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2026 General Election · Tuesday, November 3, 2026

Vermont State Senate, District CHI CT 1

3 seats. 4 candidates, listed alphabetically.

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Candidates

Nikhil Goyal

Democratic/Progressive

Work
Adjunct assistant professor, University of Vermont; educator

Nikhil Goyal is an adjunct assistant professor at the University of Vermont and an educator.

Sources for Goyal

Martine Larocque Gulick

DemocraticIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, Chittenden-Central district (since 2023)
Work
State Senator, Chittenden-Central district; high school teacher; Burlington School Board member

Martine Larocque Gulick has served as State Senator for the Chittenden-Central district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2023.

Martine Larocque Gulick has served in the Vermont Senate since 2023. She is a high school teacher of French and English who has also worked as a library director in Vermont and overseas, and has served on the Burlington School Board since 2018.

Gulick's committees

  • Senate Committee on Finance
  • Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (Vice Chair)
  • Canvassing Committee
  • Judicial Retention Committee
  • Advisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families
  • Building Bright Futures Council
  • Green Mountain Care Board Nominating Committee
  • School District Redistricting Task Force
  • State Aid for School Construction Working Group (Co-Chair)
  • Vermont Citizens Advisory Committee on Lake Champlain's Future
  • Adult Education and Literacy HSCP Student Access Study Committee
  • Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee

Sources for Gulick

Louis "Louie" Manno

Republican

We haven't found a sourced summary for Louis "Louie" Manno yet.

Where we looked, Thursday, October 15, 2026:

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Tanya Vyhovsky

Progressive/DemocraticIncumbent

In office now
State Senator, Chittenden-Central district (since 2023)
Work
State Senator, Chittenden-Central district; licensed clinical social worker in private practice; UVM lecturer

Tanya Vyhovsky has served as State Senator for the Chittenden-Central district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2023.

Tanya Vyhovsky has served in the Vermont Senate since 2023 after serving in the House from 2021. She is a licensed independent clinical social worker with a private counseling practice in Essex and teaches social welfare policy in UVM's graduate social work program; she founded and directed the Vermont Support Line (2013-2015).

Vyhovsky's committees

  • Senate Committee on Government Operations (Vice Chair)
  • Senate Committee on Judiciary
  • Senate Ethics Panel
  • Joint Public Pension Oversight Committee
  • Judicial Rules Committee
  • Cannabis Control Board Nominating Committee
  • Landlord-Tenant Law Study Committee
  • Summer Government Accountability Committee

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U.S. Senate and House, statewide offices, every state legislative district on the ballot and statewide ballot measures.
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Candidate lists
As of Wednesday, October 14, 2026.

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