The Progressive party in Vermont has no candidate for U.S. Congress in the August 11, 2026 primary election. Please write-in Cris Ericson for Representative to Congress on the Progressive Party ballot in the primary. The Republicans have two candidates, Gerald Malloy of Weathersfield and Marc Coester of Westminster. The Democrats have one candidate, current incumbent U.S. Congressperson Becca Balint. There are only 3 ballots to choose from when you vote in the Primary election August 11, 2026 in Vermont, Democrat, Republican or Progressive. Independent candidates have more time to collect and file petition signatures for the Nov. 3, 2026 general election.
I’m Cris Ericson and I approve of this idea of you giving me a write-in vote.
I’m 74 years old and arthritic and have not been able to get out and collect
petition signatures to get myself on the ballot as an independent candidate.
I won the Progressive primary in 2020 and came in with 13% of the statewide
vote as a candidate for Auditor then. A party only needs to achieve 5% of the
statewide vote to keep their status as a major party. The Progressives only
have 3 different candidates, all for statewide offices, for the August 11, 2026
primary election. Rachel Shaw of Bennington is running for two offices, Secretary of State and State Senator. Zachary Hampl is running for State Treasurer and he is from Rutland. William “Bill” Coleman is from Newark and he is running for State Representative. There is no one running against each of
these candidates on the Progressive Party primary election ballot in Vermont August 11, 2026. I keep repeating the date hoping someone will show up to vote in the primary.
I honestly believe the Progressive party has a much better chance of staying a
major party if you all get out and take the Progressive ballot in the primary and give me a write-in vote for Representative to Congress. My federal issues of challenging tax laws is critical to bringing in more money to help people and support programs in Vermont.
I am a better candidate for Vermonters to give a write-in vote for on the Progressive ballot rather than any other candidate because I am the only candidate with 4 major federal level plans to bring a lot more money into the state of Vermont to support all kinds of programs people need to survive here. Please visit my website and learn. In the past, I campaigned for many long years to legalize marijuana, and finally the Democrats stole my platform and changed the popular name of the plant to cannabis and they legalized it under state law. Eventually they will smarten up and steal my plans to bring more money to Vermont, but they haven’t evolved enough yet. That’s why you need to take the Progressive party ballot in the primary and give me a write-in vote.
Cris Ericson http://crisericson.com
also known as VermontParty.com and
SnowballParty.org
