2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State House, District ORL 1

1 candidate, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Richard Nelson

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, Orleans-1 district (since 2025)
Work: State Representative, Orleans-1 district; dairy farmer

Richard Nelson has served as State Representative for the Orleans-1 district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2025.

Richard Nelson was elected to the Vermont House in 2024. A dairy farmer with an animal science degree from UVM (1985), he has served on the North Country Union school boards since 2010 and chaired the Derby Zoning Board.

Nelson's committees

House Committee on Agriculture, Food Resiliency, and Forestry (Ranking Member)
Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation Permit Program Working Group

Sources for Nelson

Richard Nelson: official member information (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
Vermont General Assembly: current member roster (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)

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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