In case you haven’t already heard, author, former ambassador, and international man of intrigue Peter Galbraith is a candidate for the state senate seat being vacated by gubernatorial candidate Peter Shumlin. It would be hard to recall or imagine a higher profile member of the state senate. Exciting!

But it’s not the only news from the southeast corner. Ginny Milkey (Windham 3-1), a progressive “D” who served 20 years for Brattleboro, won’t be seeking a another term.

And one race to watch will be Patty O’Donnell‘s (Windham-1) seat. She won’t be seeking another term and the Windham County GOP chair, Mike Hebert, will be running against Rich Davis, a popular health care advocate (and hockey coach) from Guilford. Davis has a weekly column in the Reformer.