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Tanya Vyhovsky

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Tanya Vyhovsky is a licensed independent clinical social worker with a private counseling practice in Essex, working primarily with youth and young adults, and a State Senator for the Chittenden-Central District (2023–present) after serving in the Vermont House of Representatives (2021–2023). A 2003 Essex High School graduate, she earned a B.S. in psychology and biology from Northeastern University (2009) and an M.S.W. from the University of Vermont (2017), where she was a graduate research fellow. She developed and directed the Vermont Support Line (2013–2015), served as Vice President of the Vermont Chapter of the NASW (2016–2020), and founded Essex Area Mutual Aid during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Where does Tanya Vyhovsky stand on the issues?

Tanya Vyhovsky has a recorded position on seven issues. Each is Civoren's summary of the campaign's own public material, with the source linked.

  • Affordable Housing

    Supports

    Supports creating affordable rental and homeownership housing - through new construction, rehabilitation, cooperative communities, and mobile home parks - that is required to be affordable in perpetuity without sunset dates.

    “Affordable housing that creates opportunities for both rentals and home ownership through new construction, rehabilitation of dilapidated housing stock, cooperative communities and mobile home parks, and tax credits and loans that create housing that is required to be affordable in perpetuity without sunset dates”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

  • Civil Rights & Equality

    Supports

    Supports protecting Vermonters' voting and civil rights, creating independent oversight of police, and strengthening ethics enforcement and accountability for public officials.

    “Protecting and Strengthening Democracy and Civil Rights ... Protection of Vermonters' civil rights”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

  • Environment & Sustainability

    Supports

    Supports state funding and coordination for climate and natural-disaster mitigation and repair, prioritizing vulnerable low-income neighborhoods, and holding polluting corporations accountable while advancing renewable energy.

    “Holding corporations that have polluted our environment accountable and pushing for renewable energy resources”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

  • Healthcare Access & Affordability

    Supports

    Supports universal single-payer health care and an overhaul of Vermont's health care system to address record wait times, low pay for front-line workers, provider shortages, and high costs.

    “An overhaul of our healthcare system's status quo of record wait times for care, low wages for front line workers, a shortage of doctors willing to practice here, and some of the highest costs of care in the nation”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

  • K-12 Education

    Supports

    Supports shifting public school funding from property taxes to a progressive income tax, and opposes artificial expense caps that force school closures and mergers.

    “Moving our funding system from property taxes to a progressive income tax that takes the burden off of Vermonters who can least afford to pay”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

  • Labor & Workforce Development

    Supports

    Supports strengthening union protections, the right of workers to organize and strike, and a livable minimum wage.

    “Strengthening union protections and the rights of Vermont workers to organize and strike”

    tanyaforvt.comAs of August 2026

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Past Elections

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State Senator

Primary election

VermontEnded 8/11/2026· Democratic Party

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