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BURLINGTONFREEPRESS.COMTHURSDAY,AUGUST11,2016 7A WhereallTheGreatFurnitureIs (Specialordersincluded) www.townandcountryvt.com inaddition toourredtagdiscounts! ThisSaturdayOnly TaxFreeDay! DoubleSavings! bents, winning more than eight thousand votes. Sen. im Ashe, who was also endorsed by Sanders, was the ighest vote winner overall. Democrats nominated Selene Colburn and Brian Cina to fill Ram and seats in their shared Burlington district. Colburn received a Sanders endorse- ent and as of Wednesday evening, her lead over Cina as close to 200 votes in a race where only 1,566 votes ere cast.

Other recipients of a Sanders endorsement were Sens. Anthony Pollina, and Dick McCormack, D- Windsor, as well as Progressive Burlington Rep. Diana Gonzalez. Shumlin aides split parties Democratic Gov. Peter Shumlin has about five months left in his final term, but his aides have already begun looking toward the next governor.

humlin staffers Darren Springer and Sue Allen attended Sue victory party on Tuesday night. inter was transportation secretary under Shumlin, ho refrained from making an endorsement in the Democratic gubernatorial primary. ustin Johnson, the administration secretary appointed by Shumlin, showed up at Republican Phil party at the Vermont Granite Museum in Barre, a did successor as Senate president pro tempore, Democrat John Campbell. Campbell is leaving the Senate after taking a position as executive director of the Vermont Department of Attorneys and Sheriffs. Neither man claimed to endorse guber- atorial bid.

Influential incumbents win primaries Key Democrats in the House of Representatives survived primary challenges across the state. ep. Mitzi Johnson of South Hero, who drafts the state budget as chairwoman of the House Appropriations Committee, came out on top among four candidates in the Grand Isle-Chittenden district. The district has two seats. GLENN PRESS Brent Curtis of Montpelier, a supporter of Republican gubernatorial candidate Phil Scott, cheers the early returns.

Primary Continued from Page 6A AKI PRESS Asign supporting Chris Pearson for a spot on the Democratic icket for a Chitteden County Senate seat stands on the rounds of Orchard School in South Burlington on Tuesday..