Doug Hoffer

Personal life

Douglass R. Hoffer, Jr. was born September 3, 1951 in New Rochelle, New York and raised in Norwalk, Connecticut. He is unmarried, and has no children. Hoffer is an avid golfer and a former club champion at the Williston Golf Club. In 2010, partnered with his friend Chris Chappell, Hoffer won the Vermont Golf Association's Four-Ball Tournament in the Senior Flight - Championship Flight category.

Education

He earned a B.A. in Political Science from Williams College and a J.D. from the University at Buffalo Law School (Magna Cum Laude).

Career

From 1988 until 1993, he was employed by the City of Burlington as a policy analyst in the Community & Economic Development Office (CEDO).

Hoffer was a self-employed policy analyst from 1993 until taking office as State Auditor. His clients included the Vermont State Auditor, Peace & Justice Center (for whom he wrote all ten phases of The Job Gap Study), Vermont Sustainable Jobs Fund, Vermont State Treasurer, Vermont State Employees Association, Yellow Wood Associates, City of Burlington, Burlington Electric Department, and the Public Assets Institute.

Elected office

Hoffer first ran for State Auditor in 2010 as the Democratic candidate, with an endorsement from the Vermont Progressive Party, and lost to Republican incumbent Tom Salmon.

In 2012, running as the nominee of the Democrats and Progressives, he defeated Republican State Senator Vincent Illuzzi and Liberty Union Party nominee Jerry Levy (Salmon did not run for re-election).

Hoffer ran unopposed in 2014.

In 2016, Hoffer defeated Republican Dan Feliciano and Liberty Union Party candidate Marina Brown. As in prior campaigns, Hoffer was endorsed by Senator Bernie Sanders.

Electoral history

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.

*Hoffer was cross-endorsed by the Vermont Progressive Party.