Doug Racine

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Douglas A. Racine , called Doug Racine (born October 7, 1952 in Burlington , Vermont ), is an American politician who was Lieutenant Governor of Vermont from 1997 to 2003 .

Life

Doug Racine was born in Burlington, Vermont. He graduated from Burlington High School and graduated from Princeton University in 1974 . He was Secretary of Human Services and a member of the Vermont Democratic Party , a member of the Vermont Senate .

Before becoming lieutenant governor, Racine served five terms in the Vermont Senate from 1983 to 1992. He was chairman of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee and president pro tempore of the Senate from 1989 to 1992. He was elected lieutenant governor in 1996 and he won two re-elections, so that he held this office from 1997 to 2003. In 2002 he ran for governor, but was defeated by Jim Douglas . No candidate won a majority in this election, but Racine failed to get a majority in the Vermont General Assembly . After losing that election, Racine was re-elected to the Vermont Senate in 2006 and re-elected in 2008.

Racine made another candidacy for governor in 2010. In the Democratic Party's nomination election for governor of Vermont, Racine was defeated by Peter Shumlin . Since the vote was very tight, Racine requested a recount, which, however, confirmed Shumlin's nomination. Shumlin won the election against Republican lieutenant governor Brian Dubie and became governor.

On November 30, 2010, Shumin named Racine Secretary of Human Services . On August 12, 2014, Governor Shumlin removed Racine from office.

He is the vice president of Willie Racine's, Inc. , a Jeep auto dealership founded by his father.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members of the Vermont Senate 2007-08 , Vermont General Assembly. Archived from the original on March 5, 2008 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved January 6, 2009. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / vermont-elections.org 
  2. ^ Racine to run for the top spot , Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus. January 6, 2009. Archived from the original on February 12, 2012. 
  3. ↑ Racine formally kicks off campaign for Vermont governor , Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. January 24th 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.burlingtonfreepress.com  
  4. ↑ Close election recalls, recent recounts , Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. November 7, 2014. 
  5. ↑ Shumlin chooses primary rival Racine as Vermont human services secretary , Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. November 30, 2010.  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.burlingtonfreepress.com  
  6. ^ Racine out, Chen in for now at Human Services Agency , Burlington (Vt.) Free Press. August 12, 2014. 
personal data
SURNAME Racine, Doug
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Racine, Douglas A.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American politician
DATE OF BIRTH October 7, 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Burlington , Vermont