NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Brian Dubie

Brian Dubie (born March 9, 1959) is the 85th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. He is a member of the Republican party. March 9 is the 68th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (69th in Leap years). ... 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area Ranked 43rd - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 kmÂ²) - Width 80 miles (130 km) - Length 160 miles (260 km) - % water 3. ... The Republican Party, often called the GOP (for Grand Old Party, although one early citation described it as the Gallant Old Party) [1], is one of the two major political parties in the United States. ...

Brian Dubie's previous political experience before running for Lieutenant Governor was serving on a Burlington, Vermont area school board. He won the 2002 elections due in part to a split liberal vote between Democrat Peter Shumlin and strong third-party candidate Anthony Pollina), he was easily re-elected along with incumbent governor Jim Douglas in the 2004 elections. Though he is known for his laid-back approach to campaigning and is neither extremely popular nor extremely unpopular, he has won a measure of respect from both sides of the aisle due to his initiatives to open increased trade between Vermont and various unlikely foreign trading partners, most notably Cuba. In 2005, a trade commission headed by Dubie agreed to sell cows, milk, and apples to the country in spite of the decades-old U.S trade embargo against Fidel Castro's government. A Lieutenant Governor is a government official who is the subordinate or deputy of a Governor or Governor-General. ... Burlington is the largest city in the U.S. state of Vermont and is the Shire town of Chittenden County, Vermont. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... The Democratic Party is one of two major political parties in the United States, the other being the Republican Party. ... James H. Jim Douglas (born June 21, 1952) is an American politician from the U.S. state of Vermont. ... 2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz (born August 13, 1926) is the current President of Cuba. ...

Though he is now the lieutenant governor of a U.S state and in spite of previous service on school boards and other small committees before his election in 2002, Dubie's primary job experience is as a pilot. He served in the Vermont Air National Guard, and has made a career out of flying for American Airlines as a captain. He also holds the rank of Colonel in the U.S Air Force Reserve. Shield of the United States Air National Guard The Air National Guard (ANG) is part of the United States National Guard and a reserve component of the United States Air Force (USAF). ... American Airlines and American Eagle aircraft at San Juan American Airlines is the largest airline in the world in terms of total pasengers transported and fleet size, and the second-largest airline in the world (behind Air France-KLM) in terms of total operating revenues. ... Colonel is a military rank of a commissioned officer, with the corresponding ranks existing in nearly every country in the world. ... The United States Air Force (USAF) is the aviation branch of the United States armed forces. ...

Lieutenant Governor Dubie was expected to run for the U.S Senate seat being vacated by retiring independent Jim Jeffords; however, he withdrew from the race on October 26, 2005, in large part due to the popularity of opposition candidate and current U.S Representative Bernie Sanders. James Merrill Jim Jeffords (born May 11, 1934 in Rutland, Vermont) is currently the junior U.S. Senator from Vermont and the only Independent in the United States Senate. ... October 26 is the 299th day of the year (300th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 66 days remaining. ... 2005 (MMV) was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Bernie Sanders at a press conference on the rising cost of fuel. ...

Dubie is married and has four children.

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Preceded by: Doug Racine	Lieutenant Governor of Vermont 2003 –	Succeeded by: Incumbent

Current lieutenant governors (and first in lines of succession) of states of the United States

AK: Loren Leman
AL: Lucy Baxley
AR: Winthrop Paul Rockefeller
AZ: Jan Brewer (SS)
CA: Cruz Bustamante
CO: Jane Norton
CT: Kevin Sullivan
DE: John C. Carney, Jr.
FL: Toni Jennings
GA: Mark Taylor
HI: James Aiona
IA: Sally Pederson
ID: Mark Ricks
Douglas A. Racine is a former Lieutenant Governor of Vermont. ... Official language(s) None Capital Montpelier Largest city Burlington Area Ranked 43rd - Total 9,620 sq mi (24,923 kmÂ²) - Width 80 miles (130 km) - Length 160 miles (260 km) - % water 3. ... Current party control of Lieutenant Governors offices. ... This is a list of people who have served as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Alaska since statehood in 1959. ... Loren Leman (born December 02, 1950) is is the first person of Alaska Native ancestry to be elected to statewide office in Alaska and is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alaska and a member of the Republican Party. ... Lucy Baxley Lucy Baxley is the current Lieutenant Governor of Alabama, elected in 2002 and the Democratic candidate for Governor in 2006. ... October 10, 2003 Winthorp Rockefeller Unveiling the new Boy Scouts License Plate Winthrop Paul Rockefeller (born September 17, 1948), is currently Lieutenant Governor of the U.S. state of Arkansas. ... This a List of Lieutenant Governors of the State of California, 1850-present. ... Cruz Miguel Bustamante (born January 4, 1953) is an American politician. ... The lieutenant governor of Colorado is the second-highest-ranking member of the executive department of the Colorado state goverment, below only the Governor of Colorado. ... Kevin Sullivan, a Democrat, is Connecticuts 106th lieutenant governor. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Delaware is the second ranking Executive officer of the U.S. state of Delaware. ... John C. Carney, Jr. ... The position of lietuenant governor was created in the 1968 Florida state constitution (See Article IV, Section 2). ... Toni Jennings is the 16th lieutenant governor of Florida. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Georgia is a constitutional officer of the state, elected to a 4-year term by popular vote. ... Mark Taylor Mark Fletcher Taylor, is currently serving his second term as lieutenant governor of the U.S. state of Georgia. ... Lieutenant Governors of Hawaii have been administering their duties from the Hawaii State Capitol since 1969. ... An infamous drug court judge, James Aiona became the first Republican elected Lieutenant Governor of Hawaii in forty years. ... Sally Pederson is the current Lieutenant Governor of the state of Iowa. ... Lieutenant Governor of Idaho is a constitutional statewide elected office in the State of Idaho. ... Mark Ricks Mark G. Ricks (born July 4, 1924 in Rexburg, Idaho) is a Republican politician from Idaho. ...

IL: Pat Quinn
IN: Becky Skillman
KS: John E. Moore
KY: Steve Pence
LA: Mitch Landrieu
MA: Kerry Healey
MD: Michael Steele
ME: Beth Edmonds (SP)
MI: John D. Cherry
MN: Carol Molnau
MO: Peter Kinder
MS: Amy Tuck
MT: John Bohlinger
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NC: Beverly Perdue
ND: Jack Dalrymple
NE: Rick Sheehy
NH: Theodore Gatsas (SP)
NJ: Richard Codey (SP)
NM: Diane Denish
NV: Lorraine Hunt
NY: Mary Donohue
OH: Bruce Johnson
OK: Mary Fallin
OR: Bill Bradbury (SS)
PA: Catherine Baker Knoll
RI: Charles J. Fogarty
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SC: André Bauer
SD: Dennis Daugaard
TN: John S. Wilder
TX: David Dewhurst
UT: Gary R. Herbert
VA: Bill Bolling
VT: Brian Dubie
WA: Brad Owen
WI: Barbara Lawton
WV: Earl Ray Tomblin (SP)
WY: Joe Meyer (SS) R. AndrÃ© Bauer (born March 20, 1969) is an American politician who has been the Lieutenant Governor of South Carolina since 2003. ... Dennis Daugaard is the current Lt. ... Dennis M. Daugaard, born June 11, 1953 is the current Lieutenant Governor of South Dakota. ... The Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee is the Speaker of the Tennessee State Senate and first in line in the succession to the office of Governor of Tennessee in the event of the death, resignation, or removal from office through impeachment and conviction of the Governor. ... John Shelton Wilder (born 1921) has served as Lieutenant Governor of Tennessee since 1971. ... Lieutenant Governor of Texas is the second-highest executive office in state government. ... David Dewhurst is a Republican politician from the state of Texas Dewhurst was born in Houston, Texas on August 18, 1945. ... List of Utah Lieutenant Governors since the office was created Please Note: The Office of the Lieutenant Governor in Utah was created in 1976. ... Gary Richard Herbert is a Republican and was elected as Lieutenant Governor of Utah on November 2, 2004. ... The Lieutenant Governor is a constitutional officer of the Commonwealth of Virginia. ... Bill Bolling is the Lieutenant Governor of Virginia. ... Brad Owen (born 1950) is an American politician. ... Categories: Possible copyright violations ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ... Lt. ... The West Virginia Senate is the upper house of the West Virginia Legislature. ...

SP=Senate President
SS=Secretary of State

Categories: 1959 births | Living people | Lieutenant Governors of Vermont | United States Air Force officers | Burlington, Vermont

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Vermont Republican Party :: Candidates (633 words)
	Brian E. Dubie of Essex Junction, Chittenden County, was born in Burlington, Vermont on March 9, 1959.
	Dubie is also the Governor's liaison for International Relations, with a special focus on Asia, the nation of Canada and Province of Quebec, and the nation of Cuba, across a variety of areas, including commerce and tourism, environmental issues, agriculture, energy, education, transportation and border security.
	Dubie is a member of the Executive Boards of the Vermont Environmental Consortium, the American Aerospace States Association, the National Lieutenant Governors' Association, the Vermont Chapter of the American Lung Association, the Green Mountain Chapter of the Boy Scouts of America, and the Governor's Council on International Education.

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