was married to Deborah Holway from 1989 to 2013; they have two daughters together. In September 2015, Shumlin announced his engagement to girlfriend Kate Hunt. They married in December 2015 in a ceremony at their East Montpelier home. Real estate controversy In May 2013, Shumlin was involved in a real estate transaction, which generated controversy. A neighbor, who owned a house and land adjacent to Shumlin's East Montpelier home, owed back taxes and risked losing the property in a tax sale, asked Shumlin to consider buying the property. Shumlin bought the property, had the assessed value reduced because the house was in disrepair, paid the back taxes, paid the neighbor's back child support, and allowed the neighbor to continue living in the house for several months. The neighbor then had second thoughts about the transaction. After some criticism in the press, Shumlin agreed to let the neighbor repurchase the property. Electoral history References External links Governor Peter Shumlin official Vermont government site |- |- |- |- |- |- |- |- 1956 births 20th-century American Jews 20th-century American politicians 21st-century American Jews 21st-century American politicians 2016 United States presidential electors American people of Dutch descent American people of Russian-Jewish descent Buxton School (Massachusetts) alumni Democratic Party governors of Vermont Educators from Vermont Jewish American state governors of the United States Living people Democratic Party members of the Vermont House of Representatives People from Brattleboro, Vermont Presidents pro tempore of the Vermont Senate Democratic Party Vermont state senators Wesleyan University alumni