107 Child Care Champions Endorsed for Primary Election
Below you will find Let’s Grow Kids Action Network’s first slate of endorsed child care candidates running for the Vermont Legislature in the 2024 Vermont primary election. These 107 incumbents have demonstrated their commitment to solving the state’s child care crisis by voting to override the Governor’s veto of the 2023 Child Care Bill, thereby passing it into law as Act 76. We are confident these candidates will continue to take action to transform Vermont’s child care system to ensure:
- High-quality child care is equitably accessible to all Vermont families when and where they need it;
- No family spends more than 10% of their income on child care; and
- Early childhood educators are fairly compensated.
Following the primary election, LGKAN will release a second slate of endorsements for the general election. Candidates can look here to find information on the endorsement process and background information about the child care crisis.
Vermont Senate
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CHRISTOPHER BRAY
Addison District
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CALEB ELDER
Addison District
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RUTH HARDY
Addison District
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SETH BONGARTZ
Bennington District
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PHIL BARUTH
Chittenden Central District
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MARTINE LAROCQUE GULICK
Chittenden Central District
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TANYA VYHOVSKY
Chittenden Central District
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IRENE WRENNER
Chittenden-North District
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THOMAS CHITTENDEN
Chittenden Southeast District
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VIRGINIA "GINNY" LYONS
Chittenden Southeast District
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KESHA RAM HINSDALE
Chittenden Southeast District
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MARK MACDONALD
Orange District
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KATHERINE SIMS
Orleans District
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ANN CUMMINGS
Washington District
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ANDREW PERCHLIK
Washington District
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ANNE WATSON
Washington District
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WENDY HARRISON
Windham District
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NADER HASHIM
Windham District
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ALISON H. CLARKSON
Windsor District
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REBECCA WHITE
Windsor District
Vermont House
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ROBIN SCHEU
Addison-1 (Middlebury)
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AMY SHELDON
Addison-1 (Middlebury)
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PETER CONLON
Addison-2 (Cornwall, Salisbury, Leicester, Goshen, Ripton)
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MATT BIRONG
Addison-3 (Addison, Ferrisburgh, New Haven, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham)
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DIANE LANPHER
Addison-3 (Addison, Ferrisburgh, New Haven, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham)
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MARI CORDES
Addison-4 (Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, Starksboro)
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JUBILEE MCGILL
Addison-5 (Bridport, Middlebury, New Haven, Weybridge)
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TIMOTHY CORCORAN
Bennington-2 (Bennington)
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DAVID DURFEE
Bennington-3 (Shaftsbury, Glastenbury, Sunderland)
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KATHLEEN JAMES
Bennington-4 (Arlington, Manchester, Sandgate, Sunderland)
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MIKE RICE
Bennington-Rutland (Dorset, Landgrove, Peru, Danby, Mount Tabor)
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BOBBY FARLICE-RUBIO
Caledonia-1 (Waterford, Barnet, Ryegate)
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DENNIS LABOUNTY
Caledonia-3 (Lyndon, Wheelock, Sheffield, Sutton, Newark)
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R. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Caledonia-Essex (Kirby, St. Johnsbury, Concord)
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JANA BROWN
Chittenden-1 (Richmond)
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ANGELA ARSENAULT
Chittenden-2 (Williston)
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ERIN BRADY
Chittenden-2 (Williston)
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EDYE GRANING
Chittenden-3 (Jericho, Underhill)
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TREVOR SQUIRRELL
Chittenden-3 (Jericho, Underhill)
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PHIL POUECH
Chittenden-4 (Hinesburg)
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CHEA WATERS EVANS
Chittenden-5 (Charlotte, Hinesburg)
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KATE LALLEY
Chittenden-6 (Shelburne)
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EMILIE KRASNOW
Chittenden-9 (South Burlington)
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KATE NUGENT
Chittenden-10 (South Burlington)
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BRIAN MINIER
Chittenden-11 (South Burlington)
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MARTIN LALONDE
Chittenden-12 (South Burlington)
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TIFF BLUEMLE
Chittenden-13 (Burlington)
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BARBARA RACHELSON
Chittenden-14 (Burlington)
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MARY-KATHERINE STONE
Chittenden-14 (Burlington)
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BRIAN CINA
Chittenden-15 (Burlington)
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TROY HEADRICK
Chittenden-15 (Burlington)
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JILL KROWINSKI
Chittenden-16 (Burlington)
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KATE LOGAN
Chittenden-16 (Burlington)
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ROBERT HOOPER
Chittenden-18 (Burlington)
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CAROL ODE
Chittenden-18 (Burlington)
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SARITA AUSTIN
Chittenden-19 (Colchester)
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DAISY BERBECO
Chittenden-21 (Winooski)
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KAREN DOLAN
Chittenden-22 (Essex)
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LORI HOUGHTON
Chittenden-22 (Essex)
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LEONORA DODGE
Chittenden-23 (Essex)
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REY GAROFANO
Chittenden-23 (Essex)
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ALYSSA BLACK
Chittenden-24 (Essex)
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JULIA ANDREWS
Chittenden-25 (Milton, Westford)
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ASHLEY R. BARTLEY
Franklin-1 (Fairfax, Georgia)
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MIKE MCCARTHY
Franklin-3 (St. Albans)
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JAMES GREGOIRE
Franklin-6 (Bakersfield, Fairfield, Fletcher)
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JOSIE LEAVITT
Grand Isle-Chittenden (Alburgh, Grand Isle, Milton, North Hero, South Hero)
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JED LIPSKY
Lamoille-1 (Stowe)
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DANIEL NOYES
Lamoille-2 (Belvidere, Hyde Park, Johnson, Wolcott)
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LUCY BOYDEN
Lamoille-3 (Waterville, Cambridge)
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SAUDIA LAMONT
Lamoille-Washington (Elmore, Morristown, Stowe, Woodbury, Worcester)
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CARL DEMROW
Orange-1 (Orange, Washington, Corinth, Vershire)
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MONIQUE PRIESTLEY
Orange-2 (Bradford, Fairlee, West Fairlee)
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PHILIP JAY HOOPER
Orange-Washington-Addison (Granville, Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph, Roxbury)
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LARRY SATCOWITZ
Orange-Washington-Addison (Granville, Roxbury, Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph)
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MICHAEL J. MARCOTTE
Orleans-Lamoille (Eden, Coventry, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Newport, Troy, Westfield)
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WILLIAM NOTTE
Rutland-7 (Rutland City)
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STEPHANIE Z. JEROME
Rutland-9 (Brandon)
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ROBIN CHESTNUT-TANGERMAN
Rutland-Bennington (Middletown Springs, Wells, Tinmouth, Pawlet, Rupert)
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DARA TORRE
Washington-2 (Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren)
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JONATHAN WILLIAMS
Washington-3 (Barre)
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CONOR CASEY
Washington-4 (Montpelier)
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KATE MCCANN
Washington-4 (Montpelier)
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ELA CHAPIN
Washington-5 (East Montpelier, Middlesex)
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MARC MIHALY
Washington-6 (Calais, Plainfield, Marshfield)
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THOMAS STEVENS
Washington-Chittenden (Bolton, Buels, Huntington, Waterbury)
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THERESA A. WOOD
Washington-Chittenden (Bolton, Buels, Huntington, Waterbury)
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GINA GALFETTI
Washington-Orange (Barre, Williamstown)
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FRANCIS MCFAUN
Washington-Orange (Barre, Williamstown)
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MICHELLE BOS-LUN
Windham-3 (Brookline, Rockingham, Westminster)
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LESLIE GOLDMAN
Windham-3 (Brookline, Rockingham, Westminster)
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MIKE MROWICKI
Windham-4 (Dummerston, Putney)
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EMILY LONG
Windham-5 (Marlboro, Newfane, Townshend)
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EMILIE KORNHEISER
Windham-7 (Brattleboro)
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MOLLIE S. BURKE
Windham-8 (Brattleboro)
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JOHN BATHOLOMEW
Windsor-1 (Hartland, West Windsor, Windsor)
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ELIZABETH BURROWS
Windsor-1 (Hartland, West Windsor, Windsor)
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ALICE M. EMMONS
Windsor-3 (Springfield)
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KRISTI MORRIS
Windsor-3 (Springfield)
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HEATHER SURPRENANT
Windsor-4 (Bridgewater, Barnard, Pomfret, Hartford)
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KEVIN "COACH" CHRISTIE
Windsor-6 (Hartford)
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ESME COLE
Windsor-6 (Hartford)
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KIRK WHITE
Windsor-Addison (Hancock, Bethel, Rochester, Stockbridge)
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JOHN O'BRIEN
Windsor-Orange-1 (Tunbridge, Royalton)
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REBECCA HOLCOMBE
Windsor-Orange-2 (Strafford, Thetford, Norwich, Sharon)
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JIM MASLAND
Windsor-Orange-2 (Strafford, Thetford, Norwich, Sharon)
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HEATHER CHASE
Windsor-Windham (Chester, Grafton, Windham, Athens)