Dateline Vermont: Covering and Uncovering the Stories, Big and Small, That Have Shaped a State - and Influenced a Nation

During his more than a quarter-century tenure at The Associated Press, Chris Graff covered myriad big stories. Among them: The rise, fall, and rise again of Howard Dean; The remarkable career of Jim Jeffords, including his defection from the Republican Party; The ascension of Patrick Leahy as a power in the U.S. Senate; The roaring populism of Burlington Mayor-turned Congressman-turned U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders; and The first-in-the-nation legalization of civil unions for gay couples.