Phil Scott

Phil Scott’s first business involved renting boats and mowing lawns at Lake Elmore when he was 18; a motorcycle shop and construction work came later.¹ He grew up in Barre, where his mother raised three boys after his father, who had suffered severe injuries during World War II, died when Scott was 11.¹

At Spaulding High School, he combined college preparation with vocational classes, then studied technical education at the University of Vermont before building a career in business.¹ At DuBois Construction, he worked his way from laborer to foreman and eventually coowner, while also pursuing stock car racing at Thunder Road.¹ His racing car carries the number 14, and cycling has been another pursuit away from work and politics.¹

Scott served five terms in the Vermont Senate and became lieutenant governor before winning the governor’s office in 2016.¹ Away from legislative work, he started Wheels for Warmth, which sells usable donated tires to help pay heating bills, and shares a family with his wife, Diana, and two grown daughters.¹

Seeking a sixth term against Democrat Amanda Janoo, Scott wants to carry through a restructuring of Vermont’s education system in response to falling enrollment and rising costs.² He favors changes to health insurance markets and has questioned how Janoo would pay for universal primary care, making school organization and the cost of health coverage central choices in their race.²