Phil Scott

Philip Brian Scott (born August 4, 1958) is an American politician, businessman, and stock car racer who has been the 82nd governor of Vermont since 2017. A member of the Republican Party, he was a representative for the Washington District in the Vermont Senate from 2001 to 2011 and served as the 81st lieutenant governor of Vermont from 2011 to 2017.

Scott was elected governor of Vermont with 53% of the vote in the 2016 general election. He was reelected in 2018 with 55.2% of the vote; in 2020 with 68.5% of the vote; and in 2022 with 70.9% of the vote and a 46% margin of victory. Scott's 2022 margin of victory is the largest in any Vermont gubernatorial election since 1996 and the largest for a Republican candidate for governor of Vermont since 1950. Scott was reelected to a fifth term in 2024.

Regarded as one of the nation's most popular governors, Scott is variously described as a moderate or a liberal Republican. As of , he is the only Republican elected to statewide office in Vermont. Provided by Wikipedia