Doug Racine
{{short description|American politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Doug Racine
|image = Doug Racine (Vermont lieutenant governor).jpg
|office = 79th Lieutenant Governor of Vermont
|governor = Howard Dean
|term_start = January 9, 1997
|term_end = January 8, 2003
|predecessor = Barbara Snelling
|successor = Brian Dubie
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1952|10|7}}
|birth_place = Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
|death_date =
|death_place =
|party = Democratic
|education = Princeton University (BA)
}}
Douglas Alan Racine (born October 7, 1952) is an American politician and former Vermont Secretary of Human Services, a former Vermont State Senator and was the 79th lieutenant governor of Vermont from 1997 to 2003. He is a Democrat. Racine was a candidate for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont. He previously ran for governor in 2002, but lost to Republican Jim Douglas. In an election where no candidate won a majority, Douglas won a 45% plurality, and Racine declined to contest the outcome before the Vermont General Assembly.
Biography
Racine is a 1970 graduate of Burlington High School. He graduated with an A.B. in politics from Princeton University in 1974 after completing a senior thesis titled "Changes in Interplay Competition in Vermont."{{Cite journal|last=Racine|first=Douglas Alan|date=1974|title=Changes in Interplay Competition in Vermont|url=http://dataspace.princeton.edu/jspui/handle/88435/dsp01nk322f98v}} Racine worked as a legislative assistant for Senator Patrick Leahy. He has long been involved in his family's business, the Willie Racine's, Inc. Jeep dealership founded by his father, of which he has served as vice president.
Racine served 5 terms in the Vermont Senate (1983–93). He was Chairman of the Senate Natural Resources and Energy Committee and President Pro Tem of the Senate (1989–93). He was elected Lieutenant Governor in 1996 and served three terms (1997–2003){{cite news| title=Members of the Vermont Senate 2007-08| publisher=Vermont General Assembly| url=http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2007CGSenate.pdf| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080305201858/http://vermont-elections.org/elections1/2007CGSenate.pdf| url-status=dead| archive-date=2008-03-05}} with Governor Howard Dean.
He was the Democratic nominee for governor in 2002, but lost to Republican Jim Douglas. Because no candidate won a majority, the Vermont General Assembly had to decide. The General Assembly almost always votes for the candidate who received a plurality. Racine did not contest the results, and the legislature chose Douglas.
In 2006, Racine was again elected to the Vermont Senate, representing the Chittenden Senate District. He was re-elected in 2008.
Racine ran for the 2010 Democratic nomination for Governor of Vermont.{{cite news| title=Racine to run for the top spot| date=January 6, 2009| publisher=Barre-Montpelier (Vt.) Times-Argus| url=http://timesargus.com/article/20090106/NEWS01/901060332/1002/NEWS01| url-status=dead| archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120212211648/http://timesargus.com/article/20090106/NEWS01/901060332/1002/NEWS01| archivedate=February 12, 2012}}{{cite news| title=Racine formally kicks off campaign for Vermont governor| date=January 24, 2010| publisher=Burlington (Vt.) Free Press| url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20100124/NEWS03/100123011/Racine-formally-kicks-off-campaign-for-Vermont-governor}}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} In the 5-way Democratic primary on August 24, 2010, Racine placed second with 18,079 votes (24.22%) to first-place winner Peter Shumlin's 18,276 votes (24.48%). Racine requested a recount,{{cite news|title=Shumlin wins; Racine calls for recount |date=August 27, 2010 |publisher=Burlington (Vt.) Free Press |url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/201008271359/NEWS03/100827014 }}{{dead link|date=December 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} which reaffirmed Shumlin's nomination. Shumlin then defeated Republican Lieutenant Governor Brian Dubie in the November 2, 2010 general election.
On November 30, 2010, Gov.-elect Shumlin nominated Racine to be his Secretary of Human Services.{{cite news | title=Shumlin chooses primary rival Racine as Vermont human services secretary | date=November 30, 2010 | publisher=Burlington (Vt.) Free Press | url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/article/20101130/NEWS03/101130009/1095/rss07 }}{{dead link|date=September 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} On August 12, 2014, Governor Shumlin announced the departure of Racine from the same post.{{cite news | title=Racine out, Chen in for now at Human Services Agency
| date=August 12, 2014 | publisher=Burlington (Vt.) Free Press | url=http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/story/news/politics/2014/08/12/racine-vermont-human-services/13944047/}}
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Category:Lieutenant governors of Vermont
Category:Politicians from Burlington, Vermont
Category:Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate
Category:Democratic Party Vermont state senators