Seth Bongartz

Democratic Party

Candidate, Vermont State Senate Bennington District

Vermont State Senate Bennington District

Tenure

2025 - Present

Term ends

2027

Years in position

1

Prior offices:

Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District

Years in office: 2021 - 2025

Predecessor:Cynthia Browning (D)

Compensation

Base salary

$897.29/week during session

Per diem

Members can receive $74/day for meals and $167/night for lodging

Elections and appointments

Last election

November 5, 2024

Next election

August 11, 2026

Personal

Profession

Business executive

Contact

Official website

Campaign website

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Seth Bongartz (Democratic Party) is a member of theVermont State Senate, representingBennington District. He assumed office on January 8, 2025. His current term ends on January 6, 2027.

Bongartz (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to theVermont State Senate to representBennington District. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onAugust 11, 2026.^[source]

Biography

Seth Bongartz lives in Northshire, Vermont.^[1] Bongartz's career experience includes working as an attorney, a principal of the Gubb & Bongartz consulting firm, and the president of Hildene, The Lincoln Family Home.^[2]

Committee assignments

2025-2026

Bongartz was assigned to the following committees:

• Senate Education Committee,Chair
• Natural Resources and Energy Committee
• Sexual Harassment Prevention Panel

2023-2024

Bongartz was assigned to the following committees:

• Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Committee
• Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules

2021-2022

Bongartz was assigned to the following committees:

• Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules
• Natural Resources, Fish, and Wildlife Committee

Sponsored legislation

The following table lists bills this person sponsored as a legislator, according toBillTrack50 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

2026

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2026

General election

The primary will occur on August 11, 2026. The general election will occur on November 3, 2026. General election candidates will be added here following the primary.

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

IncumbentSeth Bongartz, incumbentRobert Plunkett, andBrian Campion are running in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 11, 2026.

		Candidate
		Seth Bongartz
		Robert Plunkett
		Brian Campion

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Endorsements

2024

See also: Vermont State Senate elections, 2024

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on November 5, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Seth Bongartz (D)	27.3	10,053
✔		Robert Plunkett (D)	24.9	9,160
	Submit photo	Joe Gervais (R)	23.5	8,647
	Submit photo	Lawrence Whitmire (Independent)	9.6	3,539
		Cynthia Browning (Independent)	7.8	2,867
		Steve Berry (Independent)	6.7	2,459
		Other/Write-in votes	0.2	60

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 36,785
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Withdrawn or disqualified candidates

• Bruce Busa (R)

Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

Seth Bongartz andRobert Plunkett defeated incumbentRichard Sears (Unofficially withdrew) in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Seth Bongartz	49.0	2,641
✔		Robert Plunkett (Write-in)	30.0	1,616
		Richard Sears (Unofficially withdrew)	15.5	837
		Other/Write-in votes	5.5	294

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 5,388
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District (2 seats)

Joe Gervais andBruce Busa advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Bennington District on August 13, 2024.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Gervais	83.8	1,036
✔		Bruce Busa (Write-in)	6.8	84
		Other/Write-in votes	9.4	116

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 1,236
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Endorsements

2022

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2022

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentKathleen James and incumbentSeth Bongartz defeatedJoe Gervais in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on November 8, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathleen James (D)	39.1	2,517
✔		Seth Bongartz (D)	38.9	2,503
	Submit photo	Joe Gervais (R)	21.3	1,369
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	46

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentKathleen James and incumbentSeth Bongartz advanced from the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathleen James	51.6	1,082
✔		Seth Bongartz	47.8	1,002
		Other/Write-in votes	0.7	14

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 2,098
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)

Joe Gervais and incumbentKathleen James defeated incumbentSeth Bongartz in the Republican primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 9, 2022.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Joe Gervais (Write-in)	70.1	68
✔	Submit photo	Kathleen James (Write-in)	6.2	6
		Seth Bongartz (Write-in)	4.1	4
		Other/Write-in votes	19.6	19

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 97
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2020

See also: Vermont House of Representatives elections, 2020

General election

General election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentKathleen James andSeth Bongartz defeated incumbentCynthia Browning in the general election for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathleen James (D)	36.7	2,797
✔		Seth Bongartz (D)	34.8	2,651
		Cynthia Browning (Independent)	27.7	2,111
		Other/Write-in votes	0.9	68

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	Incumbents arebolded and underlined. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 7,627
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District (2 seats)

IncumbentKathleen James andSeth Bongartz defeatedJamie Dufour in the Democratic primary for Vermont House of Representatives Bennington 4 District on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Kathleen James	47.2	1,320
✔		Seth Bongartz	37.8	1,057
	Submit photo	Jamie Dufour	12.0	336
		Other/Write-in votes	2.9	81

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Campaign themes

2026

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2024

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2022

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2020

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