Janssen Willhoit
Janssen Willhoit (Republican Party) was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Caledonia-3 District. Willhoit assumed office on January 7, 2015. Willhoit left office on January 9, 2019.
Willhoit (Republican Party) ran for election for Attorney General of Vermont. Willhoit lost in the general election on November 6, 2018.
Willhoit is a former Republican member of the Vermont House of Representatives, representing Caledonia-3 District from 2015 to 2019.
Biography
Willhoit's professional experience includes working as an attorney.[1]
Committee assignments
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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| • Judiciary |
2015 legislative session
At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Willhoit served on the following committees:
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| • Fish, Wildlife and Water Resources |
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
2018
- See also: Vermont Attorney General election, 2018
General election
General election for Attorney General of Vermont
Candidate | % | Votes | ||
| ✔ |  | T.J. Donovan (D) | 70.1 | 187,093 |
 | Janssen Willhoit (R) | 26.3 | 70,226 | |
 | Rosemarie Jackowski (Liberty Union Party) | 3.6 | 9,536 | |
| Other/Write-in votes | 0.1 | 166 | ||
| Total votes: 267,021 | |||
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates
- H. Brooke Paige (R)
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.
Incumbent Scott Beck and incumbent Janssen Willhoit defeated Scott Campbell, Corey Raynor and Philip Aldridge in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District general election.[2][3]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District General Election, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican |  Scott Beck Incumbent |
31.66% | 1,655 | |
| Republican | Janssen Willhoit Incumbent |
23.61% | 1,234 | |
| Democratic | Scott Campbell | 22.10% | 1,155 | |
| Democratic | Corey Raynor | 8.82% | 461 | |
| Independent | Philip Aldridge | 13.81% | 722 | |
| Total Votes | 5,227 | |||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State | ||||
Scott Campbell and Corey Raynor were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District Democratic primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District Democratic Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Democratic | Scott Campbell |
60.25% | 385 | |
| Democratic | Corey Raynor |
39.75% | 254 | |
| Total Votes | 639 | |||
Incumbent Scott Beck and incumbent Janssen Willhoit were unopposed in the Vermont House of Representatives Caledonia-3 District Republican primary.[4][5]
| Vermont House of Representatives, Caledonia-3 District Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
| Republican | Scott Beck Incumbent |
52.85% | 417 | |
| Republican | Janssen Willhoit Incumbent |
47.15% | 372 | |
| Total Votes | 789 | |||
2014
Elections for the Vermont House of Representatives took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held on November 4, 2014. The signature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Caledonia-3 has two state representatives. Incumbents Robert South and Michelle Fay were unopposed in the Democratic primary. Scott Beck and Janssen Willhoit defeated Tom Moore in the Republican primary.[6][7][8][9] Beck and Whillhoit defeated Fay and South in the general election.[10]
| Party | Candidate | Vote % | Votes | |
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| Republican | Scott Beck |
31.2% | 1,085 | |
| Republican | Janssen Willhoit |
23.9% | 830 | |
| Democratic | Michelle Fay Incumbent | 23.1% | 803 | |
| Democratic | Bob South Incumbent | 21.8% | 759 | |
| Total Votes | 3,477 | |||
| Candidate | Vote % | Votes |
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Scott Beck |
38.5% | 284 |
| Janssen Willhoit |
38.4% | 283 |
| Tom Moore | 23.1% | 170 |
| Total Votes | 737 | |
Campaign finance summary
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2018
In 2018, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 3 through May 13. There was also a special session from May 23 through June 29.
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2017
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In 2017, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 4 through May 18. There was also a veto session June 21.
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2016
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In 2016, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 5 through May 6.
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2015
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In 2015, the Vermont General Assembly was in session from January 7 through May 16.
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2016 Republican National Convention
- See also: Republican National Convention, 2016
| Janssen Willhoit | |
| Republican National Convention, 2016 | |
| Status: | At-large delegate |
| State: | Vermont |
| Bound to: | Unknown |
| Delegates to the RNC 2016 | |
| Calendar and delegate rules overview • Types of delegates • Delegate rules by state • State election law and delegates • Delegates by state | |
Willhoit was an at-large delegate to the 2016 Republican National Convention from Vermont.[11] In the Vermont Republican primary election on March 1, 2016, Donald Trump and John Kasich won eight delegates each. Ballotpedia was not able to identify which candidate Willhoit was bound by state party rules to support at the national convention. If you have information on how Vermont’s Republican delegates were allocated, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.[12]
RNC Rules Committee
- See also: RNC Rules Committee, 2016
Willhoit was a member of the RNC Rules Committee, a 112-member body responsible for crafting the official rules of the Republican Party, including the rules that governed the 2016 Republican National Convention.[13]
Appointment process
The convention Rules Committee in 2016 consisted of one male and one female delegate from each state and territorial delegation. The Rules of the Republican Party required each delegation to elect from its own membership representatives to serve on the Rules Committee.
Delegate rules
Delegates from Vermont to the Republican National Convention were elected at a state convention in May 2016. Delegates were required to complete a petition with 25 signatures from town, city, county, or state committee members and be a current member of one such committee, an elected official, or a former delegate from Vermont to a Republican National Convention. Delegates from Vermont were bound on the first ballot unless their candidate released them, suspended his or her campaign, or was not placed into contention at the convention.
Vermont primary results
- See also: Presidential election in Vermont, 2016
| Vermont Republican Primary, 2016 | ||||
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| Candidate | Vote % | Votes | Delegates | |
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Donald Trump |
32.3% | 19,974 | 8 | |
| John Kasich | 30% | 18,534 | 8 | |
| Marco Rubio | 19.1% | 11,781 | 0 | |
| Ted Cruz | 9.6% | 5,932 | 0 | |
| Ben Carson | 4.1% | 2,551 | 0 | |
| Jeb Bush | 1.8% | 1,106 | 0 | |
| Rand Paul | 0.7% | 423 | 0 | |
| Chris Christie | 0.6% | 361 | 0 | |
| Carly Fiorina | 0.3% | 212 | 0 | |
| Rick Santorum | 0.3% | 164 | 0 | |
| Other | 0.6% | 390 | 0 | |
| Spoiled votes | 0.2% | 137 | 0 | |
| Blank votes | 0.3% | 191 | 0 | |
| Totals | 61,756 | 16 | ||
| Source: Vermont Secretary of State and CNN | ||||
Delegate allocation
Vermont had 16 delegates at the 2016 Republican National Convention. Of this total, three were district-level delegates (all for the state's single congressional district). District-level delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any district delegates. If a candidate received more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's district delegates.[14][15]
Of the remaining 13 delegates, 10 served at large. At-large delegates were allocated proportionally; a candidate had to win at least 20 percent of the statewide vote in order to be eligible to receive any of the state's at-large delegates. If a candidate won more than 50 percent of the statewide vote, he or she received all of the state's at-large delegates. In addition, three national party leaders (identified on the chart below as RNC delegates) served as bound delegates to the Republican National Convention.[14][15]
Recent news
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See also
- Vermont State Legislature
- Vermont House of Representatives
- Vermont House Committees
- Vermont Joint Committees
- Vermont state legislative districts
External links
- Profile from Open States
- Vermont State Legislature
- Biography from Project Vote Smart
- Official campaign website
- Janssen Willhoit on Twitter
Footnotes
- ↑ Janssen Willhoit, "About," accessed August 6, 2014
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Primary Election Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Independent Candidates and Minor Party Candidates Nominated by Party Committee," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Major Party Nomination Candidate Listing," accessed June 19, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 Candidate Listing," June 13, 2014
- ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, "2014 General Election Candidate Listing," accessed October 11, 2014
- ↑ VT GOP, "Final List of Delegates and Alternates to the Republican National Convention," May 26, 2016
- ↑ To build our list of the state and territorial delegations to the 2016 Republican National Convention, Ballotpedia relied primarily upon official lists provided by state and territorial Republican parties, email exchanges and phone interviews with state party officials, official lists provided by state governments, and, in some cases, unofficial lists compiled by local media outlets. When possible, we included what type of delegate the delegate is (at-large, district-level, or RNC) and which candidate they were bound by state and national party bylaws to support at the convention. For most delegations, Ballotpedia was able to track down all of this information. For delegations where we were not able to track down this information or were only able to track down partial lists, we included this note. If you have additional information on this state's delegation, please email editor@ballotpedia.org.
- ↑ Ballotpedia's list of 2016 RNC Rules Committee members is based on an official list from the Republican National Committee obtained by Ballotpedia on June 24, 2016
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 Republican National Committee, "2016 Presidential Nominating Process," accessed October 6, 2015
- ↑ 15.0 15.1 CNN.com, "Republican National Convention roll call vote," accessed July 20, 2016
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