.4 | 3 | ||
| Total votes: 857 | ||||
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2018
General election
General election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Incumbent Charlie Kimbell won election in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on November 6, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell (D) | 98.5 | 1,953 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 1.5 | 29 | ||
| Total votes: 1,982 | ||||
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Democratic primary election
Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District
Incumbent Charlie Kimbell advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District on August 14, 2018.
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ | Charlie Kimbell | 100.0 | 523 | |
| Total votes: 523 | ||||
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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.
Charlie Kimbell defeated K.T. Cappellini in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-5 District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-5 District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic |  Charlie Kimbell |
72.25% | 1,807 | |
| Republican | K.T. Cappellini | 27.75% | 694 | |
| Total Votes | 2,501 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Charlie Kimbell defeated Ron Miller in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-5 District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-5 District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Charlie Kimbell |
57.55% | 560 | |
| Democratic | Ron Miller | 42.45% | 413 | |
| Total Votes | 973 | |||
K.T. Cappellini ran unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Windsor-5 District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Windsor-5 District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||
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| Party | Candidate | |
| Republican | K.T. Cappellini (unopposed) | |
Campaign themes
2024
Ballotpedia survey responses
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2022
Charlie Kimbell completed Ballotpedia's Candidate Connection survey in 2022. The survey questions appear in bold and are followed by Kimbell's responses. Candidates are asked three required questions for this survey, but they may answer additional optional questions as well.
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I am a moderate Democrat steeped in the Vermont political tradition of social justice, self reliance, Yankee frugality and environmental Stewardship. I grew up in St. Albans, VT and have lived and worked all over the state. Graduated from WUHS in Woodstock where I met my wife, Carolyn, and then attended UVM where I was on the alpine ski team and was president of the student body for two years. I have worked in the private sector for 35 years for companies large and small. My wife, Carolyn, and I owned and operated a retail store in Woodstock for 10 years. I am a athlete, coach, community volunteer, event organizer (Covered Bridges Half Marathon, Road to the Pogue, Longest Mile), father of 3 adult children and one grandchild. My public service began decades ago, serving on the boards of community organizations, and running for office in St. Albans and then Woodstock. My work has been primarily around economic develop to grow and sustain the economies in rural Vermont. I am serving my third term as a State Rep.
- A moderate Democrat working to find pragmatic, practical solutions to solve Vermont's largest challenges.
- Experience in local and state government, 35 years in private enterprise, volunteer, community leader.
- Working to grow and sustain the economy of Vermont and its smallest towns.
Connecting Vermonters to meaningful careers in which they can sustain themselves and find personal fulfillment. The opportunities exist in Vermont but we need to do a better job of connecting people to them.
Making Vermont affordable for everyone. Our current housing crisis is the largest challenge we face in the State. To solve the problem we need to build more units, rehabilitate existing properties, and adapt vacant buildings for residential use.
Solving the conundrum of child care in which we need to pay early childhood professionals more money while keeping down the cost of child care down for working families.
Rural vitality, ensuring that the smallest Vermont communities can thrive economically and socially. Making sure that the regulations make sense for industries so important to small towns: diversified agriculture, forestry products, tourism, manufacturing and agritourism. It is more than getting broadband to every home or business, it requires education and training access, sensible regulation, affordable housing, access to health care.
Practical solutions to combat climate change. To weatherize more homes we need more skilled workers in that field, starting with the career and technical education centers.
In addition to the duties of the office, such as presiding over the Vermont Senate, the Lieutenant Governor can use a statewide platform and bully pulpit to convene stakeholders to shape policies and laws that are important to the State of Vermont. The Lieutenant Governor has an opportunity to look further down the road to cast a vision for the state that can lead to meaningful, systemic change for the state that other officeholders do not have.
The community volunteer. I really look up to those people that give of themselves to their community and ask nothing in return. And when you ask them why they do it, they usually say "because it is the right thing to do." I have worked with many people like that and have a ton of respect to them.
There have been a couple of mentors in my life that showed me the value of orientation to detail and follow through, both when putting together events for a large amount of people. They taught me to stay focused on the mission, make sure you know why you are doing it and who you are doing it for.
Integrity, fairness, sticktoitiveness (persistence), humility, patience.
Apollo landing on the moon. I was 5.
Paperboy, St. Albans, VT. 2 years.
Critically is filling in for the Governor if called upon. That is the most important. After that I would say it is in the ability to work with members of the Senate, the House and the Executive Branch to shape policies and laws.
Legislative experience in knowing how to initiate, shape and pass legislation. Small business experience in knowing how the economy works, what it feels like to have to make payroll, to have the experience in building a product or service and bringing it to market.
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2020
Charlie Kimbell did not complete Ballotpedia's 2020 Candidate Connection survey.
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2022
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In 2022, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 4 to May 12.
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2021
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In 2021, the Vermont State Legislature was in session from January 6 to May 21.
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2020
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2019
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In 2019, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 9 through May 29.
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2018
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2017
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See also
2024 Elections
External links
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Footnotes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Information submitted to Ballotpedia through the Candidate Connection survey on June 30, 2022
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "Candidate listings," accessed November 4, 2016
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2016 general election results," accessed November 28, 2016
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Qualified candidates for the statewide primary - August 9, 2016," accessed May 26, 2016
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 Vermont Secretary of State, "Vermont Election Night Results," accessed August 9, 2016
| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by Tesha Buss (D) |
Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District 2025-Present |
Succeeded by - |
| Preceded by - |
Vermont House of Representatives Windsor 5 District 2017-2023 |
Succeeded by Tesha Buss (D) |
