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Governor · VT · Democratic candidate · 2026

Amanda Janoo

Democratic candidate for governor of Vermont

An economist and Burlington justice of the peace, Janoo co-founded Vermont’s Wellbeing Economy Alliance and is running for governor on community investment.

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StateVermont
OfficeGovernor
ElectionNov. 3, 2026

Policy priorities

Where Amanda stands.

Campaign position

Invest in local businesses

  • Supports a public bank, employee ownership, and public purchasing from Vermont businesses and farms

Campaign position

Expand permanently affordable housing

  • Supports land trusts, shared-equity homes, and higher taxes on corporate owners and luxury second homes

Campaign position

Keep community schools open

  • Supports rural schools with childcare, health services, food access, and adult learning instead of forced consolidation

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Limit AI infrastructure and surveillance

  • Supports an AI data-center moratorium, privacy protections, and restrictions on surveillance and consequential automated decisions

Campaign position

Provide free primary care

  • Supports publicly funded primary and preventive care, community health teams, and rural clinician recruitment

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Give residents more governing power

  • Supports citizens’ assemblies, participatory budgeting, and long-term public goals shaped with Vermont communities

Record and background

Record & experience.

  1. 2018

    Experience

    UNIDO industrial policy analyst

    Listed with UNIDO at World Water Week.

  2. 2018

    Experience

    GIZ industrial policy analyst

    Listed with GIZ in the same joint assignment.

  3. 2019

    Experience

    Economic Policy Consulting economist

    Published economic-policy analysis with the consultancy.

  4. Before 2019

    Experience

    Economic Policy Consulting founder

    Founded the consultancy.

  5. 2019

    Experience

    WEAll ambassador

    Served as an ambassador.

  6. 2021

    Experience

    WEAll policy-design project lead

    Led the guide project.

  7. 2021

    Accomplishment

    Helped publish a policy-design guide

    Led the collaborative project that produced WEAll’s guide for participatory economic policymaking.

  • Experience

    African Development Bank specialist

    Worked on industrial policy and structural transformation.

  • Experience

    Wellbeing Economy Alliance policy lead

    Advises governments on wellbeing economics.

  • Experience

    Vermont Wellbeing Economy Alliance co-founder

    Helped establish the statewide coalition.

  • Experience

    ACLU of Vermont board member

    Served on the board.

  • Experience

    Rights & Democracy Vermont board member

    Served on the board.

  • Experience

    New America fellow

    Held a Family Economic Security fellowship.

  • Experience

    Fulbright researcher

    Researched with India’s Self-Employed Women’s Association.

  • Experience

    Burlington justice of the peace

    Serves as a Democratic justice of the peace.

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