State

State Representative, Chittenden-22

Vote for: 2
Term: 2 years
Candidates: 4
Election: Nov 3, 2026

What this office does: A state representative votes on Vermont laws and the state budget in the Vermont House; many districts elect two representatives.

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Brent Boerger

Republican

Essex Junction City

The gist

Pledges to curb state spending
Opposes state funding for many nonprofits
Proposes protecting building maintenance budgets in statute

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Pledges to curb state spending
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“It would be to curb spending.”
Opposes state funding for many nonprofits
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“most of them should not be living off of state-funded assistance”
Proposes protecting building maintenance budgets in statute
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“try to get some some kind of statute in place to make sure we don't steal from maintenance budgets”

Seth Adam Manley

Republican

Essex Junction City

The gist

Supports shrinking state government
Opposes state spending on climate initiatives

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Supports shrinking state government
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“The state has grown to enormous proportions, and it really needs to be shrunk down.”
Opposes state spending on climate initiatives
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“I'm afraid that we're spending a lot of effort on things that are not real”

Karen Dolan

DemocraticIncumbent

Essex Junction City

The gist

Supports faster reference-based hospital pricing
Pledges to review how new laws are implemented

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Supports faster reference-based hospital pricing
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“we also started the work for reference-based pricing, which we wanted to move up the timeline for last session”
Pledges to review how new laws are implemented
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“There's a lot of work that has to be done to see ‘are these things actually being implemented?”

Lori Houghton

DemocraticIncumbent

Essex Junction City

The gist

Supports permitting and appeals reform to build housing
Supports state backstops against federal actions
Supports apprenticeships and internships to retain youth

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Supports permitting and appeals reform to build housing
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“I look forward to looking at permitting and appeals to continue to ensure we can build more housing for Vermonters.”
Supports state backstops against federal actions
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“We need to be able to stand up to the feds and support Vermonters in the best way we can.”
Supports apprenticeships and internships to retain youth
Q&A: Meet the four CHI-22 candidates
Interview · Essex Reporter · Sep 23, 2026 · essexreporter.com
“We need to make sure we have an educated workforce which can move right into apprenticeships”

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