Robert Hooper (Vermont politician)

Constituency

Chittenden 6-1 district (2019-2023)
Chittenden 18 district (2023-2026)

Robert Hooper

Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office 2019 – March 16, 2026
Succeeded by	Kevin Scully
Constituency	Chittenden 6-1 district (2019-2023) Chittenden 18 district (2023-2026)

Personal details
Party	Democratic
Robert Hooper's voice Robert Hooper asking a question during a committee meeting of the committee on Government operations and military affairs Recorded February 27, 2024

Robert Hooper is an American politician from Vermont. He is a U.S. Army veteran and served from 2019 to 2026 as a Democratic member of the Vermont House of Representatives.^[1]^[2] He resigned in March 2026 after being found to have violated the chamber's sexual harassment rules.^[3]

Hooper joined the Army in 1971 and served in the signal corps as a radio operator.

Electoral history

Robert Hooper electoral history

2012 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-1 district Democratic primary^[4]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Joanna Cole	658	36.04%
	Democratic	Bill Aswad (incumbent)	619	33.90%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper	536	29.35%
	Write-in		13	0.71%
Total votes			1,826	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	568

2014 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-1 district election^[5]
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Kurt Wright (incumbent)	1,598	30.95%
	Democratic	Joanna Cole (incumbent)	1,265	24.50%
	Republican	Michael Ly	1,217	23.57%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper	953	18.46%
	Libertarian	Loyal Ploof	68	1.32%
	Libertarian	Roy Collette	49	0.95%
	Write-in		13	0.25%
Total votes			5,163	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	359

2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-1 district election^[6]^[7]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	1,133	57.25%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper	831	41.99%
	Write-in		15	0.76%
Total votes			1,979	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	881
General election
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	2,680	41.05%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper	1,999	30.62%
	Republican	Kurt Wright (incumbent)	1,833	28.08%
	Write-in		16	0.25%
Total votes			6,528	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	1,582

2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 6-1 district election^[8]^[9]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	1,586	52.19%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	1,421	46.76%
	Write-in		32	1.05%
Total votes			3,039	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	1,045
General election
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	3,641	51.45%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	3,305	46.70%
	Write-in		131	1.85%
Total votes			7,077	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	2,997

2022 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 18 district election^[10]^[11]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	1,601	53.80%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	1,356	45.56%
	Write-in		19	0.64%
Total votes			2,976	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	1,040
General election
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	2,956	50.62%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	2,768	47.40%
	Write-in		116	1.99%
Total votes			5,840	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	2,136

2024 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden 18 district election^[12]^[13]
Primary election
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	963	51.17%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	895	47.56%
	Write-in		24	1.27%
Total votes			1,882	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	474
General election
	Democratic	Carol Ode (incumbent)	3,264	50.36%
	Democratic	Robert Hooper (incumbent)	3,091	47.69%
	Write-in		123	1.90%
Total votes			6,481	100.00%
		Blank/Spoiled	3,082

Robert Hooper (Vermont politician)

Electoral history

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