Rep. William Notte, D-Rutland City, will join the House leadership in the next legislative session.
The Vermont House Democrats announced Sunday that Notte, who was just reelected to a third term, had been voted in as assistant majority leader for leadership development.
Notte joins a team that includes likely returning House Speaker Rep. Jill Krowinski, D-Burlington; returning Majority Leader Rep. Emily Long, D-Newfane; and two other assistant majority leaders, Rep. Kathleen James, D-Manchester, and Rep. Jana Brown, D-Richmond.
“This year is one of real flux for the Legislature,” Notte said on Monday. “So many new members and, more than that, so many new committee chairs. ... So I really made a push for the position. ... This is going to be a year where tones are set and legislative strategies that we’ll be working on for years are established, and I really want to be working on that.”
Notte said Rep. Patricia McCoy, R-Poultney, is expected to continue as House Minority Leader, and the two of them will give the Rutland County delegation a strong voice in Montpelier.
Notte’s elevation comes despite having prominently broken ranks a number of times, voting against his party on the minimum wage and firearms legislation, and voting to uphold Gov. Phil Scott’s veto of the 2020 climate change bill.
“What I think that shows is the Democrats are a big-tent party,” he said. “We have
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