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State Senator, Chittenden Central District

Nikhil Goyal

Candidate for State Senator, Chittenden Central District

Democratic/Progressive

Background

Occupation
Sociologist; adjunct assistant professor at the University of Vermont
Lives in
Burlington
Campaign website
nikhilgoyal.com

A sociologist who teaches at the University of Vermont, he was senior policy advisor on education and children for the U.S. Senate Budget and HELP committees from 2021 to 2023. He is the author of Live to See the Day and holds a PhD from the University of Cambridge.

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Documented positions

Taxes & budget

  • Supports taxing second homes more to cut homestead taxes

    Protect and Strengthen Public Schools

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “Nikhil strongly supports taxing second homes more to help reduce homestead property taxes.”
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Education

  • Opposed Act 73, the 2025 education reform law

    Protect and Strengthen Public Schools

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “He opposed the passage of Vermont's new education reform law, Act 73”
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Housing

  • Supports just cause eviction protections

    Build Affordable Housing and Protect Tenants

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “As your State Senator, Nikhil will fight to enact just cause eviction policy”
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  • Proposes a state land bank for distressed properties

    Build Affordable Housing and Protect Tenants

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “He wants to establish a land bank for the state that would take over abandoned, distressed, and foreclosed properties”
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Economy & jobs

  • Supports a moratorium on AI data centers

    Nikhil Goyal for Vermont State Senate

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “Impose a Moratorium on AI Data Centers and Ban Social Media for Kids under 16”
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Health & human services

  • Proposes universal, publicly funded primary care

    Universal Health Care for Vermonters

    Campaign website · Nikhil Goyal for Vermont · nikhilgoyal.com

    “Nikhil will fight for universal, publicly-funded primary care for all Vermonters as a first step”
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Other issues in this race

Other candidates in this race addressed these topics. We found no documented position from Nikhil Goyal on them.

  • Public safetyNo documented position found.
  • Environment & parksNo documented position found.
  • Government & transparencyNo documented position found.

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