Campaign 2018: Bristol's Ethan Sonneborn Brings A New Generation Into Vermont Politics

Vermont Public | By Mitch Wertlieb,

Published July 24, 2018 at 3:37 PM EDT

Bristol Democrat Ethan Sonneborn is 14 years old and running in the Democratic primary to be the party's pick for governor.

Bristol Democrat Ethan Sonneborn is one of four registered candidates seeking the party's nomination for governor in the Aug. 14 primary. At 14 years old, he's by far the youngest, which he hopes will engage more young people in politics. We're talking with the candidate about his platform and why he's seeking the job of governor.

Broadcast live on Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Mitch Wertlieb

A graduate of NYU with a Master's Degree in journalism, Mitch has more than 20 years experience in radio news. He got his start as news director at NYU's college station, and moved on to a news director (and part-time DJ position) for commercial radio station WMVY on Martha's Vineyard. But public radio was where Mitch wanted to be and he eventually moved on to Boston where he worked for six years in a number of different capacities at member station WBUR...as a Senior Producer, Editor, and fill-in co-host of the nationally distributed Here and Now. Mitch has been a guest host of the national NPR sports program "Only A Game". He's also worked as an editor and producer for international news coverage with Monitor Radio in Boston.

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Matt Smith worked for Vermont Public from 2017 to 2023 as managing editor and senior producer of Vermont Edition.

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