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Thomas Chittenden
DemocraticIncumbent
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- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district
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- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district; senior lecturer, University of Vermont
Thomas Chittenden is the sitting State Senator for the Chittenden-Southeast district in the Vermont General Assembly.
Thomas Chittenden has served in the Vermont Senate since 2021 and earlier served on the South Burlington City Council (elected 2015, 2017 and 2020). He is a senior lecturer and interim director of undergraduate programs at the University of Vermont's business school, where he was twice elected Faculty Senate president, and chaired the Green Mountain Transit board.
Chittenden's committees
- Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- Senate Committee on Finance (Vice Chair)
- Senate Ethics Panel
- New England Board of Higher Education
- Vermont State Infrastructure Bank Board
- Convention Center and Performance Venue Task Force
- Vocational Rehabilitation Working Group
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Kesha Ram Hinsdale
DemocraticIncumbent
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- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district (since 2021)
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- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district (Chair, Economic Development, Housing & General Affairs)
Kesha Ram Hinsdale has served as State Senator for the Chittenden-Southeast district in the Vermont General Assembly since 2021.
Kesha Ram Hinsdale has served in the Vermont Senate since 2021 and chairs the Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs Committee; she represented Burlington in the House from 2008 to 2016. She has worked as a public engagement specialist for Burlington's Community and Economic Development Office and teaches at Vermont Law & Graduate School.
Hinsdale's committees
- Senate Committee on Economic Development, Housing and General Affairs
- Senate Committee on Education
- Senate Ethics Panel (Chair)
- Senate Rules Committee
- Canvassing Committee
- Government Accountability Committee
- Joint Rules Committee
- Agricultural Worker Labor and Employment Laws Study Committee
- Cannabis Control Board Nominating Committee
- Sports Betting Study Committee
- Task Force on Affordable, Accessible Health Care
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Virginia "Ginny" Lyons
DemocraticIncumbent
- In office now
- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district
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- State Senator, Chittenden-Southeast district; biology professor (formerly at Trinity College)
Virginia "Ginny" Lyons is the sitting State Senator for the Chittenden-Southeast district in the Vermont General Assembly.
Virginia "Ginny" Lyons has served in the Vermont Senate since 2001 and chaired the Natural Resources and Energy Committee from 2003 to 2013. She is a biologist with a doctorate from UVM who taught and directed allied health programs at Trinity College of Vermont, and chaired the Williston Select Board.
Lyons's committees
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Senate Committee on Health and Welfare (Chair)
- Senate Rules Committee
- Health Reform Oversight Committee
- Joint Fiscal Committee
- Joint Legislative Child Protection Oversight Committee (Chair)
- Joint Legislative Justice Oversight Committee (Vice Chair)
- Joint Legislative Management Committee
- Joint Rules Committee
- Adverse Childhood Experiences Working Group (Vice Chair)
- Advisory Council on Child Poverty and Strengthening Families (Vice Chair)
- Special Committee on Capitol Complex Flood Recovery
- Special Committee on State House Improvements (ex officio)
- Task Force on Affordable, Accessible Health Care (Co-Chair)
- Vermont Tobacco Evaluation and Review Board
- Oversight Commission on Children, Youths, and Families
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Rohan St Marthe
Republican
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- General manager, Advance Auto Parts
Rohan St Marthe works as a general manager for Advance Auto Parts. He ran for the Chittenden Southeast Senate district in 2024.
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- Retired engineer; retired Vermont Air National Guard colonel; Williston justice of the peace
Bruce Roy of Williston is a retired engineer and retired Vermont Air National Guard colonel. He ran for the Vermont House in 2022 and for the Chittenden Southeast Senate district in 2024, receiving about 16,080 votes.
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- Associate at a Burlington-based venture capital nonprofit; youth football coach
Javen Sears works as an associate at a Burlington-based venture capital nonprofit that supports Vermont entrepreneurs and helps lead a local youth sports development organization. He graduated from South Burlington High School in 2020 and studies business administration at the University of Vermont.
Sources for Sears
- About Javen Sears (Javen Sears campaign website, Facts summarized from a public page (not copied))