Randy Brock

Randy Brock
Minority Leader of the Vermont Senate
Assumed office
January 6, 2021
Preceded byJoe Benning
Member of the Vermont Senate
from the Franklin district
Assumed office
December 27, 2017
Serving with Robert Norris
Preceded byDustin Allard Degree
In office
January 7, 2009 – January 9, 2013
Preceded byDonald Collins
Succeeded byNorm McAllister
28th Auditor of Vermont
In office
January 3, 2005 – January 4, 2007
GovernorJim Douglas
Preceded byLiz Ready
Succeeded byThomas Salmon
Personal details
Born (1943-09-28) September 28, 1943 (age 81)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
SpouseAndrea Forrest
Children2
EducationMiddlebury College (BA)
Yale University (MA)
Military service
Allegiance United States
Branch/service United States Army
Battles/warsVietnam War

Randolph D. "Randy" Brock III (born September 28, 1943) is an American politician from the state of Vermont and a member of the Republican Party. He currently serves in the Vermont Senate and is the first African American caucus leader in Vermont. He served as the Vermont Auditor of Accounts from 2005 to 2007 and as a member of the Vermont Senate from 2009 to 2013, and was the Republican nominee for Governor of Vermont in 2012, losing to Democratic incumbent Peter Shumlin. He ran unopposed for the 2016 Republican nomination for Lieutenant Governor of Vermont.[1] In December 2017, Governor Phil Scott announced that he had appointed Brock to the Vermont Senate, filling the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dustin Allard Degree.[2]

  1. ^ DeSmet, Nicole Higgins (August 9, 2016). "Zuckerman wins race for Dems lt. governor". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved August 11, 2016.
  2. ^ Hewitt, Elizabeth (December 27, 2017). "Brock to fill vacant Franklin County Senate seat". VTDigger. Montpelier, VT.