Democratic Party Vermont state senators

Jean Ankeney (March 29, 1922 – May 14, 2005) was an American politician, teacher, and public health nurse.
Born in Fuzhou, China, to American missionaries, Ankeney grew up in Williamstown, Massachusetts. She received her bachelor's degree from Hiram College and her master's degree from Case Western Reserve University. Ankeney was a teacher and public health nurse. In 1975, Ankeney moved to Vermont and lived in St. George, Vermont. From 1993 to 2002, Ankeney served in the Vermont State Senate and was a Democrat. Ankeney died at her home in St. George, Vermont of a rare form of lung cancer.

Elizabeth Mary "Liz" Ready (pronounced "reedy") (born October 7, 1953) is a Vermont non-profit director and elected official who is most notable for her advocacy for Vermonters with lower incomes, especially the housing insecure. She served in the Vermont Senate from 1989 to 2001 on the Senate Finance, Appropriations, Agriculture and Natural Resources and Energy (including a stint as Chair). She also served as Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 2001 to 2005.

John S. Rodgers (born July 29, 1965) is an American politician who served in the Vermont Senate from the Essex-Orleans district from 2013 to 2021. He previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives from the Orleans-Caledonia 1 district from 2003 to 2011.He ran as a write-in candidate in the Democratic primary for Governor of Vermont in 2018.Rodgers also proposed a controversial bill proposing the banning of cellphone use for people under the age of 21.Rogers lives on a farm which has been in his family for over 200 years.