156 Child Care Champions Endorsed for the 2024 Elections
Below you will find Let’s Grow Kids Action Network’s slate of endorsed child care candidates running for Congress, Statewide Offices, and the Vermont Legislature in the 2024 election. This group, which includes Democrats, Republicans, Progressives, and Independents, have demonstrated a commitment to solving the state’s child care crisis through continued public investment. We are confident these candidates will take action to transform Vermont’s child care system to ensure:
- All Vermont families have access to affordable, quality child care;
- Every child has access to skilled and professionally compensated early childhood educators; and
- Families spend no more than 10% of their household income on child care.
Find more information here, including background information on the child care crisis and information about the endorsement process.
Congress
Bernie Sanders
Independent
U.S. Senate
Becca Balint
Democrat
U.S. House of Representatives
Statewide Offices
Esther Charlestin
Democrat
Governor
David Zuckerman
Democrat
Lieutenant Governor
Sarah Copeland-Hanzas
Democrat
Secretary of State
Mike Pieciak
Democrat
Treasurer
Doug Hoffer
Democrat
Auditor
Charity Clark
Democrat
Attorney General
Vermont Senate
CHRISTOPHER BRAY
Addison District
RUTH HARDY
Addison District
SETH BONGARTZ
Bennington District
ROB PLUNKETT
Bennington District
AMANDA COCHRANE
Caledonia
PHIL BARUTH
Chittenden Central District
MARTINE LAROCQUE GULICK
Chittenden Central District
TANYA VYHOVSKY
Chittenden Central District
IRENE WRENNER
Chittenden-North District
THOMAS CHITTENDEN
Chittenden Southeast District
VIRGINIA "GINNY" LYONS
Chittenden Southeast District
KESHA RAM HINSDALE
Chittenden Southeast District
ANDY JULOW
Grand Isle District
RICHARD WESTMAN
Lamoille District
MARK MACDONALD
Orange District
KATHERINE SIMS
Orleans District
MARSHA CASSEL
Rutland District
ANN CUMMINGS
Washington District
ANDREW PERCHLIK
Washington District
ANNE WATSON
Washington District
WENDY HARRISON
Windham District
NADER HASHIM
Windham District
ALISON H. CLARKSON
Windsor District
JOE MAJOR
Windsor District
REBECCA WHITE
Windsor District
Vermont House
ROBIN SCHEU
Addison-1 (Middlebury)
AMY SHELDON
Addison-1 (Middlebury)
PETER CONLON
Addison-2 (Cornwall, Salisbury, Leicester, Goshen, Ripton)
MATT BIRONG
Addison-3 (Addison, Ferrisburgh, New Haven, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham)
DIANE LANPHER
Addison-3 (Addison, Ferrisburgh, New Haven, Panton, Vergennes, Waltham)
MARI CORDES
Addison-4 (Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, Starksboro)
HERB OLSON
Democrat
Addison-4 (Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, Starksboro)
JUBILEE MCGILL
Addison-5 (Bridport, Middlebury, New Haven, Weybridge)
TIMOTHY CORCORAN
Bennington-2 (Bennington)
WILLIAM GREER
Democrat
Bennington-2 (Bennington)
DAVID DURFEE
Bennington-3 (Shaftsbury, Glastenbury, Sunderland)
ROBERT HUNTER
Democrat
Bennington-4 (Arlington, Manchester, Sandgate, Sunderland)
KATHLEEN JAMES
Bennington-4 (Arlington, Manchester, Sandgate, Sunderland)
JIM CARROLL
Democrat
Bennington-5 (Bennington, Pownal)
MICHAEL NIGRO
Democrat
Bennington-5 (Pownal, Bennington)
MARY MORRISSEY
Republican
Bennington-5 (Bennington, Pownal)
MIKE RICE
Bennington-Rutland (Dorset, Landgrove, Peru, Danby, Mount Tabor)
BOBBY FARLICE-RUBIO
Caledonia-1 (Waterford, Barnet, Ryegate)
SABRINA MORRISON
Democrat
Caledonia-2 (Hardwick, Stannard, Walden)
EILEEN BOLAND
Democrat
Caledonia-3 (Lyndon, Wheelock, Sheffield, Sutton, Newark)
DENNIS LABOUNTY
Caledonia-3 (Lyndon, Wheelock, Sheffield, Sutton, Newark)
R. SCOTT CAMPBELL
Caledonia-Essex (Kirby, St. Johnsbury, Concord)
THOMAS ZIOBROWSKI
Democrat
Caledonia-Washington (Danville, Peacham, Cabot)
JANA BROWN
Chittenden-1 (Richmond)
ANGELA ARSENAULT
Chittenden-2 (Williston)
ERIN BRADY
Chittenden-2 (Williston)
EDYE GRANING
Chittenden-3 (Jericho, Underhill)
TREVOR SQUIRRELL
Chittenden-3 (Jericho, Underhill)
PHIL POUECH
Chittenden-4 (Hinesburg)
CHEA WATERS EVANS
Chittenden-5 (Charlotte, Hinesburg)
KATE LALLEY
Chittenden-6 (Shelburne)
SHAWN SWEENEY
Democrat
Chittenden-7 (Shelburne, St. George)
BRIDGET BURKHARDT
Democrat
Chittenden-8 (South Burlington, Williston)
EMILIE KRASNOW
Chittenden-9 (South Burlington)
KATE NUGENT
Chittenden-10 (South Burlington)
BRIAN MINIER
Chittenden-11 (South Burlington)
MARTIN LALONDE
Chittenden-12 (South Burlington)
TIFF BLUEMLE
Chittenden-13 (Burlington)
BRAM KLEPPNER
Democrat
Chittenden-13 (Burlington)
BARBARA RACHELSON
Chittenden-14 (Burlington)
MARY-KATHERINE STONE
Chittenden-14 (Burlington)
BRIAN CINA
Chittenden-15 (Burlington)
TROY HEADRICK
Chittenden-15 (Burlington)
JILL KROWINSKI
Chittenden-16 (Burlington)
KATE LOGAN
Chittenden-16 (Burlington)
MISSA ALOISI
Progressive
Chittenden-17 (Burlington)
ABBEY DUKE
Democrat
Chittenden-17 (Burlington)
ROBERT HOOPER
Chittenden-18 (Burlington)
CAROL ODE
Chittenden-18 (Burlington)
SARITA AUSTIN
Chittenden-19 (Colchester)
DOUG BISHOP
Democrat
Chittenden-20 (Colchester)
GAYLE PEZZO
Democrat
Chittenden-20 (Colchester)
DAISY BERBECO
Chittenden-21 (Winooski)
CHLOE TOMLINSON
Democrat
Chittenden-21 (Winooski)
KAREN DOLAN
Chittenden-22 (Essex)
LORI HOUGHTON
Chittenden-22 (Essex)
LEONORA DODGE
Chittenden-23 (Essex)
REY GAROFANO
Chittenden-23 (Essex)
ALYSSA BLACK
Chittenden-24 (Essex)
JULIA ANDREWS
Chittenden-25 (Milton, Westford)
LONNIE POLAND
Democrat
Chittenden-Franklin (Milton, Georgia)
ASHLEY R. BARTLEY
Franklin-1 (Fairfax, Georgia)
MIKE MCCARTHY
Franklin-3 (St. Albans)
JAMES GREGOIRE
Franklin-6 (Bakersfield, Fairfield, Fletcher)
HEATHER MOORE
Democrat
Franklin-7 (Enosburgh, Montgomery)
ZACH SCHEFFLER
Democrat
Franklin-8 (St. Albans)
JOSIE LEAVITT
Grand Isle-Chittenden (Alburgh, Grand Isle, Milton, North Hero, South Hero)
LUKE RICHTER
Democrat
Grand Isle-Chittenden (Alburgh, Grand Isle, Milton, North Hero, South Hero)
JED LIPSKY
Lamoille-1 (Stowe)
DANIEL NOYES
Lamoille-2 (Belvidere, Hyde Park, Johnson, Wolcott)
LUCY BOYDEN
Lamoille-3 (Waterville, Cambridge)
SAUDIA LAMONT
Lamoille-Washington (Elmore, Morristown, Stowe, Woodbury, Worcester)
DAVE YACOVONE
Democrat
Lamoille-Washington (Elmore, Morristown, Stowe, Woodbury, Worcester)
CARL DEMROW
Orange-1 (Orange, Washington, Corinth, Vershire)
MONIQUE PRIESTLEY
Orange-2 (Bradford, Fairlee, West Fairlee)
JAMES MERRIAM
Democrat
Orange-Calendonia (Groton, Newbury, Topsham)
PHILIP JAY HOOPER
Orange-Washington-Addison (Granville, Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph, Roxbury)
LARRY SATCOWITZ
Orange-Washington-Addison (Granville, Roxbury, Braintree, Brookfield, Randolph)
LEANNE HARPLE
Democrat
Orleans-4 (Albany, Craftsbury, Glover, Greensboro)
MICHAEL J. MARCOTTE
Orleans-Lamoille (Eden, Coventry, Irasburg, Jay, Lowell, Newport, Troy, Westfield)
DAVID POTTER
Democrat
Rutland-2 (Clarendon, Rutland, Wallingford, West Rutland)
ANNA TADIO
Democrat
Rutland-4 (Rutland)
MARY HOWARD
Democrat
Rutland-6 (Rutland)
WILLIAM NOTTE
Rutland-7 (Rutland City)
STEPHANIE Z. JEROME
Rutland-9 (Brandon)
ROBIN CHESTNUT-TANGERMAN
Rutland-Bennington (Middletown Springs, Wells, Tinmouth, Pawlet, Rupert)
ADRIENNE RAYMOND
Democrat
Rutland-Windsor (Mount Holly, Shrewsbury, Ludlow)
DAVID RAPACZ
Democrat
Washington-1 (Berlin, Northfield)
DARA TORRE
Washington-2 (Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren)
CANDICE WHITE
Democrat
Washington-2 (Duxbury, Fayston, Moretown, Waitsfield, Warren)
TEDDY WASZAZAK
Democrat
Washington-3 (Barre)
JONATHAN WILLIAMS
Washington-3 (Barre)
CONOR CASEY
Washington-4 (Montpelier)
KATE MCCANN
Washington-4 (Montpelier)
MARC MIHALY
Washington-6 (Calais, Plainfield, Marshfield)
THOMAS STEVENS
Washington-Chittenden (Bolton, Buels, Huntington, Waterbury)
THERESA A. WOOD
Washington-Chittenden (Bolton, Buels, Huntington, Waterbury)
MELISSA BATTAH
Democrat
Washington-Orange (Williamstown, Barre)
GINA GALFETTI
Washington-Orange (Barre, Williamstown)
FRANCIS MCFAUN
Washington-Orange (Barre, Williamstown)
ZON EASTES
Democrat
Windham-1 (Guilford, Vernon)
MICHELLE BOS-LUN
Windham-3 (Brookline, Rockingham, Westminster)
LESLIE GOLDMAN
Windham-3 (Brookline, Rockingham, Westminster)
MIKE MROWICKI
Windham-4 (Dummerston, Putney)
EMILY LONG
Windham-5 (Marlboro, Newfane, Townshend)
EMILIE KORNHEISER
Windham-7 (Brattleboro)
MOLLIE S. BURKE
Windham-8 (Brattleboro)
IAN GOODNOW
Democrat
Windham-9 (Brattleboro)
CHRIS MORROW
Democrat
Windham-Windsor-Bennington (Winhall, Londonderry, Andover, Weston)
JOHN BARTHOLOMEW
Windsor-1 (Hartland, West Windsor, Windsor)
ELIZABETH BURROWS
Windsor-1 (Hartland, West Windsor, Windsor)
MARK YUENGLING
Democrat
Windsor-2 (Baltimore, Cavendish, Weathersfield)
ALICE M. EMMONS
Windsor-3 (Springfield)
KRISTI MORRIS
Windsor-3 (Springfield)
HEATHER SURPRENANT
Windsor-4 (Bridgewater, Barnard, Pomfret, Hartford)
KEVIN "COACH" CHRISTIE
Windsor-6 (Hartford)
ESME COLE
Windsor-6 (Hartford)
KIRK WHITE
Windsor-Addison (Hancock, Bethel, Rochester, Stockbridge)
JOHN O'BRIEN
Windsor-Orange-1 (Tunbridge, Royalton)
REBECCA HOLCOMBE
Windsor-Orange-2 (Strafford, Thetford, Norwich, Sharon)
JIM MASLAND
Windsor-Orange-2 (Strafford, Thetford, Norwich, Sharon)
HEATHER CHASE
Windsor-Windham (Chester, Grafton, Windham, Athens)