1. Matt Dunne was born on November 20,1969 and is an American politician and businessman from the US state of Vermont.
21 Facts About Matt Dunne
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Matt Dunne served four terms in the Vermont House of Representatives, two terms in the Vermont State Senate, was the Democratic candidate in the 2006 Vermont Lt.
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Matt Dunne grew up in Hartland, Vermont, the son of lawyer and civil rights activist John Bailey Dunne and college professor Faith Weinstein Dunne.
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Matt Dunne attended Hanover High School in Hanover, New Hampshire, graduating in 1987.
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Matt Dunne then spent a year at Choate Rosemary Hall, a boarding school in Wallingford, Connecticut.
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Matt Dunne co-founded Cabin Fever Productions, which managed the Briggs Opera House and facilitated concerts in downtown White River Junction.
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At age 22, Matt Dunne was elected to the Vermont House of Representatives representing Hartland and West Windsor in 1992.
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Matt Dunne served four terms in the Vermont House, during which he served as Vice-Chair of the Transportation Committee.
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Matt Dunne served as director for two and a half years, under both President Clinton and President Bush.
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Matt Dunne served on the Appropriations, Economic Development, and Administrative Rules Committees.
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Matt Dunne served as Chair of the Vermont delegation to the New England Board of Higher Education.
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Matt Dunne's campaign received attention for its service politics events, where campaign volunteers worked with Vermont communities on local service projects.
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On November 3,2009, Matt Dunne announced that he would seek the Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont in 2010.
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Matt Dunne was one of five Democrats vying for the nomination.
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Matt Dunne finished ahead of Susan Bartlett, but behind Peter Shumlin, Doug Racine, and Deborah Markowitz.
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Shumlin went on to win the general election, and all his primary opponents but Matt Dunne subsequently joined the Shumlin administration.
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In February 2016 Matt Dunne left his position at Google, indicating to members of the media that he did so to focus on his campaign.
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Matt Dunne received the endorsements of two major Vermont labor groups, the Vermont State Employees Association and the Vermont branch of the AFL-CIO, and the progressive Vermont activist group Rights and Democracy.
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Matt Dunne was endorsed by the Burlington Free Press, which praised his clearly articulated plans for Vermont's economy and government.
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Matt Dunne emphasized ethics, transparency, and campaign finance reform in his campaign, with a plan to require greater disclosure of campaign assets, close the revolving door between regulators and industry in Montpelier, improve Vermont's public campaign financing, and eliminate direct corporate contributions to campaigns.
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Matt Dunne supported universal background checks for gun sales in Vermont, but unlike his rivals has not called for a ban on assault weapons.