2026 Vermont Gubernatorial race: debates and news coverage


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Budget & Economy     Amanda Janoo: Invest money into permanently affordable housing.

Civil Rights     Esther Charlestin: Chairs the Vermont Commission on Women.

Crime     Amanda Janoo: Focus on understanding the root for repeat offending.

Drugs     Amanda Janoo: Supports overdose prevention centers, with local choice.

Education     Amanda Janoo: Don't close the schools that hold our communities together.

Energy & Oil     Amanda Janoo: Position Vermont as a leader in clean manufacturing.     Amanda Janoo: Nuclear energy is not green energy.

Environment     Esther Charlestin: Supports Climate Superfund Act, accountability for polluters.

Government Reform     Amanda Janoo: Strengthen and update the Town Meeting.

Health Care     Phil Scott: Issued state order to ensure access to COVID-19 vaccine.     Amanda Janoo: Create the first state-funded universal primary care system.     Esther Charlestin: Medicaid should cover stays in 90-day treatment centers.

Homeland Security     Phil Scott: Declined Trump request to deploy Vermont National Guard.     Amanda Janoo: Defend the Guard: No deployment unless Congress declares war.

Immigration     Phil Scott: Vermont has no law or policy making it a sanctuary state.

Jobs     Amanda Janoo: Assisted on inequality reduction, equity and diversification.     Amanda Janoo: $25 an hour would be a living wage in Vermont.

Principles & Values     Amanda Janoo: Create a cultural movement that's grounded in fun.

Tax Reform     Amanda Janoo: Impose a 3% surcharge on earnings above $500,000.

Technology     Amanda Janoo: Place a moratorium on AI data centers.

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The above quotations are from 2026 Vermont Gubernatorial race: debates and news coverage. Up for re-election in 2026:
VT 2026 Gubernatorial debate:
Phil Scott(R)
vs.Amanda Janoo(D)
Past VT gubernatorial races:
VT 2024 debates: Gov. Phil Scott (R) unopposed
VT 2022 Gubernatorial debate:
Incumbent Phil Scott(R)
vs.Brenda Siegel(D)
2020 VT Gubernatorial debate
Phil Scott(R)
vs.David Zuckerman(D)
vs.Rebecca Holcombe(D)
Former gubernatorial races:
2018 Vermont gubernatorial debate,
vs.Scott(R) vs.Stern(D) vs.Hallquist(D)
2016 Vermont Gubernatorial debates:
Lieutenant Governor Phil Scott(R)
vs.former State Representative Sue Minter(D)
vs.Former state senator Matt Dunne(D)
vs.Bruce Lisman(R)
vs.Speaker of the House Shap Smith(D)

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