2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State House, District CHI 18

2 seats. 3 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Ali Dieng

Democratic

Work: Parent University manager and family outreach coordinator, Burlington School District

Ali Dieng works for the Burlington School District as Parent University manager and family outreach coordinator. He manages Africa Jamono and is a Burlington justice of the peace.

Sources for Dieng

Ali Dieng: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Dave Hartnett

Independent

Work: Former Burlington City Council member (New North End, three terms); co-founder, Katie's Kindness foundation

Dave Hartnett represented Burlington's New North End on the Burlington City Council for three terms, stepping away in 2019, and earlier chaired the city's Parks and Recreation Commission, where he started the Pennies for Parks funding program. He worked for years at the Jolly Mobil store in the New North End and co-founded the Katie's Kindness foundation, which opened Katie's House to support unhoused Burlington residents.

Hartnett's campaign website

Sources for Hartnett

Meet Dave (Hartnett for House campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Carol Ode

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now: State Representative, Chittenden-18 district
Work: State Representative, Chittenden-18 district; University of Vermont trustee

Carol Ode is the sitting State Representative for the Chittenden-18 district in the Vermont General Assembly.

Carol Ode has served in the Vermont House since 2017 and is one of the Legislature's trustees on the University of Vermont board. She worked as a legislative coordinator at Downs Rachlin Martin, as a consultant to the Vermont Bar Foundation and the Access to Justice Coalition, and as a teacher.

Ode's committees

House Committee on Ways and Means
House Ethics Panel
Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules (LCAR)
Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on Lake Champlain's Future
Board of Trustees of University of Vermont and State Agricultural College

Ode's campaign website

Sources for Ode

Carol Ode: official member information (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
Vermont General Assembly: current member roster (Vermont General Assembly, Public record)
Carol Ode: candidate profile (BallotReady, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))

Sources

Candidate list and race details

2026 General Election Candidate Listing (qualified candidates), last updated 9/23/2026 (Vermont Secretary of State, Elections Division, Public record)

What's included: U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
Everything else: Local races (county, city, school board, judges) and anything else on your ballot are on your official sample ballot: mvp.vermont.gov.
Candidate lists: As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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