Democrats were on track early Wednesday to lose their supermajority in the Vermont legislature as voters threw their support behind Republican candidates who pledged to lower the cost of living in the state. As of early Wednesday, Republicans were in position to pick up at least five seats in the Senate and approximately 15 more in the House, unofficial results showed. “I’m not gonna lie. It’s a tough night,” said Senate President Pro Tempore Phil Baruth (D/P-Burlington). "We're going to have majorities in the House and in the Senate, but they are going to be thinner." Democrats had 105 of 150 seats in the House which, when combined with four Progressive members, gave them more than the two-thirds needed to override vetoes by Gov. Phil Scott. Of 30 seats in the Senate, Democrats held 22 plus a single Progressive member. But by the end of election night, both chambers appeared to have lost their override capability, something Scott had said was needed to restore balance to Montpelier. The governor, who cruised to reelection on Tuesday night, campaigned hard for other moderate Republicans he said he hoped would join him in Montpelier. [content-1] Democrat Andy Julow took his loss in the Grand Isle County Senate district in stride. The North Hero resident was appointed to fill the seat of longtime Colchester senator Dick Mazza, who died in May. But Julow was unable to defend it against longtime Republican Rep. Pat Brennan of Colchester. “It’s disappointing,” Julow said of preliminary results, which showed him losing by more than 700 votes. While Julow is a well-known economic development official in the Champlain Islands, Brennan had other things working in his favor: more than 20 years serving in the House, ties to one of the district’s population centers and a distinct fundraising advantage. “We were outgunned, we knew that from the start,” Julow said, citing a flood of campaign cash to Brennan from prominent Chittenden County business interests and Republican donors. Republican Scott Beck of St. Johnsbury was also on track to win the Caledonia County Senate seat, long held by former Democratic senator Jane Kitchell. Beck was one of the sharpest critics of the state’s education finance system and its impact on property taxes. Republican Sam Douglass was also on track to flip former Democratic senator Bobby Starr’s Orleans county seat. The real estate agent and crisis counselor from Troy campaigned on…