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About Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Shumlin
Peter Elliott Shumlin (born March 24, 1956) is an American politician and member of the Democratic Party who is the 81st and current governor of the state of Vermont. First elected governor in 2010, he was re-elected to a second term in 2012. In 2014 he received a narrow plurality in his race for re-election, but did not attain the 50% threshold mandated by the Vermont Constitution. In such cases the Vermont General Assembly elects the winner. The legislature almost always selects the candidate who received a plurality; this held true, and the General Assembly reelected Shumlin to a third term by a vote of 110–69 in January 2015. In June 2015, Shumlin announced that he would not seek re-election in 2016. He has signed laws on physician-assisted suicide as well as the US' first GMO labeling requirement during his tenure as governor. He was chair of the Democratic Governors Association during his first two terms.
He was a member of the Vermont House of Representatives from 1990-1993, and represented the Windham District in the Vermont Senate from 1993-2003 and 2007-2011. He was the unsuccessful Democratic nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont in 2002.
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Peter Shumlin, Governor of Vermont's Timeline
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March 24, 1956
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Brattleboro, Windham County, Vermont, United States
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