The 2020 Vermont gubernatorial election was an election in the U.S state of Vermont to decide the next governor of the state. The election was on November 3, 2020. The incumbent Republican Governor of Vermont, Phil Scott went against his lieutenant governor David Zuckerman who was part of the Vermont Progressive Party. Phil Scott did not run a campaign until the emergency of the COVID-19 pandemic in Vermont ended. He won the election in the biggest victory for a governor in Vermont since 1996.