2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State Senate, District ADD 1

2 seats. 4 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Ruth Hardy

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, Addison district (since 2019)
Work: State Senator, Addison district; part-time instructor in politics and public policy, Middlebury College

Ruth Hardy has served as State Senator for the Addison district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2019.

Ruth Hardy has served in the Vermont Senate since 2019. She was executive director of Emerge Vermont and of the Open Door Clinic, government grants director at Planned Parenthood of Northern New England, assistant budget director at Middlebury College and earlier a fiscal analyst for the Wisconsin Legislative Fiscal Bureau; she also served three terms on local school boards.

Hardy's committees

Senate Committee on Finance
Senate Committee on Natural Resources and Energy
Canvassing Committee (Co-Chair)
Judicial Retention Committee
Legislative Advisory Committee on the State House (Chair)
Sister State Program Committee

Sources for Hardy

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

Steven Heffernan

RepublicanIncumbent

In office now: State Senator, Addison district
Work: State Senator, Addison district; owner of 802 Excavating, GHR Metal Recycling and Heffernan Inspection and Repair; Air National Guard EOD technician

Steven Heffernan is the sitting State Senator for the Addison district in the Vermont General Assembly.

Steven Heffernan has served in the Vermont Senate since 2025. He has served about 30 years in the Vermont Air National Guard as an explosive ordnance disposal technician, including two tours in Afghanistan, and owns local businesses including 802 Excavating, GHR Metal Recycling and Heffernan Inspection and Repair.

Heffernan's committees

Senate Committee on Agriculture (Clerk)
Senate Committee on Education

Sources for Heffernan

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

Andrew Klein

Republican

Work: Real estate investment and business executive; lieutenant, Middlebury Fire Department

Andrew Klein has worked for decades structuring real estate investments and capital-markets transactions and building companies, and serves as a lieutenant on the Middlebury Fire Department and its technical rescue team. He is a former member of Middlebury's Planning and Zoning Commission, a graduate of Middlebury College, and holds a law degree from New York University School of Law, where he has been a trustee since 2016, and an MBA from NYU Stern.

Sources for Klein

Andrew Klein for Vermont State Senate (Andrew Klein campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Hannah Sessions

Democratic

Work: Co-owner, Blue Ledge Farm; artist, Blue Ledge Gallery

Hannah Sessions co-owns Blue Ledge Farm and works as an artist with Blue Ledge Gallery.

Sources for Sessions

Hannah Sessions: candidate profile (BallotReady, 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.
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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