Mitzi Johnson lost an additional vote in Friday’s recount, so Mike Morgan of West Milton will join uncle Leland Morgan as Grand Isle - West Milton’s two lawmakers. Jill Krowinski (D-Burlington) appears likely to be the next speaker, as both Sarah Copeland-Hanzas (D-Bradford) and Charlie Kimbell (D-Woodstock) have dropped out.

Twelve Vermonters - six from each party - today in North Hero will conduct the recount requested by Grand Isle Rep. Mitzi Johnson after the 18-year lawmaker and current House Speaker fell 20 votes short of re-election.

The six House seats that flipped to the GOP on Nov. 3 were held by Dem/Prog lawmakers who were highly esteemed by Planned Parenthood and voted for the Global Warming Solutions Act. The one Senate seat that went red was held by another Planned Parenthood “Champion.” Is Proposition 5 suddenly looking like an Election Day loser?

This is no time for liberals to get all squishy and call for ‘unity.’ That’s sympathy for the orange-haired devil, a columnist for a Middlebury newspaper says.

Progressives lost, the status quo in the Legislature was rejected, and Gov. Scott is wildly popular. Is former House Minority Leader Don Turner missing anything about the 2020 Vermont general election? Comments welcome….

Vermont uses vote tabulation machines manufactured by Dominion, Deputy Secretary of State Chris Winters told Vermont Daily today. However they are older models than the machines now under scrutiny in the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, he said.

As is his wont, the Bard of Kirby offers suggestions to make government work better for the people. Today, Ethan Allen Institute founder John McClaughry suggests giving the franchise to 15-year-olds is perhaps not a wise idea. He also recommends the Legislature rid itself of multi-person districts. Let each lawmaker stand or fall on their own record, he says. 

Phil Scott feels like the last man standing among the leadership in Montpelier. Neither of the leaders of the House or Senate will be returning, due to electoral losses.

VT Digger’s Jon Margolis is already writing the postmortem on the Trump presidency, and he’s showing no great respect for the (presumed) dead.

Given the bias of the press that “called” the election Saturday, and the newness of mail-in voting and allegations of fraud, does Phil Scott think his congratulations Saturday to “President Elect” Biden premature? No, he does not.