Matthew Vigneau
@vigneau2040.bsky.social
Vermonter, singer, maple/black raspberry creemee enthusiast, campaign person, author of sugaringoff.org, a blog about Vermont history and politics. AU SPA '26
We have our first candidate to succeed Doug Hoffer and I guarantee it's not who you were expecting: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/25/c...
Could VT’s Next Auditor Be…A Golf Influencer?
The YouTube banner of one Nick Graeter, purportedly a candidate for Auditor in 2026 No, you didn’t misread the headline. We have our first candidate to succeed Doug Hoffer in the auditor̵…
sugaringoff.org
November 25, 2025 at 9:54 PM
We have our first candidate to succeed Doug Hoffer and I guarantee it's not who you were expecting: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/25/c...
And they're off! The '26 LG race is underway as Molly Gray throws her hat in the ring. Read more about her announcement and the other potential candidates: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/19/m...
Molly Gray Goes Forth
Former Lt. Gov. Molly Gray’s new campaign website, mollyforvt.org. Don’t go to mollyforvermont.org, you might get a virus. What had been the worst kept secret in Vermont Democratic poli…
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November 19, 2025 at 1:10 PM
And they're off! The '26 LG race is underway as Molly Gray throws her hat in the ring. Read more about her announcement and the other potential candidates: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/19/m...
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After much consideration, I’m running for High Bailiff of Windsor County — not out of political ambition, but because this office matters. It’s a constitutional safeguard that ensures accountability and continuity in all forms of government. 1/4
November 13, 2025 at 1:47 AM
After much consideration, I’m running for High Bailiff of Windsor County — not out of political ambition, but because this office matters. It’s a constitutional safeguard that ensures accountability and continuity in all forms of government. 1/4
The #vtpoli Chittenden-Central District is in for another hotly contested primary next year: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/06/c...
Chittenden-Central, Start Your Engines!
Mamma Mia, here we go again! Just when the good people of Burlington, Winooski, Essex Junction, and parts of Colchester and Essex Town thought they had recovered from the bonanza of mailers, yard s…
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November 6, 2025 at 3:43 PM
The #vtpoli Chittenden-Central District is in for another hotly contested primary next year: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/06/c...
The Vermont #vtpoli angle on the Virginia elections: former Rep. Felisha Leffler (formerly of Enosburgh) lost her bid for the VA House of Delegates by 19 points: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/04/f...
Former VTGOP Lawmaker Loses Big In Virginia
Fmr. Vermont State Rep. Felisha Storm (photo sourced from Mrs. Storm’s campaign website) If VH1 ever wants to do a reboot of “Where Are They Now?” focusing on former state legisla…
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November 5, 2025 at 4:04 AM
The Vermont #vtpoli angle on the Virginia elections: former Rep. Felisha Leffler (formerly of Enosburgh) lost her bid for the VA House of Delegates by 19 points: sugaringoff.org/2025/11/04/f...
The curious case of the Senator in the group chat: sugaringoff.org/2025/10/14/t...
The Curious Case of the Senator in the Group Chat
How it started: Governor Phil Scott campaigns with Senator Sam Douglass (R-Orleans) in October 2024 My, my, how times change. In 2024, Governor Phil Scott endorsed now-Senator Samuel Douglass for t…
sugaringoff.org
October 15, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The curious case of the Senator in the group chat: sugaringoff.org/2025/10/14/t...
Phil Scott may be the country's most popular governor, but he's not invincible. It's time for Democrats to give him a real race. All we need is a credible candidate to step up. sugaringoff.org/2025/08/04/w...
Wanted: A Real Campaign for Governor, 2026
My name is Phil Scott, Governor of Governors. Look upon my margins, ye Democrats, and despair! The Vermont Democratic Party has a problem. Despite the fact that Vermont was Vice President Kamala Ha…
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August 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
Phil Scott may be the country's most popular governor, but he's not invincible. It's time for Democrats to give him a real race. All we need is a credible candidate to step up. sugaringoff.org/2025/08/04/w...
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After a decade of rollbacks by SCOTUS MAGA justices, passing the John Lewis VRAA is key to restore bedrock voting protections.
@warnock.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov are reintroducing this bill 👇
@warnock.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov are reintroducing this bill 👇
LIVE: Senator Warnock Reintroduces the John R. Lewis Voting Rights Advancement Act
YouTube video by Senator Reverend Raphael Warnock
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July 29, 2025 at 4:09 PM
After a decade of rollbacks by SCOTUS MAGA justices, passing the John Lewis VRAA is key to restore bedrock voting protections.
@warnock.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov are reintroducing this bill 👇
@warnock.senate.gov @schumer.senate.gov @ossoff.senate.gov @durbin.senate.gov @booker.senate.gov @padilla.senate.gov & @blumenthal.senate.gov are reintroducing this bill 👇
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The Republicans' Interior Appropriations Bill eliminates environmental protections to give handouts to billionaires.
WATCH @delauro.house.gov expose their reckless cuts that will drive up costs for families, enable corporate polluters, and harm our National Parks. 👇
WATCH @delauro.house.gov expose their reckless cuts that will drive up costs for families, enable corporate polluters, and harm our National Parks. 👇
July 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The Republicans' Interior Appropriations Bill eliminates environmental protections to give handouts to billionaires.
WATCH @delauro.house.gov expose their reckless cuts that will drive up costs for families, enable corporate polluters, and harm our National Parks. 👇
WATCH @delauro.house.gov expose their reckless cuts that will drive up costs for families, enable corporate polluters, and harm our National Parks. 👇
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The GOP passed their Big Ugly Bill, which raises costs and cuts programs millions rely on to fund massive billionaire giveaways.
We stand with Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @housedemocrats.bsky.social in pressing on to defend working families and our climate.
We will never stop fighting.
We stand with Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @housedemocrats.bsky.social in pressing on to defend working families and our climate.
We will never stop fighting.
July 7, 2025 at 6:30 PM
The GOP passed their Big Ugly Bill, which raises costs and cuts programs millions rely on to fund massive billionaire giveaways.
We stand with Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @housedemocrats.bsky.social in pressing on to defend working families and our climate.
We will never stop fighting.
We stand with Leader @hakeem-jeffries.bsky.social & @housedemocrats.bsky.social in pressing on to defend working families and our climate.
We will never stop fighting.
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"It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills, and why? So billionaires and oil companies can cash in. Big Oil gets handouts, working families get scraps."
WATCH @repmcgovern.bsky.social expose R's Big Ugly Bill 👇
The House must #VoteNo.
WATCH @repmcgovern.bsky.social expose R's Big Ugly Bill 👇
The House must #VoteNo.
July 2, 2025 at 7:58 PM
"It takes food off kitchen tables, throws clean energy workers out of jobs, spikes utility bills, and why? So billionaires and oil companies can cash in. Big Oil gets handouts, working families get scraps."
WATCH @repmcgovern.bsky.social expose R's Big Ugly Bill 👇
The House must #VoteNo.
WATCH @repmcgovern.bsky.social expose R's Big Ugly Bill 👇
The House must #VoteNo.
I broke down how Vermont's "Education Transformation Bill" became law and serve up some takes in my latest piece in Sugaring Off: sugaringoff.org/2025/06/20/i...
It Happened Slowly, And Then All At Once: How H.454 Became Law
My view of the moment H.454 became law (on the House’s YouTube livestream) Monday, June 16th, was a “spicy day” in Montpelier, in the words of one lawmaker. After the legislature …
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June 20, 2025 at 8:29 PM
I broke down how Vermont's "Education Transformation Bill" became law and serve up some takes in my latest piece in Sugaring Off: sugaringoff.org/2025/06/20/i...
Bill passed the Senate 17-12 and is now being debated in the House.
If the bill clears the Senate, I don't think it will have much difficulty in the House as long as Minority Leader Pattie McCoy can keep her caucus in line for the governor. #vtpoli
If my math is right, the Senate has the votes to pass H.454. We'll know for sure when they come back from lunch (currently thinking around 2-2:30), but the geographic/ideological coalitions could be goofy. #vtpoli
June 16, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Bill passed the Senate 17-12 and is now being debated in the House.
If the bill clears the Senate, I don't think it will have much difficulty in the House as long as Minority Leader Pattie McCoy can keep her caucus in line for the governor. #vtpoli
If my math is right, the Senate has the votes to pass H.454. We'll know for sure when they come back from lunch (currently thinking around 2-2:30), but the geographic/ideological coalitions could be goofy. #vtpoli
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If the bill clears the Senate, I don't think it will have much difficulty in the House as long as Minority Leader Pattie McCoy can keep her caucus in line for the governor. #vtpoli
If my math is right, the Senate has the votes to pass H.454. We'll know for sure when they come back from lunch (currently thinking around 2-2:30), but the geographic/ideological coalitions could be goofy. #vtpoli
June 16, 2025 at 5:54 PM
If my math is right, the Senate has the votes to pass H.454. We'll know for sure when they come back from lunch (currently thinking around 2-2:30), but the geographic/ideological coalitions could be goofy. #vtpoli
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Injured owlet giving me a skeptical look… before deciding maybe I wasn’t so bad.
May 30, 2025 at 1:22 AM
Injured owlet giving me a skeptical look… before deciding maybe I wasn’t so bad.
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“We cannot roll back the clock to a former era where America became economically paralyzed due to oil embargoes and dirty manufacturing.”
Thank you @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social for standing up to Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attacks on clean energy 👇
Thank you @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social for standing up to Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attacks on clean energy 👇
June 4, 2025 at 5:39 PM
“We cannot roll back the clock to a former era where America became economically paralyzed due to oil embargoes and dirty manufacturing.”
Thank you @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social for standing up to Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attacks on clean energy 👇
Thank you @repmarcykaptur.bsky.social for standing up to Trump and Congressional Republicans’ attacks on clean energy 👇
Vermont Senate just adjourned until tomorrow, Baruth asking conferees to meet tomorrow at 9:00 AM. "We don't have language, and we don't yet have a finished deal, although things are close." #vtpoli
May 31, 2025 at 3:23 AM
Vermont Senate just adjourned until tomorrow, Baruth asking conferees to meet tomorrow at 9:00 AM. "We don't have language, and we don't yet have a finished deal, although things are close." #vtpoli
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“I’m really concerned that one of the first things you did was make deep painful cuts at our parks and start talking about our public lands like they’re a piggy bank.”
WATCH @pattymurray.bsky.social call out Secretary Burgum’s reckless cuts and make it clear: Our public lands are not for sale. 👇
WATCH @pattymurray.bsky.social call out Secretary Burgum’s reckless cuts and make it clear: Our public lands are not for sale. 👇
May 27, 2025 at 8:14 PM
“I’m really concerned that one of the first things you did was make deep painful cuts at our parks and start talking about our public lands like they’re a piggy bank.”
WATCH @pattymurray.bsky.social call out Secretary Burgum’s reckless cuts and make it clear: Our public lands are not for sale. 👇
WATCH @pattymurray.bsky.social call out Secretary Burgum’s reckless cuts and make it clear: Our public lands are not for sale. 👇
The AI-slopification of Vermont politics has begun (and no, it's not just Republicans). Read more below ⤵️⤵️
May 27, 2025 at 1:32 AM
The AI-slopification of Vermont politics has begun (and no, it's not just Republicans). Read more below ⤵️⤵️
It's been 250 years since Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga. But have you ever heard the full story? (Hint, there was a lot more rum than you learned about in school.) Read all about it here: sugaringoff.org/2025/05/08/c...
“Come Out Of There, You Old Rat”
The Legend of Ethan Allen and the Capture of Fort Ticonderoga If you went to elementary school in Western Vermont, you’ve probably visited this place at least once. Fort Ticonderoga has long …
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May 8, 2025 at 1:26 PM
It's been 250 years since Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys captured Fort Ticonderoga. But have you ever heard the full story? (Hint, there was a lot more rum than you learned about in school.) Read all about it here: sugaringoff.org/2025/05/08/c...
#vtpoli news from Down Under courtesy of @newenglandpolitico.bsky.social: Phil Scott is running for the Australian parliament. www.philscott.com.au
Phil Scott
www.philscott.com.au
April 16, 2025 at 1:24 AM
#vtpoli news from Down Under courtesy of @newenglandpolitico.bsky.social: Phil Scott is running for the Australian parliament. www.philscott.com.au
This is so insidious. As an elected election official, I can tell you that the only thing this bill will do is make hours of new work for your election workers and huge headaches for millions of Americans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
House passes bill requiring proof of citizenship to vote in federal elections
Four Democrats joined Republicans in supporting the measure, which the Senate will need to pass before it heads to Trump's desk for his signature.
www.nbcnews.com
April 10, 2025 at 5:21 PM
This is so insidious. As an elected election official, I can tell you that the only thing this bill will do is make hours of new work for your election workers and huge headaches for millions of Americans. www.nbcnews.com/politics/con...
Hey C-SPAN stop cutting in to the CR amendment votes to play reruns of the Dr. Oz hearing! We want to hear the roll calls!
March 14, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Hey C-SPAN stop cutting in to the CR amendment votes to play reruns of the Dr. Oz hearing! We want to hear the roll calls!