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Why Army veteran Gerald Malloy wants to represent Vermont in the U.S. Senate

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Gerald Malloy is seeking the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate, looking to fill a vacancy left by the retirement of Democrat Sen. Patrick Leahy.

A Perkinsville U.S. Army veteran who has worked in emergency management programs in New England is running for the U.S. Senate as a Republican, seeking the seat set to be vacated by Sen. Patrick Leahy.

Leahy, a Democrat, announced he would not seek re-election.

Malloy joins Vermont Edition to talk about his reasons for running and the issues he considers core to his campaign.

Broadcast live on Thursday, May 5, 2022 at noon; rebroadcast at 7 p.m.

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Connor Cyrus joined Vermont Public as host and senior producer in March 2021. He was a morning reporter at WJAR in Providence, Rhode Island. A graduate of Lyndon State College (now Northern Vermont University), he started his reporting career as an intern at WPTZ, later working for WAGM in Presque Isle, Maine, and WCAX Channel 3, where he covered a broad range of stories from Vermont’s dairy industry to the nurses’ strikes at UVM Medical Center. He’s passionate about journalism’s ability to shed light on complex or difficult topics, as well as giving voice to underrepresented communities.
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