An economist, community advocate, and policy leader, Amanda Janoo has dedicated her life’s work – in Vermont and around the globe – to helping governments build more resilient, people-centered economies that actually work for communities, not just the wealthy and powerful. A graduate of Newton Elementary, Hanover High School, and Macalester College, she went on to become a Fulbright researcher and study development economics at the University of Cambridge before working with governments, international institutions, and the United Nations in various countries.

In 2018, Amanda moved home permanently and co-foundedthe Wellbeing Economy Alliance of Vermont (WEAV), a broad coalition working to transform the state’s economy into one that is sustainable, inclusive, and benefits all Vermonters. Before deciding to run for office, Janoo served on the Board of the ACLU of Vermont and was a Steering Committee Member of the Fund Vermont’s Future Initiative, a coalition working to reform Vermont’s tax system so it is fairer, more affordable for working families, and able to fund the services Vermonters rely on, from schools and healthcare to housing and climate resilience.

Janoo grew up in Strafford, VT and now rents in Burlington.

Tim Ashe has been the Deputy State Auditor since 2021. He’s the Board President of the Community Health Centers, the largest non-hospital primary care organization in Vermont. He spent a decade developing affordable housing in communities throughout northwestern Vermont. Tim worked in the Vermont office of then-Congressman Bernie Sanders, served in municipal government as a City Councilor, and was a State Senator for twelve years, the last four as its leader. He holds degrees from UVM and the Kennedy School of Government. When not working or volunteering, he can usually be found on a soccer field.

Hannah Doton Sessions is running to be one of your two State Senators representing Addison County and the adjoining towns of Huntington, Buel’s Gore and Rochester.

Hannah is running because her life experience has taught her not only to work hard but also to ask questions and listen — three skills that will help her represent you in Montpelier. She wants to build pragmatic coalitions to help improve the lives of current and future Vermonters and Addison County residents. Hannah believes that the government needs to work for the common good of all.

Hannah loves Vermont and Addison County. She was born and raised here by parents who exposed her to all that this incredible area has to offer. Her family roots go back to a farm in Vermont in 1786 (before Vermont was a state). My great-grandfather, Edward Bliss Doton, served in the State Legislature in the 1940s, and her relatives still farm on that hillside near Pomfret. She’s always known that Vermont is a special place.

Hannah graduated from local schools and came back to Addison County after attending Bates College in Maine where she majored in Political Science and Studio Art. She’s a farmer, a business owner, and a parent. For 25 years, she and her husband have owned and operated a farm and cheese business. She knows first-hand what it takes to start and run a business in this state. During that time, she also served for decades on several local and state-wide boards, broadening her knowledge about government affairs and how state policies and funding affect the daily lives of Vermonters. Their two kids are now grown and looking to someday settle in Vermont.

Addison County is incredibly diverse and complex. It includes farms of all sizes and accompanying infrastructure, working forests, lake communities, manufacturing, nature, recreation, incredible arts, a vibrant retirement community, the nation’s smallest city, and a world-renowned college. It’s such a special place because of all of us. Hannah has been blessed to know and be inspired by many parts of our community throughout her life.

Rachel was born and raised in Massachusetts. She attended the Massachusetts Maritime Academy studying Emergency Management and Homeland Security while serving in the Massachusetts Army National Guard as a Combat Engineer. She worked in HAZMAT response, responding to oil and chemical spills all over the East Coast. At the age of 26, she moved to Savannah, Georgia where she continued her work in HAZMAT for a time, until starting my own small construction business in 2018. It was then that she met her wife Hannah and her step-daughter. They later had a son and decided to move to Bennington in 2023.

Since moving here, she has worked in the hospitality industry. She has learned first-hand about our incredible ecotourism economy and the small businesses that contribute so much to our vibrant mountain communities. Raising a family is never an easy feat, but with a community that constantly has your back, it certainly makes things easier. Like many other working Vermonters, her children benefit from both Dr. Dynasaur and the childcare subsidies. She believes it is important that families continue to be able to access these important social programs, and that we continue to work to support each other. Bringing affordable housing to our communities, protecting rural Vermont’s schools and land rights, bringing doctors to our hospitals, and fighting for universal primary care are all things you can expect from her.

Meeting people in our community has filled her with an immense amount of hope. Learning about our history and the future we are building has motivated her. Every Vermonter deserves to feel heard and supported by our government, and it is this idea that makes her proud to be a candidate. She hopes to engage with every Vermonter as we work together to build a prosperous future.

Tanya’s journey to the Statehouse is not one that was mapped out for her. Growing up working class, Tanya did not see a path to become the social worker and State Senator she is today. Working as much as possible in order to make ends meet while going to school, starting when she was a student in Essex High and continuing straight through her undergrad years at Northeastern and grad school at UVM, she understands the tough financial decisions that get made every day by many Vermonters. As a therapist with a small practice in Essex Junction working primarily with youth and young adults, Tanya sees up close the struggles that youth and their families are facing. She made the decision to run for office in 2018 after realizing that the government did not seem set up to work for her, her neighbors, or most Vermonters and that she had a perspective that needed to be heard in Montpelier. She has seen over and over again first as a State Representative and now a State Senator that the people who are most affected by policy decisions are rarely at the decision-making table. As the only renter in the Senate and one of the few who works full-time in addition to serving, she continues to bring the realities of the lack of affordable housing, high cost of living, and a failing social safety net to policy debates.

Before she ever stepped foot in the Statehouse, she was on the ground as a community organizer fighting for universal healthcare and connecting neighbors with resources. The understanding that the real work of supporting communities has to include relationships with people across social and economic divides has informed everything she does as a Senator, a social worker, and a community member. She prioritizes bringing people into the Statehouse who are usually left out of testimony to make sure their voices and stories are heard and respected. She frequently works with grassroots groups to get the people with the least amount of political power to the committee table. This has led her to policy wins that seemed impossible at the beginning of a session including protecting teachers’ pensions, passing S. 209 and S. 227 that protect all Vermonters from civil detainment – regardless of immigration status – at schools and other public buildings, and rejecting forced mergers for public schools. She was deeply honored to have her work supporting public schools recognized with the 2026 VT National Education Association’s Martha W. Allen Friend of Public Education award.

In her free time she loves working on international workers’ solidarity movements and hiking with her feisty, opinionated, and beloved dog Laika.

The son of Indian immigrants, Nikhil is a sociologist, educator, and policymaker who lives in Burlington.

Lauded by the New York Times for his “command of . . . federal, state, and local education laws, and social programs,” he brings deep policy expertise, progressive values, and a strong record of fighting for children, families, and public schools in Vermont.

Nikhil is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Sociology at the University of Vermont, where he conducts research on juvenile justice for his next book under contract with Harvard University Press. He has taught sociology at the University of Vermont, Wesleyan University, and New York University.

Nikhil has influenced policy at the state and federal levels. He was one of the leaders of the coalition that opposed the passage of Act 73, the new education reform law. As a sociologist and member of Vermont School Workers United, he spoke at and helped organize more than a dozen town halls and rallies from Burlington to Westford to Hardwick.

In partnership with ACLU Vermont, Nikhil led a coalition of civil rights organizations and former officials from the Biden, Clinton, and Carter administrations to support and strengthen Vermont’s Raise the Age juvenile justice law that has shown clear success in rehabilitating youth and helping them desist from crime.

From 2021 to 2023, Nikhil served as senior policy advisor on education and children on the U.S. Senate Committee on the Budget and Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.

In 2024, he was elected by Vermont Democrats to serve as a national delegate for Kamala Harris to the Democratic National Convention.

Nikhil is the author of Live to See the Day: Coming of Age in American Poverty(Metropolitan/Macmillan), which was named A Best Book of 2023 by The New Yorker, won the Media for a Just Society Book Award, and was touted by the Washington Post: “the stories of these children will change the way you think about poverty.

He earned his BA at Goddard College and MPhil and PhD at the University of Cambridge. He was also a Kathryn Davis Fellow for Peace at Middlebury College.

If elected, Nikhil will join the Senate Democratic Caucus.

Monique was first elected in November 2022. Her 2023 legislator cohort was the largest in Vermont’s history. Her two-year term began on January 4, 2023, representing Orange-2 (Bradford, Fairlee, and West Fairlee). After being re-elected, she began her second term on January 8, 2025.

She knows that Vermonters are strong. We are resilient. We are determined. We love this beautiful state we call home. At the same time, we, our loved ones, our friends, and our neighbors struggle to secure housing, buy food, combat isolation, find transportation, launch and maintain businesses, and access services.

She has spent more than a decade working in our communities, engaging in the issues, and learning about both our challenges and opportunities. Perhaps our greatest asset as a small state is our people – our accessibility to one another, our willingness to help, and our shared desire to craft a better life for those around us.

With a background in technology, economic development, and community engagement, she is uniquely positioned to lead strong, bipartisan policy efforts that impact Vermonters in critical ways: rural development, consumer protection (data privacy, software product safety and liability), artificial intelligence, automation, the future of work, and entrepreneurship.

She is deeply proud to serve the towns of Bradford, Fairlee, and West Fairlee – and to continue this work with even greater reach.

After her first term in the House, she wasn’t sure she’d stay in elected office. But something shifted this past year. She found a way to lead that aligns with her values – staying grounded in authenticity, community, and the belief that government should work for everyone.

Over the past three years, she’s fought for rural equity, data privacy, consumer protection, and youth engagement. She’s worked to make government more transparent and accessible, bringing her background in technology, nonprofit leadership, and grassroots organizing to every conversation. What drives her is connection – the spark that happens when someone walks into the State House for the first time and realizes they belong there.

This campaign isn’t just about a Senate seat. It’s about the future of Vermont – our housing, climate resilience, and economic fairness. It’s about restoring trust, tackling affordability head-on, and rebuilding a sense of shared purpose in our communities. Vermonters sent a clear message this year: affordability isn’t a talking point; it’s a daily reality. It’s time for leadership that listens and responds.

She is running a campaign that invites people in, gives them hope, and reminds them that they are part of something bigger. Together, we can build what’s next – a Vermont where everyone feels heard, included, and empowered to shape their future.

Elizabeth has represented the Windsor-1 district at the Vermont House of Representatives for the last six years — and now she is running for the Vermont Senate.

If you’re like Elizabeth, you are frustrated by political machines: they make decisions on your behalf without fully understanding the effects on working class people. They create bandaid changes that don’t dig down and address root causes. This is what called her to public service.

Vermont is at several crossroads—education, healthcare, housing, jobs, and economic stability all hang in the balance. We can stand up for working families and actually address these problems. We can secure primary care for every Vermonter and stand up to private insurance companies. We can make housing easier for Vermonters to find and not wealthy out-of-state developers. We can fund education in a smarter way without overwhelming Vermonters with high property taxes. We can create an economy where our children see a life for themselves at home in Vermont.

This campaign is about truth, inclusion, creating together and realizing where our potential could take us, and working to empower Vermont’s people and communities who get left out or just plain sidelined. Every one of us has the right to live a decent life and have their needs met. Elizabeth is here to help us get that.

This campaign will be focused on building community and bringing neighbors together. We are fueled by supporters all over this county and donations of all types.

If you are ready for a stronger Windsor County, sign up to volunteer and donate. Everyone has a role and home in this campaign.

Community over complacency. Collaboration over capitulation.

We live in a time of deep contradictions. The national and international news makes Ariel feel hopeless and helpless. And, she feels more connected than ever to her friends and neighbors. She sees her tax dollars funding endless wars, enriching wealthy tax evaders, and imprisoning innocent people looking for a better life in our country. And she’s inspired by people in Vermont and elsewhere speaking out and fighting back, on the streets and through legal action, policy and mutual aid.

Ariel refuses to be complacent. Here in Vermont, at a state and local level — whether in Town Meetings, Town Committee Zoom calls, PTO meetings, School Board meetings or the State House — she sees Democracy that works, where every citizen and every vote can have an impact. I see neighbors who are motivated and want to connect and be heard. This is a moment that requires moral clarity, vision, and urgency. Because I’m running for my kids, and everyone else’s kids. To make Vermont better than ever.

It is no secret that Vermont isn’t working for working people. Skyrocketing rents, low wages, and cuts to our public services comes together to make Vermont unlivable for the vast majority.

Adam is running to be a state representative in Chittenden-16 because, as a lifelong Vermonter, I have seen far too many people priced out of the state we love.

But I also know that when we come together, we win.

As a union organizer at my workplace, I saw the power that comes from sticking together and fighting for our rights. As an organizer with the Democratic Socialists of America, I see that we have more power when we work in solidarity with one another.

I am running because I know a better Vermont is possible. Together, we can fight for a Vermont for the many, not the few.

Brian was born and raised in northeastern New Jersey. He moved to New Hampshire in 1994 to attend Dartmouth College, where he was a Senior Fellow and graduated with an A.B. in Music. Brian has served in the Vermont legislature since 2017.

In 1998, he moved to Burlington, Vermont and served as an Americorps member at Spectrum Youth and Family Services. From 1999-2003, Cina continued working in human services, providing restorative justice and outreach to youth and families. From 2003-2005, he attended the University of Vermont, earning a Master of Social Work degree. From 2005-2010, Cina worked at Transitional Services for Youth and Families, providing family support services and supervising the social services program.

Since 2010, he has operated a private practice in clinical social work/psychotherapy located in downtown Burlington. Cina is a community organizer and activist. He co-founded ISGOOD (Isham Street Gardening and Other Optimistic Doings), a neighborhood organization that has reduced crime through gardening and other community service activities since 2005. From 2018-2019, Cina served on the Vermont Artificial Intelligence Task Force as the member with social work expertise in human rights and ethics. Cina served as a School Board member from 2014-2017. He led the search for a new superintendent in 2015 and was the chair of the Finance Committee. Cina is also a musician and performance artist.

Jeffrey is running for State House in Chittenden-16 to take on rising costs, broken systems, and a status quo that leaves too many Vermonters behind.

Growing up in Burlington’s New North End and going through our public schools, Jeffrey understood from a young age that our future is determined by the people who show up. At 16, he joined the Wards 4&7 Neighborhood Planning Assembly as its youngest-ever steering committee member. He interned for CEDO and saw how the government can set its priorities for people, not corporate interests.

The community shaped not only his values, but his sense of efficacy in the world at a time when functioning democracy feels increasingly out of reach. He’s built a career at the intersection of public service and grassroots action: working for Vermont’s congressional delegation in Washington, advancing climate-tech solutions on the west coast, and leading operations at a Vermont-based startup that champions small businesses.

Vermont is at a turning point where it feels like the values that held us together for so long are breaking down in the face of intractable crises: A healthcare system on the brink. Housing that’s either unsafe or unaffordable, if you can find it at all. Fewer and fewer ways to get around without a private vehicle. And climate catastrophes that exacerbate all of this instability. From housing and healthcare to climate and democracy, he will fight for bold, systemic change — not band-aid fixes and more of the same.

He’s proud to have the support of outgoing Representative Kate Logan, who has been a strong and principled advocate for Burlington in her two terms. He’s also running with the support of Green Mountain DSA, Vermont’s chapter of democratic socialist organizers focused on improving conditions for all people, everywhere.

This campaign is 100% people powered so I’ll always be accountable to this community.

Trang is proud to call the Old North End home. Like many of her neighbors, she knows well what it means to juggle rent, work multiple jobs, and navigate our worsening affordability crisis. She’s a proud member of Healthy Living Workers United and Partizan United, and she volunteers with mutual aid organizations because she believes communities are strongest when neighbors take care of one another.

She is also a proud member of Vermont's Vietnamese community. She and her family moved to Vermont when she was seven. She grew up speaking Japanese and Vietnamese, with English as her third language. After attending South Burlington schools and graduating from UVM, she saw firsthand how many people (including immigrants, working families, and young people) are left behind by systems that should support them.

No Vermonter should be priced out due to the rising cost of rent, food, or a tax system that asks working people to carry more while the wealthiest 1% are not contributing their fair share. None of us should slip through the cracks. When we build systems that leave no one behind, we all move forward together.

Trang will be prioritizing progressive policies to address

• Housing Affordability & Availability

• Tax Fairness

• Building Opportunity for Immigrants & Working Families

• Supporting Survivors & Building Safer Communities

• Student-Centered School Funding and Education Reform

Matt is a school librarian, labor activist, and proud progressive. He is runningfor state rep to represent working class people in their struggle to live a thriving, meaningful life. He’s been a part of the Winooski community for a decade and he wants to spend the rest of his life here. As your state rep, he promises to work hard every day to ensure that everyone is safe, supported, and able to live their best life.

Matt grew up in Colchester and has been working for libraries his whole life. Everyone is welcome in a library and he believes that spirit should extend across our state. Matt is the Librarian at Winooski School District, a position he’s held for 10 years, where he serves all students from preschool to 12th grade. Before that, he worked as a library assistant for Colchester High School, his alma mater. While attending UVM, he was a clerk at the Burnham Library and drove the bookmobile in the summer.  He love libraries so much that he married a librarian… in a library! Matt’s wife Shannon is the librarian for Milton High School and they were married in the Bixby Library in Vergennes.

Matt is an active member of his union, the Winooski Education Association (WEA), where he has served as President and Building Representative. Currently, he is the Community Action Chair and they’re working to build labor power through educational events for union members like the People’s Summit. They also mobilize mass demonstrations such as the May Day Strong Rally that marched on the ICE data facility in Williston, and the 2025 Labor Day Rally in Burlington. He is the Labor Advisor to the Coordinating Committee for the Vermont Progressive Party. For twelve years he’s served as the Communication Chair of the VT School Library Association, and he hosts the Storytime Jam at our annual conference every year.

Matt was a founding member of the Central Vermont Democratic Socialists of America — now Green Mountain DSA (GMDSA) — and he’s an active member of our Labor Committee. He is a proud member of GMDSA because he believes that we are all entitled to an equal say in how the world works. A world where billionaires dictate the conditions we work and live under — and wield the levers of our government’s power — is a world that can never be just. Socialism is a commitment to the principle that we are all entitled to equal power to shape our society, and the belief that with power, we will choose care and love over domination and exploitation.

Matt loves the beauty of Vermont, and he feels most alive when he’s out exploring our woods. He’s run the Chill Snowboarding program in Winooski for the past 6 years and he’s had the privilege to join the Winooski Wanders (led by students!) on many outings. Currently Matt serves on the board of the Bolton Outdoor Adventure Fund, whose mission is to give underrepresented kids the opportunity to explore the outdoors. Previously he served on the board for the Waterbury Area Trail Alliance, a chapter of the Vermont Mountain Biking Association. They built and maintained trails for a healthy, vibrant, and sustainable future.