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Timothy Ashe

Democratic Party

Candidate, Vermont State Auditor

Prior offices:

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District

Years in office: 2009 - 2021

Elections and appointments

Last election

August 11, 2020

Next election

August 11, 2026

Education

Bachelor's

University of Vermont

Graduate

Harvard University, JFK School of Government

Personal

Profession

Project manager

Timothy Ashe (Democratic Party) is running for election forVermont State Auditor. He declared candidacy for the Democratic primary scheduled onAugust 11, 2026.^[source]

Ashe (Democratic Party) was a member of theVermont State Senate, representingChittenden District. He assumed office in 2009. He left office on January 6, 2021.

Biography

Ashe earned his Bachelor's from the University of Vermont in 1999. He went on to receive his MPP from Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government in 2004.

Ashe was a councilman for Burlington City Council from 2004 to 2007.

Ashe was a member of the staff for Congressman Bernie Sanders from 1999 to 2001. He has worked as project manager for Cathedral Square since 2004.

Committee assignments

2019-2020

Ashe was assigned to the following committees:

• Joint Fiscal Committee
• Legislative Management Committee,ex officio
• Joint Rules Committee,ex officio
• Senate Appropriations Committee
• Senate Transportation Committee,Vice Chair
• Senate Rules Committee,Chair

2017 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2017 legislative session, this legislator served on the following committees:

2015 legislative session

At the beginning of the 2015 legislative session, Ashe served on the following committees:

2013-2014

In the 2013-2014 legislative session, Ashe served on the following committees:

2011-2012

In the 2011-2012 legislative session, Ashe served on these committees:

2009-2010

In the 2009-2010 legislative session, Ashe served on these committees:

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 Auditor election, 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

Democratic primary for Vermont State Auditor

Timothy Ashe (D) is running in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Auditor on August 11, 2026.

		Candidate
		Timothy Ashe

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Endorsements

2020

See also: Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020

Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Democratic primary)

Vermont lieutenant gubernatorial election, 2020 (August 11 Republican primary)

General election

General election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Molly Gray defeatedScott Milne,Cris Ericson,Wayne Billado III, andRalph Corbo in the general election for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on November 3, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Molly Gray (D)	51.3	182,820
		Scott Milne (R)	44.1	157,065
		Cris Ericson (Vermont Progressive Party)	2.2	7,862
		Wayne Billado III (Independent)	1.4	5,101
	Submit photo	Ralph Corbo (Banish the F35S Party)	0.6	2,289
		Other/Write-in votes	0.3	1,097

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 356,234
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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Molly Gray defeatedTimothy Ashe,Brenda Siegel, andDebbie Ingram in the Democratic primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Molly Gray	46.0	47,636
		Timothy Ashe	34.7	35,954
		Brenda Siegel	9.6	9,945
		Debbie Ingram	9.1	9,466
		Other/Write-in votes	0.5	568

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	There were noincumbents in this race. The results have been certified. Source	Total votes: 103,569
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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Scott Milne defeatedMeg Hansen,Dwayne Tucker,Dana Colson, andJim Hogue in the Republican primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Scott Milne	51.5	26,817
		Meg Hansen	32.4	16,875
	Submit photo	Dwayne Tucker	5.9	3,066
	Submit photo	Dana Colson	5.2	2,736
	Submit photo	Jim Hogue	3.7	1,944
		Other/Write-in votes	1.3	680

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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont

Cris Ericson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont on August 11, 2020.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Cris Ericson	57.5	438
		Other/Write-in votes	42.5	324

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2018

See also:Vermont State Senate elections, 2018

In addition to running as aDemocratic Party candidate, Ashe cross-filed to also run with theVermont Progressive Party in 2018.

General election

General election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)

The following candidates ran in the general election for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on November 6, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Ashe (D)	14.2	44,002
✔		Virginia Lyons (D)	13.4	41,617
✔		Debbie Ingram (D)	13.1	40,751
✔		Michael Sirotkin (D)	12.4	38,569
✔		Philip Baruth (D)	12.2	38,075
✔		Christopher Pearson (Vermont Progressive Party / D)	9.9	30,863
	Submit photo	Alex Farrell (R)	6.3	19,602
		Paul Dame (R)	5.6	17,521
	Submit photo	Dana Maxfield (R)	5.3	16,422
		Louis Meyers (Independent)	2.8	8,848
	Submit photo	Seth Cournoyer (L)	1.7	5,389
		Loyal Ploof (L)	1.5	4,599
	Submit photo	Joshua Knox (Fair Representation Vermont Party)	1.3	4,173
		Other/Write-in votes	0.1	465

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Democratic primary election

Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)

The following candidates ran in the Democratic primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Timothy Ashe	19.0	13,527
✔		Virginia Lyons	18.1	12,886
✔		Michael Sirotkin	15.1	10,727
✔		Debbie Ingram	15.0	10,701
✔		Philip Baruth	14.5	10,302
		Val Carzello	7.3	5,229
		Steve May	5.6	4,018
	Submit photo	Finnian Boardman Abbey	5.3	3,771

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Republican primary election

Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)

Alex Farrell andDana Maxfield advanced from the Republican primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔	Submit photo	Alex Farrell	51.9	3,507
✔	Submit photo	Dana Maxfield	48.1	3,255

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Vermont Progressive Party primary election

Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District (6 seats)

IncumbentChristopher Pearson advanced from the Vermont Progressive Party primary for Vermont State Senate Chittenden District on August 14, 2018.

		Candidate	%	Votes
✔		Christopher Pearson	100.0	9,029

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2016

See also:Vermont State Senate elections, 2016

Elections for theVermont State Senate 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. IncumbentsDavid Zuckerman (D) andHelen Riehle (R) did not run for re-election.

The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District general election.^[1][2]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District General Election, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram	14.74%	40,467
	Democratic	Virginia LyonsIncumbent	15.01%	41,223
	Democratic	Timothy AsheIncumbent	16.13%	44,297
	Progressive	Christopher Pearson	11.36%	31,192
	Democratic	Michael SirotkinIncumbent	13.69%	37,585
	Democratic	Phil BaruthIncumbent	13.64%	37,453
	Republican	John Gifford	9.23%	25,346
	Independent	Tom Licata	6.20%	17,021
Total Votes				274,584
Source:Vermont Secretary of State

The following candidates ran in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Democratic primary.^[3][4]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Democratic Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram	8.57%	7,386
	Democratic	Virginia LyonsIncumbent	14.15%	12,185
	Democratic	Timothy AsheIncumbent	15.30%	13,175
	Democratic	Christopher Pearson	9.66%	8,325
	Democratic	Michael SirotkinIncumbent	12.16%	10,471
	Democratic	Phil BaruthIncumbent	10.72%	9,238
	Democratic	Faisal Gill	7.71%	6,645
	Democratic	Louis Meyers	2.77%	2,384
	Democratic	Dawn Ellis	7.53%	6,488
	Democratic	David Scherr	8.14%	7,009
	Democratic	Nick Cook	3.29%	2,830
Total Votes				86,136

John Gifford ran unopposed in the Vermont State Senate Chittenden District Republican primary.^[3][4]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Republican Primary, 2016
Party		Candidate
	Republican	John Gifford (unopposed)

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2014

See also:Vermont State Senate elections, 2014

Elections for theVermont State Senate took place in 2014. A primary election took place on August 26, 2014. The general election was held onNovember 4, 2014. Thesignature filing deadline for candidates wishing to run in this election was June 12, 2014. Chittenden has six state senators. IncumbentsPhilip Baruth,Virginia Lyons,Michael Sirotkin,David Zuckerman, andTimothy Ashe and challengerDawn Ellis were unopposed in the Democratic primary, while incumbentDiane Snelling andJoy Limoge were unopposed in the Republican primary.John Cisar,Glyn Wilkinson,Ben Mayer,Paul Washburn,Christopher Coolidge andTravis Spencer ran as Libertarian candidates.^[5][6][7][8] Baruth, Lyons, Snelling, Ashe, Sirotkin and Zuckerman defeated Ellis, Limoge, Wilkinson, Cisar, Mayar, Coolidge, Spencer, and Washburn.^[9]

Vermont State Senate Chittenden District, General Election, 2014

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Virginia "Ginny" LyonsIncumbent	12.6%	23,488
	Democratic	Timothy Ashe*Incumbent	12.2%	22,790
	Democratic	Philip BaruthIncumbent	11.9%	22,217
	Republican	Diane B. SnellingIncumbent	11.7%	21,855
	Democratic	David Zuckerman**Incumbent	11.4%	21,333
	Democratic	Michael SirotkinIncumbent	10.6%	19,738
	Democratic	Dawn Ellis	9.9%	18,432
	Republican	Joy Limoge	8.5%	15,853
	Libertarian	Paul Washburn	2.2%	4,113
	Libertarian	John Cisar	2.1%	3,896
	Libertarian	Christopher Coolidge	2%	3,694
	Libertarian	Travis Spencer	1.8%	3,405
	Libertarian	Ben Mayer	1.8%	3,310
	Libertarian	Glyn Wilkinson	1.4%	2,706
Total Votes				186,830

*Ashe appeared on the ballot as both a Democratic and Progressive nominee.
**Zuckerman appeared on the ballot as both a Progressive and Democratic nominee.

2012

See also:Vermont State Senate elections, 2012

Ashe won re-election in the2012 election forVermont State Senate Chittenden District. Ashe advanced past the August 28 Democratic primary and won re-election in the general election, which took place on November 6, 2012.^[10]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District, General Election, 2012

Party		Candidate	Vote %	Votes
	Democratic	Timothy AsheIncumbent	13.3%	37,357
	Democratic	Philip BaruthIncumbent	11%	30,924
	Democratic	Sally FoxIncumbent	12.4%	34,909
	Democratic	Virginia LyonsIncumbent	12.4%	34,957
	Democratic	David Zuckerman	11.5%	32,253
	Republican	Diane SnellingIncumbent	11.2%	31,523
	Democratic	Debbie Ingram	8.3%	23,441
	Green	Larkin Forney	2%	5,618
	Progressive	Richard Jeroloman	1.2%	3,322
	Tea Party	Shelley Palmer	3%	8,362
	Independent	Patrick Brown	4.3%	12,217
	Independent	Bob Kiss	4.4%	12,324
	Independent	Robert Letovsky	3%	8,321
	Independent	Sean Selby	2.2%	6,157
Total Votes				281,685

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District Democratic Primary, 2012

Candidate	Vote %	Votes
Timothy AsheIncumbent	16.3%	9,150
Virginia LyonsIncumbent	15.8%	8,873
Sally FoxIncumbent	15.2%	8,558
David Zuckerman	13.9%	7,838
Philip BaruthIncumbent	12.2%	6,859
Debbie Ingram	9%	5,068
Peter Hunt	8.2%	4,595
Ed Adrian	6.4%	3,629
Loyal Ploof	3%	1,696
Total Votes		56,266

2010

See also:Vermont State Senate elections, 2010

Ashe ran for re-election to the 7th District Seat (Chittenden District) in 2010. He ran againstVirginia Lyons (D),Hinda Miller (D),Philip Baruth (D),Sally Fox (D),Frank Geier (D), andAndy Montroll (D) in the primary. He defeatedAnnette Roque Renaud (R),Dennis Bedard (R),Shelley Palmer (R),Mike Branon (R),Richard Jeroloman (I),Steve Laible (I),Mikey Van Gulden (I),Andy Montroll (D), andLarkin Forney (D) in the general election onNovember 2, 2010.^[10]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District, General Election (2010)
Candidates		Votes
Virginia Lyons (D)		28,605
Sally Fox (D)		27,448
Diane Snelling (R)		26,358
Tim Ashe (D)		25,656
Hinda Miller (D)		25,391
Philip Baruth (D)		25,179
Andy Montroll (D)		23,464
Charlie Smith (R)		19,498
Mike Brannon (R)		17,532
Dennis Bedard (R)		16,266
Shelley Palmer (R)		14,369
Mikey Van Gulden (I)		3,569
Steve Laible (I)		2,551
Richard "Terry" Jeroloman (I)		1,934
Larkin Forney (Justice for Vermonters)		1,685

2008

On November 4, 2008, Ashe won election by finishing sixth for the six-seat Chittenden District of theVermont State Senate, receiving 28,103 votes behind DemocratsDouglas Racine (44,856),Edward Flanagan (38,998), andVirginia Lyons (35,869), RepublicanDiane Snelling (32,394), and DemocratHinda Miller (31,457) and ahead of Democrat Denise Barnard (27,687), Republicans Dennis Bedard (16,760), Darren Adams (15,894), Paula Spadaccini (15,110), Robyn Myers-Moore (15,029), and Agnes Clift (14,192), independent Tom Licata (11,411), Justice for Vermonters candidate Larkin Forney (3,141), and write-ins (524).^[10]

Ashe raised $17,119 for his campaign, against $7,918 by Lyons, $13,630 by Snelling, $2,300 by Miller, $16,940 by Barnard, and $11,208 by Licata.^[11]

Vermont State Senate, Chittenden District
Candidates		Votes
Douglas Racine (D)		44,856
Edward Flanagan (D)		38,998
Virginia Lyons (D)		35,869
Diane Snelling (R)		32,394
Hinda Miller (D)		31,457
Timothy Ashe (D/P)		28,103
Denise Barnard (D)		27,687
Dennis Bedard (R)		16,760
Darren Adams (R)		15,894
Paula Spadaccini (R)		15,110
Robyn Myers-Moore (R)		15,029
Agnes Clift (R)		14,192
Tom Licata (I)		11,411
Larkin Forney (Justice for Vermonters)		3,141
Write-ins		524

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2020

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