Richard W. Sears

Richard Sears
Sears in 2017
Member of the Vermont Senate
from the Bennington district
Assumed office
January 1993
Serving with Brian Campion
Preceded byJohn Page
Personal details
Born
Richard Warden Sears Jr.

(1943-04-22) April 22, 1943 (age 80)
Framingham, Massachusetts, U.S.
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBeverly Bushey
Residence(s)Bennington, Vermont, U.S.
Alma materUniversity of Vermont (BA)

Richard Warden Sears Jr. (born April 22, 1943) is a Democratic member of the Vermont State Senate, representing the Bennington senate district.

Richard Sears was first elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1992 and continues to serve in that office.

Biography[edit]

Sears was born in Framingham, Massachusetts on April 22, 1943. He attended school in Ashland, Massachusetts, followed by the New Hampton School in New Hampton, New Hampshire. He went on to receive a B.A. degree from the University of Vermont in 1969.

He has resided in Bennington, Vermont since 1971, and is married to Beverly Sears (formerly Beverly Bushey).

He has worked in residential programs for troubled youth since the 1970s.

Public life[edit]

Sears served on the Bennington school board from 1987 to 1993 and was chairman for four of those years.

He was elected to the Vermont State Senate in 1992 and has been reelected in 1994, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2010, 2012, 2014, 2016, 2018, and 2020.

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