Upper Valley races for seats in the Vermont House and Senate are taking shape with the passing the candidate filing deadline last week.

Primaries will be held on Aug. 9, and the general election is set for Nov. 8.

While the secretary of state’s website says additional candidates could be added, most area races have at least one declared hopeful.

In the Windsor-Orange 2 House district, which includes Norwich, Strafford, Thetford and Sharon, three Democrats and a Republican are competing for the two seats.

Tim Briglin, a longtime Democrat representative from Thetford, has chosen not to run for reelection, but his fellow incumbent, Jim Masland, also a Democrat from Thetford, has plenty of company on the ballot.

Masland is joined by Democrats Diedre “Dee” Gish, of Sharon, and Rebecca Holcombe, of Norwich. The lone Republican candidate is Bill T. Huff, of Thetford.

Another a three-way race between Democrats competing for two seats is in Windsor 6, which includes most of the town of Hartford and was newly created with redistricting.

Rebecca White and Kevin “Coach” Christie of Hartford are incumbents in the Windsor 4-2 district, which will no longer exist.

White has chosen to pursue a seat in the state Senate, leaving Christie to be joined by fellow Democrats Nicholas Bramlage and Esme Cole, both of Hartford.

There were no Republican candidates as of Wednesday afternoon.

A few seats are uncontested, such as Windsor-Orange 1, where incumbent John O’Brien, of Tunbridge, does not have declared opposition.

In Windsor 4, Heather Surprenant, D-Barnard, is running for reelection without any declared opposition, as is John Arrison, D-Weathersfield, in Windsor 2. And Tesha Buss, D-Woodstock, was the lone declared candidate for the Woodstock-based Windsor 5 seat.

In the Windsor-Addison district, Kirk White, D-Bethel, is the lone candidate.

In Spingfield-based Windsor 3, Alice Emmons and Kristi Morris, both Democrats, will face Judy Stern in a race for two seats.

Several Upper Valley incumbents are seeking higher office, including White and state Reps. Charlie Kimbell and Sarah Copeland Hanzas.

Hanzas, a Bradford Democrat, is hoping to become the next secretary of state with the retirement of Jim Condos.

Competing to replace Hanzas in the single-seat Orange 2 district are Lance Mills, D-Fairlee, and Monique Priestley, D-Bradford .

Kimbell, D-Woodstock, is running for lieutenant governor.

On the Senate side, it’s going to be a busy ballot for the Windsor Senate seat.

Incumbent Alice Nitka is not running for reelection for the three-seat district, but incumbents Dick McCormack, D-Bethel, and Alison Clarkson, D-Woodstock, are.

They’ll be joined by Rebecca White, D-Hartford, and Christopher Morrow, D-Weston. One of the four Democrats will be eliminated in the August primary.

On the Republicans’ primary ballot, there will be Dana Colson Jr., R-Sharon, and Alice Flanders, R-Hartford.

The Orange senate district, John Klar, R-Brookfield, will square off with Mark A. Macdonald, D-Williamstown.

In the Caledonia Senate district, which includes Newbury, JT Dodge, R-Newbury has filed to face Jane Kitchel, D-Danville.

According to the Secretary of State website, the major party candidates had until May 26 to file their candidacy consent forms in order to appear on the primary ballot for the Aug. 9 primary election.

Major party candidates can still be nominated by the party committee and appear on this year’s general election ballot if paperwork is filed by Aug. 15.

Minor party candidates are nominated by the party committee for the general election. Paperwork for minor parties must be filed with the secretary of state by Aug 4.

Independent candidates who want to appear on the general election ballot must file appropriate paperwork by Aug. 4.

Darren Marcy can be reached at dmarcy@vnews.com or 802-291-4992.

Vermont candidates in the Upper Valley

Candidate filings listed on the Vermont secretary of state’s website are qualified candidates with some town clerks still working to certify petition signatures so not all declared candidates have been qualified.

The list was current as of Tuesday afternoon.

House of Representatives Orange 1 (one seat)

Carl Demrow, D-Corinth

Samantha Lefebvre, R-Orange

Orange 2 (one seat)

Lance Mills, D-Fairlee

Monique Priestley, D-Bradford

Orange 3 (one seat)

Rodney Graham, R-Williamstown

Seth Keighley, D-Williamstown

Orange-Caledonia (one seat)

Joe Parsons, R-Newbury

Kelsey Root-Winchester, D-Newbury

Orange-Washington-Addison (two seats)

Jay Hooper, D-Randolph

Jackie Klar, R-Brookfield

Larry Satcowitz, D-Randolph

Wayne D. Townsend, R-Randolph

Windsor 1 (two seats)

John Bartholomew, De-Hartland

Paul S. Belaski, D-Windsor

Elizabeth Burrows, D-West Windsor

Windsor 2 (one seat)

John Arrison, D-Weathersfield

Windsor 3 (two seats)

Alice M. Emmons, D-Springfield

Kristi C. Morris, D-Springfield

Judy Stern, R-Springfield

Windsor 4 (one seat)

Heather Surprenant, D-Barnard

Windsor 5 (one seat)

Tesha Buss, D-Woodstock

Windsor 6 (two seat)

Nicholas Bramlage, D-Hartford

Kevin “Coach” Christie, D-Hartford

Esme Cole, D-Hartford

Windsor-Addison (one seat)

Kirk White, D-Bethel

Windsor-Orange 1 (one seat)

John O’Brien, D-Tunbridge

Windsor-Orange 2 (two seats)

Diedre “Dee” Gish, D-Sharon

Rebecca Holcombe, D-Norwich

Bill T. Huff, R-Thetford

Jim Masland, D-Thetford

Senate Caledonia 1

JT Dodge, R-Newbury

Jane Kitchel, D-Danville

Orange

John Klar, R-Brookfield

Mark A. Macdonald, D-Williamstown

Windsor

Alison H. Clarkson, D-Woodstock

Dana Colson Jr., R-Sharon

Alice Flanders, R-Hartford

Richard “Dick” McCormack, D-Bethel

Christopher Morrow, D-Weston

Becca White, D-Hartford