Doug Hoffer
Doug Hoffer | |
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| Auditor of Vermont | |
| Assumed office January 10, 2013 | |
| Governor | Peter Shumlin Phil Scott (Elect) |
| Preceded by | Tom Salmon |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 3, 1951 New Rochelle, New York, U.S. |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Alma mater | Williams College (BA) State University of New York, Buffalo (JD) |
Doug Hoffer is a policy analyst from Burlington, Vermont who is Vermont State Auditor. He took office on January 10, 2013.
Education
Douglas R. Hoffer was born in New Rochelle, New York on September 3, 1951 and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.[1] He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Williams College and a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School (Magna Cum Laude).[2]
Career
From 1988 until 1993, he was employed by the City of Burlington as a policy analyst in the Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO).[3]
Hoffer was a self-employed policy analyst from 1993 until taking office as State Auditor. His clients included the Vermont State Auditor, Peace & Justice Center (for whom he wrote all ten phases of The Job Gap Study), Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont State Employees Association, Yellow Wood Associates, City of Burlington, Burlington Electric Department, and the Public Assets Institute.[4]
Elected office
Hoffer ran for State Auditor in 2010 as the Democratic candidate, with an endorsement from the Vermont Progressive Party, and lost to Republican incumbent Tom Salmon.[5]
In 2012, running as the nominee of the Democrats and Progressives, he defeated Republican State Senator Vincent Illuzzi and Liberty Union Party nominee Jerry Levy (Salmon did not run for re-election).[6]
Personal life
He is unmarried, and has no children.[7]
Electoral history
| Vermont Auditor Democratic Primary Election, 2010 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic | Doug Hoffer | 35,750 | 58.2 |
| Democratic | Edward Flanagan | 24,630 | 40.1 |
| Democratic | Write-ins | 1,065 | 1.7 |
| Vermont Auditor Election, 2010 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Republican | Thomas Salmon (inc.) | 120,237 | 52.0 |
| Democratic* | Doug Hoffer | 105,081 | 45.5 |
| Liberty Union | Jerry Levy | 5,736 | 2.5 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 111 | 0.0 |
*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.
| Vermont Auditor Election, 2012 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic* | Doug Hoffer | 140,668 | 51.4 |
| Republican | Vincent Illuzzi | 123,669 | 45.2 |
| Liberty Union | Jerry Levy | 9,368 | 3.4 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 12 | 0.0 |
*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.
| Vermont Auditor Election, 2014 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Democratic* | Doug Hoffer (inc.) | 146,836 | 99.8 |
| Write-ins | Write-ins | 323 | 0.2 |
*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.
References
- ^ Vermont State Auditor, Biography, Doug Hoffer, accessed April 2, 2013
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, 2012 Election results
- ^ Ken Picard, Seven Days, Which Watchdog: The Vermont Auditor’s Race May be the Weirdest One Yet, August 4, 2010
- ^ Peace and Justice Center, Job Gap Study, 2010
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, 2010 General election results, 2010
- ^ Vermont Secretary of State, 2012 General Election Results, 2012
- ^ Vermont Public Radio, State Auditor Candidates Differ On Approach To Office, October 17, 2012
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