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Democrats in deep blue Vermont have a new nominee as they take a sixth straight shot at trying to oust popular Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

Democrats in deep blue Vermont have a new nominee as they take a sixth straight shot at trying to oust popular Republican Gov. Phil Scott.

Economist Amanda Janoo on Tuesday defeated former child advocacy organization CEO Aly Richards — who is backed by former Democratic Govs. Howard Dean and Madeleine Kunin — to capture the party’s gubernatorial nomination, the Associated Press reported.

Amanda Janoo, an economist, is a Democratic gubernatorial candidate in Vermont. (Amanda Janoo gubernatorial campaign)

Scott was unopposed as he cruised to the GOP gubernatorial nomination. Scott is running for a sixth two-year term steering Vermont, and if he wins the general election and completes another term, he’ll pass Dean as the northern New England state’s longest serving governor. Vermont and neighboring New Hampshire are the only two states in the nation to elect governors every two years.

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Republican Vermont Gov. Phil Scott walks out the House chamber of the Statehouse after giving his budget address to the Legislature, Tuesday, Jan. 23, 2024, in Montpelier, Vt. Scott proposed an $8.6 billion budget for fiscal year 2025 and, as he has done before, urged lawmakers not to raise taxes or fees. (AP Photo/Lisa Rathke)

Scott is a moderate Republican and a vocal GOP critic of President Donald Trump.

The governor endorsed former ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, and voted for then-Vice President Kamala Harris, the Democratic nominee, over Trump in that year’s general election.

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Republican Gov. Phil Scott of Vermont is running for re-election in 2026 for a sixth two-year term in office. (Matthew J. Lee/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)

Beating Scott in November will once again be a tough task for Democrats in a state where their party normally dominates elections.

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Scott won a whopping 73% of the vote in his 2024 re-election, besting the 69% he received in his 2022 victory.

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