Seth Bongartz

Campaign pledges to continue working to create more housing affordable to the average Vermonter. Bongartz authored legislation requiring towns to allow a duplex anywhere a single-family home can be built, legislation requiring denser downtown housing, and legislation exempting many downtown areas from Act 250 review for housing creation.

“If re-elected, we will continue our work to create more housing that is affordable for the average Vermonter ... He was the author of successful legislation requiring towns to allow a duplex anywhere a single-family home can be built, effectively doubling the capacity of any home site, and wrote similar legislation requiring towns to allow denser housing in downtowns. He also authored legislation exempting many downtown areas from Act 250 review for the creation of housing.”

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Seth Bongartz supports rebuilding Vermont around local agriculture and local food systems, recognizing the impediments small farmers face and investing in marketing, delivery, and related infrastructure such as a closer slaughterhouse.

“As we emerge from the pandemic, we must rebuild in a way that recognizes the importance of local agriculture/local food. We must understand the impediments to small-scale farmers making a living and make smart investments to help aggregate marketing and delivery of products.”

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Seth Bongartz argues Vermont's legislature should be almost singularly focused on economic recovery: protecting people, supporting small businesses, bringing universal broadband, childcare, paid family leave, and affordable health insurance so people can afford to work, while welcoming new Vermonters and businesses.

“The legislature needs to be almost singularly focused on Vermont's economic recovery for the next couple of years... In addition to universal broadband, we need something close to universal childcare, some form of paid family leave and affordable health insurance. These are prerequisites for a successful economy.”

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Seth Bongartz views climate change as an existential threat and supports Vermont leading on electric vehicles, solar power, and weatherization to build a green economy, while treating Vermont's environment as its single greatest economic asset.

“The warming of the planet is an existential threat to every living creature on earth, including human beings... We must do everything we can to encourage the changeover to electric vehicles, solar power and weatherization of homes and businesses.”

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Campaign pledges to continue work to lower the cost of health care for Vermonters.

“If re-elected, we will continue our work to create more housing that is affordable for the average Vermonter, lower the cost of health care, lower the property tax burden, improve education outcomes, and keep people safe in their homes and downtowns.”

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Campaign pledges to improve education outcomes. As chair of the Senate Education Committee, Bongartz helped pass legislation to tackle chronic truancy and control the growth of school funding costs, and worked to protect rural areas from losing their voice in school consolidation discussions.

“As chair of the Senate Education Committee, he helped pass key legislation to tackle chronic truancy and control the growth of school funding costs. He also protected our rural areas from losing their voice in the ongoing school consolidation discussion.”

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