Doug Hoffer

Doug Hoffer
Auditor of Vermont
Assumed office
January 10, 2013
Governor Peter Shumlin
Phil Scott
Preceded by Tom Salmon
Personal details
Born (1951-09-03) September 3, 1951
New Rochelle, New York, U.S.
Political party Democratic
Other political
affiliations		 Progressive
Education Williams College (BA)
State University of New York,
Buffalo (JD)

Doug Hoffer (born September 3, 1951) is an American policy analyst from Burlington, Vermont who is currently serving as the Vermont State Auditor. He took office on January 10, 2013.

Personal life

Douglas R. Hoffer, Jr. was born September 3, 1951 in New Rochelle, New York and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut.[1] He is in a long-term relationship, and has no children.[2] Hoffer is an avid golfer and a former club champion at the Williston Golf Club.[3]

Education

Doug left high school in his junior year as his interests lay elsewhere (it was 1968 after all). He earned a high school equivalency degree two years later.[4] Doug entered Williams College in 1981 at age 30.[5] He graduated with a B.A. in Political Science from Williams College and went on to receive a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School (Magna Cum Laude).[6]

Career

After leaving high school, Doug worked and traveled for over a decade. While living in the Berkshires in western Massachusetts, Doug worked as the Mâitre D’ at Alice’s (Restaurant) at Avaloch in Lenox.[7] Upon graduation from law school in 1988, he accepted a position with the City of Burlington in the Community and Economic Development Office (CEDO) having learned of the City’s innovative approach to community development under then-mayor Bernie Sanders and CEDO Director Peter Clavelle.[8]

Hoffer left City Hall in 1993 and worked as a self-employed policy analyst for 19 years until winning election as State Auditor in 2012. Some of his clients included the Vermont State Auditor, Peace & Justice Center (for whom he wrote all ten phases of The Job Gap Study), Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont Employees Association, Yellow Wood Associates, City of Burlington, Burlington Electric Department, and the Public Assets Institute.[9]

Hoffer was appointed to the Burlington Electric Commission by the Mayor and City Council in 1994. The Commission oversees the municipal electric department and Hoffer served as chair of the commission for five of his six years, from 1995 to 2000. [10]

Elected office

Hoffer first ran for State Auditor in 2010 as the Democratic candidate, with an endorsement from the Vermont Progressive Party, and lost to Republican incumbent Tom Salmon.[11]

In 2012, running as the nominee of the Democrats and Progressives, he defeated Republican State Senator Vincent Illuzzi and Liberty Union Party nominee Jerry Levy (Salmon did not run for re-election).[12]

Hoffer ran unopposed in 2014.[13]

In 2016, Hoffer defeated Republican Dan Feliciano and Liberty Union Party candidate Marina Brown.[14] As in prior campaigns, Hoffer was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders.[15]


Electoral history

Vermont Auditor Democratic Primary Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic Doug Hoffer 35,750 58.2
Democratic Edward Flanagan 24,630 40.1
Democratic Write-ins 1,065 1.7
Vermont Auditor Election, 2010
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Thomas Salmon (inc.) 120,237 52.0
Democratic* Doug Hoffer 105,081 45.5
Liberty Union Jerry Levy 5,736 2.5
Write-ins Write-ins 111 0.0

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

Vermont Auditor Election, 2012
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic* Doug Hoffer 140,668 51.4
Republican Vincent Illuzzi 123,669 45.2
Liberty Union Jerry Levy 9,368 3.4
Write-ins Write-ins 12 0.0

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

Vermont Auditor Election, 2014
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic* Doug Hoffer (inc.) 146,836 99.8
Write-ins Write-ins 323 0.2

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

Vermont Auditor Election, 2016
Party Candidate Votes %
Democratic* Doug Hoffer (inc.) 159,695 55.4
Republican Dan Feliciano 113,231 39.3
Liberty Union Marina Brown 15,099 5.2
Write-ins Write-ins 228 0.0

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

References

  1. ↑ Vermont State Auditor, Biography, Doug Hoffer, accessed September 10, 2017
  2. ↑ Vermont Public Radio, State Auditor Candidates Differ On Approach To Office, October 17, 2012
  3. ↑ "Membership Info". About Williston Golf Club. Williston, VT: Williston Golf Club. Retrieved February 21, 2017.
  4. ↑ File:Douglas_Hoffer's_High_School_Eqivalency_Diploma.pdf
  5. ↑ Alicia Freese, Seven Days, State Auditor Doug Hoffer Wants to Keep His (59th) Job, September 21, 2016
  6. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, 2012 Election results
  7. ↑ Alicia Freese, Seven Days, State Auditor Doug Hoffer Wants to Keep His (59th) Job, September 21, 2016
  8. ↑ Alicia Freese, Seven Days, State Auditor Doug Hoffer Wants to Keep His (59th) Job, September 21, 2016
  9. ↑ Vermont State Auditor, Biographies, 2018.
  10. ↑ Ken Picard, Seven Days, Power Play: The risks and rewards of privatizing Burlington Electric, November 9, 2011
  11. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, 2010 General election results, 2010
  12. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, 2012 General Election Results, 2012
  13. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, 2014 Auditor General Election Results, accessed September 10, 2017
  14. ↑ Vermont Secretary of State, 2016 Auditor General Election Results, 2016
  15. ↑ Jasper Craven, VTDIGGER.ORG, Sanders endorses slate of Vermont Democrats, October 13, 2016
Political offices
Preceded by
Tom Salmon		 Auditor of Vermont
2013–present		 Incumbent
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