14 Facts About Jarrod Sammis

Jarrod Sammis was born in 1989 or 1990 in Middlebury, Vermont, and he grew up in Ticonderoga, New York.

Jarrod Sammis's family has resided in the region for several centuries.

Jarrod Sammis ran for the Vermont House of Representatives as a member of the Republican Party in the 2022 election, running in the Rutland-3 district, which contains Castleton.

Jarrod Sammis was recruited by Robert Helm, the district's retiring representative.

Jarrod Sammis favored "reducing the tax burden to make Vermont more affordable", and was opposed to a proposed carbon tax.

Jarrod Sammis's opponent was Democratic nominee Mary Droege, a lecturer at Castleton University and the chair of the Castleton Democratic Committee, who campaigned primarily on environmental issues.

Jarrod Sammis later declined to attend a candidate forum because he wasn't sent the questions prior to the event.

Jarrod Sammis was elected to the state house, receiving 835 votes to Droege's 793, a margin of 43 votes.

Jarrod Sammis opposed the merger of Castleton University, Northern Vermont University, and Vermont Technical College into a single university, Vermont State University.

Jarrod Sammis is a member of the House Committee on Commerce and Economic Development.

At a press conference on May 3,2023, Jarrod Sammis announced he was officially switching to the Libertarian Party, becoming the only Libertarian state legislator in the country, and the first Libertarian member of the Vermont Legislature since Neil Randall, who was elected to the state house as a Libertarian in 1998 and left the party in 2000.

Jarrod Sammis claimed that he ran a joint Republican-Libertarian fusion ticket, though this was not listed on the ballot.

Jarrod Sammis's switch was supported by high-ranking members of the Libertarian Party of Vermont and the Libertarian National Committee.

Jarrod Sammis distanced himself from the Mises Caucus, a prominent group within the Libertarian Party.