2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State House, District BEN 1

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Jonathan Cooper

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, Bennington-1 district
Work: State Representative, Bennington-1 district; program manager, Bennington County Regional Commission

Jonathan Cooper is the sitting State Representative for the Bennington-1 district in the Vermont General Assembly.

Jonathan Cooper has served in the Vermont House since 2025. He is a program manager at the Bennington County Regional Commission, focused on rural economic development, and serves on the boards of the Sunrise Family Resource Center and the Southern Vermont Economic Development Zone.

Cooper's committees

House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development
Vermont Student Assistance Corporation Board of Directors

Sources for Cooper

Jonathan Cooper: official member information (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
Vermont General Assembly: current member roster (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)

Charles Edward Jewett

Republican

We haven't found a sourced summary for Charles Edward Jewett yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

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Sources

Candidate list and race details

2026 General Election Candidate Listing (qualified candidates), last updated 9/23/2026 (Vermont Secretary of State, Elections Division, Public record)

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
Everything else: Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: mvp.vermont.gov.
Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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