Bill Doyle, is a Republican

Republican Party (United States)

The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...

 member of the Vermont Senate

Vermont Senate

The Vermont Senate is the upper house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The Senate consists of 30 members. Senate districting divides the 30 members into three single-member districts, six two-member districts, three three-member districts, and one...

, representing the Washington Vermont Senate District since 1969. He currently serves as the Senate Minority Leader.

In 1984, Doyle published The Vermont Political Tradition, a survey of the State's political development from its formation as an independent republic in 1777 to the election of Madeline Kunin as Vermont Governor.

Since 1969, he has conducted an annual poll of town meeting

Town meeting

A town meeting is a form of direct democratic rule, used primarily in portions of the United States since the 17th century, in which most or all the members of a community come together to legislate policy and budgets for local government....

 participants across Vermont. Attracting many thousands of responses annually, the Doyle poll asks respondents for their views on about a dozen issues of the day.

External links

• Project Vote Smart - Senator William T. Doyle (VT) profile
• Follow the Money - William T. Doyle
  • 2006 2002 2000 1998 1996 campaign contributions