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Endorses Quimby
The race
Vermont's Caledonia-3 House District elects 2 representatives on November 3, 2026, for a two-year term, by plurality block voting. Incumbent Martha Feltus (R) is retiring; Beth Quimby seeks re-election (Wikipedia retirements list). The confirmed general-election roster is: Dennis LaBounty (Democratic); Bill Coleman (Democratic); Beth Quimby (Republican); Erik LaVallee (Republican). Chamber control is rated Safe Democratic by both Sabato's Crystal Ball (January 22, 2026) and State Navigate (October 24, 2026), per the predictions tables compiled on Wikipedia; no district-level rating was published in the sources consulted. SOURCE CONFLICT, printed not resolved: Wikipedia's detailed results table omits the Democratic nominee Bill Coleman, whom Ballotpedia's general-election table carries. The roster follows Ballotpedia.
The candidates, claim by claim
Dennis LaBounty (D), nominee. Appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Ballotpedia's general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: A willing nominee giving the district’s Democratic voters a choice on the ballot. Cons: No documented break with the Democratic Party toward this publication's values was located in the compiled record — no Manchin-test break. The organizing vote adds to a Democratic caucus whose program this publication opposes; that caucus weight is lighter in the House than in the Senate, but it does not create an exception where no break exists. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class, not extremist — a reliable party-line vote, which is the standing reason the exception for a Democrat is not earned here.
Bill Coleman (D), nominee. Appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Ballotpedia's general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: A willing nominee giving the district’s Democratic voters a choice on the ballot. Cons: No documented break with the Democratic Party toward this publication's values was located in the compiled record — no Manchin-test break. The organizing vote adds to a Democratic caucus whose program this publication opposes; that caucus weight is lighter in the House than in the Senate, but it does not create an exception where no break exists. The flaw, plainly: Enabler class, not extremist — a reliable party-line vote, which is the standing reason the exception for a Democrat is not earned here.
Beth Quimby (R), nominee. Appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Ballotpedia's general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: The Republican nominee in this race; Republicans and conservatives are in-tent under this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom). A sitting incumbent whose constituents know the record. Cons: No proven flaw meeting this publication's standard was located in the compiled record. The flaw, plainly: None proven was located in the compiled record.
Erik LaVallee (R), nominee. Appears on the confirmed general-election roster for this district (Ballotpedia's general-election table, accessed October 25, 2026). No detailed voting-record, biography, or signature-claim file for this candidate was verified at this sourcing depth, and none is invented here.
Pros: The Republican nominee in this race; Republicans and conservatives are in-tent under this publication's values (Constitution, capitalism and the free market, Christianity, freedom). Cons: No service record was verified at this sourcing depth — the candidacy is unproven, which is a watch posture, not a demerit. The flaw, plainly: None proven was located in the compiled record.
OUR CALL
We endorse Beth Quimby (R); Erik LaVallee (R) — as unproven, and on watch. The endorsement covers the full Republican slate for the district’s 2 seats. No proven flaw was located in any Republican nominee's compiled record. No Democratic nominee passes the Manchin test on any record located — no documented in-service break with their party toward this publication's values; a party-line Democrat is enabler class, and no extremist classification is made for any candidate on this ballot: no documented DSA membership, self-described democratic-socialist identification, or authored socialist program was located for any of them.
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Sources
- Ballotpedia, "Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2026" — general-election table (accessed October 25, 2026) — http://ballotpedia.org/Vermont_House_of_Representatives_elections,_2026
- Wikipedia, "2026 Vermont House of Representatives election" — detailed general-election tables, retirements and incumbents-defeated lists (accessed October 25, 2026) — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2026_Vermont_House_of_Representatives_election
- Record gaps: no district-level legislative voting records, campaign-finance figures, or biographies beyond the offices and facts printed above were verified for the nominees in this district at this sourcing depth; no district-level competitiveness rating beyond the chamber ratings and crossover facts printed above was published in the sources consulted
- Standing check: no pedophile-association material meeting the proven standard (knowing association with or defense of a convicted pedophile) was located for any candidate on this ballot
Result pending. No verified call (Associated Press or official) as of November 4, 2026. This page will be updated when the race is called or certified. The original article above is unchanged.
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