Donald H. Turner

Don Turner
Minority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives
In office
January 5, 2011 – January 9, 2019
Preceded byPatti Komline
Succeeded byPatricia McCoy
Member of the Vermont House of Representatives
from the Chittenden 10th district
In office
January 23, 2007 – January 9, 2019
Personal details
Born (1964-07-19) July 19, 1964 (age 60)
Burlington, Vermont, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseGail Turner
EducationChamplain College (AS)

Donald H. "Don" Turner Jr. (born July 19, 1964) is an American Republican politician who served in the Vermont House of Representatives, to which he was first elected in 2006.[1][2] He represented the Chittenden-9 district until 2012 and represented the Chittenden-10 district from 2013 to 2019 for the town of Milton in Chittenden County. He also served as the Minority Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives from 2011 to 2019. Turner currently serves as the Town Manager of Milton as well as a member of the Board of Civil Authority.[3] He is also a certified fire instructor, a member of the International Association of Fire Chiefs, Milton Firefighters Association, and was the Milton Fire and Rescue Chief and Forest Fire Warden.[4]

Turner was the 2018 Republican nominee for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.[5] He ran on a platform of affordability and economic growth; balance and collaboration; and supporting first responders and service-members.[6] Turner lost to incumbent Dave Zuckerman (P/D) in the November general election.

  1. ^ "List of Representatives in the Vermont House of Representatives from the state legislators database -- Adam Brown, BYU Political Science". adambrown.info. Archived from the original on 2019-05-17. Retrieved 2019-05-17.
  2. ^ Vote Smart -- Donald Turner, Jr.'s Biography
  3. ^ "Turner appointed acting manager". The Milton Independent Online. Retrieved 2017-08-02.
  4. ^ "Representative Don Turner". legislature.vermont.gov.
  5. ^ Norton, Kit (19 August 2018). "Turner fundraising outpaces Zuckerman in lieutenant governor race". VTDigger.
  6. ^ "Issues". Don Turner Jr. Retrieved 2019-07-02.