Governor
What does this office do?
- Signing or vetoing bills that become state law
- Proposing the state budget for schools, roads, and health care
- Picking who leads state agencies
Affects: AI Regulation, Healthcare Affordability, Environment and Public Health,
Candidates:
Amanda Janoo
LostDemocratic/Progressive
Economist and international economic-policy professional who has worked with the Wellbeing Economy Alliance and New America. Her public priorities include economic opportunity, housing affordability, and public services.
Records: Personal Income Tax Reduction 1 against, Reduce Wealth Gap 1 for
Brian Judd
LostIndependent
Brian Judd is a Navy veteran from Barre who served from 1978 to 1983 and was a Screen Actors Guild member for almost 30 years. His priorities include repealing Act 181, the 2024 land-use law, and lowering taxes.
Dean Roy
LostFreedom and Unity
Dean Roy is a high school student from Stowe and a former Vermont Statehouse page who founded the Freedom and Unity Party. His priorities include building affordable homes, repealing the Act 250 land-use permit law, and lowering taxes for middle- and lower-income Vermonters.
June Goodband
LostPeace and Justice
June Goodband is a counselor from Springfield who has spent more than 30 years helping people with emotional wellbeing and addiction recovery. Her priorities include a living wage for workers, universal health care, and higher taxes on high incomes instead of homes.
Records: Environment and Public Health 1 for
Phil Scott
WonRepublican · Incumbent
Phil Scott has served as Vermont's governor since 2017, after six years as lieutenant governor and ten years in the state Senate. He co-owns a construction company, and his priorities include growing the economy and making Vermont more affordable.
Records: Environment and Public Health 2 for, 8 against, Government Spending Reduction 8 for, Labor Rights 4 against,
Sources: sos.vermont.gov · outside.vermont.gov