Member of the Vermont Senate from the Caledonia district
In office January 2011 – January 4, 2023
Preceded by
Matthew Choate
Succeeded by
Seat abolished
Personal details
Born
Joseph Charles Benning
(1956-12-07) December 7, 1956 (age 67) Long Branch, New Jersey, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Debbie
Children
2
Education
Lyndon State College (BA) Vermont Law School (JD)
Website
Official website
Joseph Charles Benning[1] (born December 7, 1956) is an American politician and a Republican who served as a member of the Vermont Senate representing Caledonia District from 2011 to 2023.[2] He served as the Senate's Minority leader from January 2013 to January 2017, when he was succeeded by Dustin Allard Degree.[3] In late 2017, Degree resigned from the Senate, and Benning was again chosen by the Senate's Republicans to serve as Minority Leader.[4]
Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, Benning graduated from Mater Dei High School in 1975.[5] He earned a B.A. in Social Science from Lyndon State College in 1979 and a J.D. from the Vermont Law School in 1983.
Benning is former Chair of Vermont's Human Rights Commission and former member of the Board of Trustees for the Vermont State Colleges. He was elected to the Vermont Senate in 2010.
^"Joe Benning's Biography". Project Vote Smart. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^"Senator Joe Benning". Montpelier, Vermont: Vermont Legislature. Retrieved January 4, 2018.
^Johnson, Mark (January 9, 2017). "Senate GOP changes leadership as last year's divisions linger". VT Digger. Montpelier, VT.
^Walters, John (January 10, 2018). "Fair game: A Triumphant Return". Seven Days. Burlington, VT.
^Senator Joe Benning, Vermont General Assembly. Accessed January 5, 2018. "Joe Benning of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Republican, was born in Long Branch, New Jersey, on December 7, 1956. Occupation: trial lawyer. Joe graduated from Mater Dei High School in New Monmouth, New Jersey, in 1975"
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