Vermont has been physically and politically left of Maine. Definitely more Progressive.
The last republican governor was Paul LePage (2011-2019). He was a popular businessman and straightened out a lot of the mess the democrats had created ... but just like they did to Trump, the dems/rinos/MSM fought and hindered him through his whole administration. He lost to Janet Mills in 2018 ... the first year Maine used ranked choice voting. What a cohencidence. It's been downhill ever since.