Attorney General of Vermont
Charity Clark
Attorney General of Vermont (since January 2023)DINCUMBENT
- Race
- Attorney General of Vermont
- Election
- 2026-11-03
- Opponent
- Ed Kemon (R)
- Research
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Charity Clark is the incumbent Democratic Attorney General of Vermont, seeking a third two-year term. A former assistant attorney general and chief of staff to a previous attorney general, she was first elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. Her office has joined or brought 70 cases against the Trump administration, along with consumer-protection and child-safety actions.[1][2][3]
On the ballotAttorney General
2026-11-03
| Charity Clark D | incumbent |
| Ed Kemon R | challenger |
Renominated in the August 11 Democratic primary.
Biography
Charity Clark is the incumbent Democratic Attorney General of Vermont, seeking a third two-year term. A former assistant attorney general and chief of staff to a previous attorney general, she was first elected in 2022 and re-elected in 2024. Her office has joined or brought 70 cases against the Trump administration, along with consumer-protection and child-safety actions.[1][2][3]
Basic profile — the most important sourced facts we found.
Charity Clark was born and raised in southern Vermont and grew up working in her family's grocery store in Londonderry, Clark's IGA.[4] She is a graduate of Burr & Burton Academy in Manchester, the University of Vermont and Boston College Law School.[1][4] Before law school she was a policy analyst in the Vermont Governor's Office under Governor Howard Dean, and in 2005 she began her legal career as an associate at Downs Rachlin Martin in Burlington, later practicing at Orrick in New York City.[1][4]
Clark joined the Attorney General's Office in 2014, when then-Attorney General Bill Sorrell hired her as an assistant attorney general in the Public Protection Division.[1] She served as chief of staff to Attorney General T.J. Donovan from 2018 to 2022.[1][4] Elected Attorney General in 2022, she was first sworn in on January 5, 2023, and was re-elected in 2024; both the office and her campaign describe her as the first woman elected to the position.[1][3][4] She advanced from the Democratic primary for the office on August 11, 2026.[5]
Clark serves on the executive committees of the National Association of Attorneys General and the Democratic Attorneys General Association.[4] She is also a justice of the peace and chair of the board of her town library, and she completed Vermont's 272-mile Long Trail in 2021.[1][4]
On the record
Official actions: bills, executive acts, filings and court records.
- legal2026-08-31 · Joined the Federal Trade Commission and 21 other state attorneys general on August 31, 2026 in a lawsuit against Amazon alleging deceptive and unfair practices that inflated prices in its online search advertising auctions.[6]
- legal2026-09-14 · Joined 21 other states and the District of Columbia on September 14, 2026 in suing to halt the Department of Homeland Security's 2026 public charge rule; her office described it as the 70th case she has brought against the Trump administration since January 2025.[7]
- action2026-09-18 · Announced on September 18, 2026 a multistate settlement with Credit Acceptance Corporation, joined by 40 state attorneys general; Vermont's share is $701,251, including restitution to 87 consumers and debt relief to 60 consumers.[8]
- legal2026-09-17 · Argued in the federal case in which U.S. District Judge Mary Kay Lanthier dismissed, on September 17, 2026, the Department of Justice's lawsuit demanding Vermont's unredacted voter list; the court agreed the statute DOJ relied on does not authorize that demand.[9]
In their own words
Priorities
- Protecting Vermont from federal actions she says violate the Constitution or federal law; her campaign says she has sued the Trump administration 49 times and her office's September 14 release describes its 70th case.[10][7]
- Children's online safety and data privacy, including suits against Meta and TikTok and support for a data privacy bill.[10]
- Environmental protection, including a suit against Monsanto over PCB contamination of water resources and schools.[10][11]
- Consumer protection and scam awareness, including a suit against pharmacy benefit managers over prescription drug costs.[10]
- Public safety, including prosecuting violent crimes and sexual crimes against children.[10]
Statements, quoted without a stance
- Protect legal access to abortion
“Charity took every opportunity to support our right to abortion”[10]
On her campaign site, which also cites her suit against the FDA over medication abortion access and her defense of a Vermont law on crisis pregnancy centers
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Sources cited in this profile
- 1.Meet Charity · Charity for Vermont (campaign) Candidate's own words
- 2.Attorney General Clark Sues to Block Trump Administration's Public Charge Rule · Vermont Attorney General · 2026-09-14 Official record
- 3.Vermont 2026 General Election · The Green Papers Reference
- 4.About the Attorney General's Office · Vermont Attorney General Official record
- 5.Charity Clark · Ballotpedia Reference
- 6.Attorney General Clark Sues Amazon for Ad Surcharge Scheme · Vermont Attorney General · 2026-08-31 Official record
- 7.Attorney General Clark Sues to Block Trump Administration's Public Charge Rule · Vermont Attorney General · 2026-09-14 Official record
- 8.Attorney General Clark Announces Settlement With Credit Acceptance Corporation · Vermont Attorney General · 2026-09-18 Official record
- 9.Attorney General Clark and Secretary of State Copeland Hanzas Applaud Court's Dismissal of DOJ Lawsuit · Vermont Attorney General · 2026-09-17 Official record
- 10.Charity Clark for Attorney General · Charity for Vermont (campaign) Candidate's own words
- 11.2026 election interviews: Vermont attorney general · Vermont Public (Vermont Edition) · 2026-10-05 News report