Brian Campion (politician)

Brian Campion (born December 11, 1970) is a Vermont educator and politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he represents Bennington district in the Vermont Senate.

Born in Albany, New York, Campion attended four universities and received two degrees. He attended Springfield College (B.A., 1993), the Université Laval in Quebec, the University of Massachusetts Amherst (M.A., 2001) and the University of Provence in France.[1]

As the director of Public Policy for the Center for the Advancement of Public Action at Bennington College, Campion facilitates all programs connected to state and federal policy. [2] He has organized and led talk series on various public policy issues including contemporary challenges to American Democracy. [3][4] Campion is also a trustee for the Bennington Museum, Threshold Collaborative, and Green Mountain Express Network. [1]

He ran for state representative in 2010, one of three candidates seeking two seats in the Bennington-2-1 district. Both incumbent state representatives, Democrat Tim Corcoran II and Republican Joseph L. Krawczyk, Jr., were seeking re-election and had endorsed each other.[5] In the general election held on November 2, 2010, Campion won 1,461 votes, finishing behind Corcoran's 1,965 but ahead of Krawczyk's 1,120.[6] He was therefore elected and took office on January 5, 2011. He won re-election in 2012. Campion was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2014.

Campion is openly gay; he lives in Bennington with his partner Eric Hatch.[7] He is one of six openly gay members of the Vermont Legislature, alongside representatives Bill Lippert (D–Hinesburg), Herb Russell (D–Rutland), Matt Trieber (D–Bellows Falls) and Joanna E. Cole (D–Burlington), as well as senator Becca Balint (D–Windham).