David Zuckerman is an American businessman, farmer, and Vermont Progressive Party politician currently serving as the 81st Lieutenant Governor of Vermont, since 2017. He previously served in the Vermont House of Representatives for seven terms (1997–2011), and the Vermont Senate for two (2013–2017). He is the Democratic Nominee for Governor of Vermont in the 2020 election. In 2016 Zuckerman ran for lieutenant governor as a Progressive, and also received the nomination of the Democratic Party by defeating Speaker of the Vermont House of Representatives Shap Smith and Representative Kesha Ram in the Democratic primary. He defeated Republican State Senator Randy Brock in the 2016 general election. Zuckerman was re-elected in 2018. Zuckerman is the first Progressive Party candidate to win statewide office in Vermont. Zuckerman's win reinforced Vermont as a state with the presence of a major party other than the Democratic and Republican parties. On January 13, 2020, Zuckerman announced his intention to run for Governor of Vermont in the 2020 election.