The Fox News Decision Desk projects that Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont will win a fifth two-year term in office, defeating Democratic Party challenger Esther Charlestin.
Scott, a former lawmaker and businessman who, according to public opinion polling, has long been one of the most popular governors in the nation. And Scott has now won five straight elections as governor in a heavily blue state.
Vermont and neighboring New Hampshire are the only two states in the nation that hold gubernatorial elections every two years.
Charlestin, 34, is an educator, consultant, co-chair of the Vermont Commission on Women, a former member of her town’s selectboard. She’s also a first-generation Haitian American.