Phillip Scott (politician)

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Phil Scott
79th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
Incumbent
Assumed office January 6, 2011
Governor	Peter Shumlin
Preceded by	Brian Dubie
Personal details
Born	(1958-08-04) August 4, 1958 Barre, Vermont
Political party	Republican

Phil Scott (born August 4, 1958) is an American politician from the State of Vermont. Scott is a Republican. He served five terms in the Vermont Senate representing the Washington County Senate District. He was the Vice-Chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and Chair of the Senate Institutions Committee. On November 2, 2010, Scott was elected the 79th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.^[1] assumed office January 6, 2011.

Scott graduated in 1980 from the University of Vermont with a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Education. He is a co-owner of DuBois Construction in Middlesex and is past President of the Associated General Contractors of Vermont. He is also a champion stock-car racer. He won the 1996 and 1998 Thunder Road Late Model Series championships and the 1997 and 1999 Thunder Road Milk Bowls. In 2002, Scott became a three-time champion, winning both the Thunder Road and Airborne LMS track championships and the coveted American Canadian Tour championship. To date, he is the winningest driver at Thunder Road in the modern era with 26 career wins in the track's weekly series. He also competed in the 2005 BRISCA Formula One Championship of the World where he did not finsh.^[2]

He lives in Berlin, Vermont, and has two grown daughters.

On January 6, 2012 a fire at Dubois Construction caused substantial damage to the business Scott co-owns.^[3]^[4]

Notes

↑ "Phil Scott elected Vermont lt. governor". The Burlington Free Press. Associated Press. November 3, 2010. Retrieved November 3, 2010.
↑ "Phil Scott scores wire-to-wire victory". Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus. June 14, 2010.
↑ Newspaper article, Building of Construction Firm Owned by Vermont Lieutenant Governor Burns in Middlesex , Burlington Free Press, January 6, 2012
↑ Newspaper article, Fire Engulfs DuBois Construction Headquarters, Barre-Montpelier Times Argus, January 6, 2012

External links

Campaign website
Washington County Senators (2009-10) (government website)
Thunder Road International Speedbowl
American-Canadian Tour (ACT)

Preceded by Brian Dubie	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 2011–present	Incumbent

Current lieutenant governors in the United States

and next-in-line of succession for states and territories without lieutenant governors

AL	Ivey (R)
AK	Treadwell (R)
AZ	Bennett (R)¹
AR	Darr (R)
CA	Newsom (D)
CO	Garcia (D)
CT	Wyman (D)
DE	Denn (D)
FL	Vacant
GA	Cagle (R)
HI	Tsutsui (D)
ID	Little (R)

IL	Simon (D)
IN	Ellspermann (R)
IA	Reynolds (R)
KS	Colyer (R)
KY	Abramson (D)
LA	Dardenne (R)
ME	Alfond (D)²
MD	Brown (D)
MA	Vacant
MI	Calley (R)
MN	Solon (D)
MS	Reeves (R)

MO	Kinder (R)
MT	Vacant
NE	Heidemann (R)
NV	Krolicki (R)
NH	Morse (R)²
NJ	Guadagno (R)
NM	Sanchez (R)
NY	Duffy (D)
NC	Forest (R)
ND	Wrigley (R)
OH	Taylor (R)
OK	Lamb (R)

OR	Brown (D)¹
PA	Cawley (R)
RI	Roberts (D)
SC	McConnell (R)
SD	Michels (R)
TN	Ramsey (R)²
TX	Dewhurst (R)
UT	Cox (R)
VT	Scott (R)
VA	Northam (D)
WA	Owen (D)
WV	Kessler (D)²

WI	Kleefisch (R)
WY	Maxfield (R)¹
DC	Mendelson (D)³
Territories:
AS	Mauga (I)
GU	Tenorio (R)
MP	Hofschneider (R)
PR	Bernier (D)¹
VI	Francis (D)

1. Secretary of State
2. Senate President
3. Council Chairman

Persondata
Name	Scott, Phillip
Alternative names
Short description	American politician
Date of birth	August 4, 1958
Place of birth	American politician
Date of death
Place of death

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