Randy Brock
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Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III (born September 28, 1943) is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermont. He served as the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 2005 to 2007 and as a member of the Vermont Senate from 2009 to 2013, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2012, losing to Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin. He ran unopposed for the 2016 Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.[1] In December 2017, Governor Phil Scott announced that he had appointed Brock to the Vermont Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dustin Allard Degree.[2]
Randy Brock | |
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Minority Leader of the Vermont Senate | |
Assumed office January 6, 2021 | |
Preceded by | Joe Benning |
Member of the Vermont Senate from the Franklin district | |
Assumed office December 27, 2017 | |
Preceded by | Dustin Allard Degree |
In office January 7, 2009 ā January 9, 2013 | |
Preceded by | Donald Collins |
Succeeded by | Norm McAllister |
28th Auditor of Vermont | |
In office January 3, 2005 ā January 4, 2007 | |
Governor | Jim Douglas |
Preceded by | Liz Ready |
Succeeded by | Thomas Salmon |
Personal details | |
Born | (1943-09-28) September 28, 1943 (age 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Political party | Republican |
Spouse | Andrea Forrest |
Children | 2 |
Education | Middlebury College (BA) Yale University (MA) |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United States |
Branch/service | United States Army |
Battles/wars | Vietnam War |