2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State House, District BEN 3

2 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

David K. Durfee

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, Bennington-3 district (since 2019)
Work: State Representative, Bennington-3 district; consultant to cooperatives, nonprofits and small businesses

David K. Durfee has served as State Representative for the Bennington-3 district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2019.

David K. Durfee has served in the Vermont House since 2019. He consults for cooperatives, nonprofits and small businesses and was general manager of Wild Oats Market; he is a Vermont State Colleges trustee and treasurer for the Mount Anthony Union High School District.

Durfee's committees

House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (Chair)
Canvassing Committee
Board of Trustees of Vermont State Colleges Corporation

Sources for Durfee

David K. Durfee: official member information (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
Vermont General Assembly: current member roster (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
David K. Durfee: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Victor K. Harwood Jr

Republican

Work: Part-time employee, Home Depot (Bennington); retired U.S. Navy lieutenant commander and former defense contractor

Victor K. Harwood Jr is a retired U.S. Navy aircraft maintenance officer who left the service as a lieutenant commander and then worked 16 years as a defense contractor supporting Navy aircraft and weapons systems reliability engineering. He returned to Vermont in 2012, has worked part-time at Home Depot in Bennington, and ran for the Bennington-3 House seat in 2024.

Sources for Harwood

Harwood challenging for Bennington-3 House seat (Bennington Banner, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

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.
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Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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