Vermont News by Jennifer Depaul

The following is a list of candidates that the Vermont Republican Party expect to have write-in campaigns in Tuesday’s primary.

These are the top five write-ins for Chittenden state senator:

The Vermont Democratic Party and gubernatorial candidate Gaye Symington (D-Jericho) responded to the disclosure of internal emails within Gov. Jim Douglas' Administration that were released to the public Wednesday.

Independent gubernatorial candidate Sam Young is asking supporters to write him in on the Republican ballot during the primary election on Sept. 9. But he is spreading his word through a newer and rather untraditional method: Facebook.

Young’s campaign has relied heavily on the social networking site as a vehicle to directly market to his supporters.

Gov. Jim Douglas (R-Middlebury) has just arrived in St. Paul, Minn., for the Republican National Convention, according to campaign manager Dennise Casey. "I'm looking forward to spending time with the Vermont delegation, taking in the historic nomination of my colleague Governor Palin and hearing Senator McCain's nomination speech," Douglas said in an email to PolitickerVT.com on Wednesday.