Robin Chesnut-Tangerman | |
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![]() Chesnut-Tangerman in 2024 | |
Member of the VermontHouseofRepresentatives from the Rutland-Bennington district | |
In office January 4, 2014 –January 6, 2021 | |
Preceded by | John Malcolm |
Succeeded by | Sally Achey |
Assumed office January 6,2023 | |
Personal details | |
Political party | Progressive |
Education | BA,Hamilton College Woodbury College |
Robin Chesnut-Tangerman is a Vermont politician who is the Progressive Caucus Leader of the Vermont House of Representatives,representing the Rutland-Bennington district. [1] [2] [3] He is the owner-operator of Talisman Woodwork. [4] [1] He is also an environmental columnist for the Rutland Herald ,writing a column called Weekly Planet,and participates in community theater. [5] [6] Though a member of the Vermont Progressive Party,he ran as a Democrat and defeated Sally Achey in the 2022 Vermont House of Representatives election. [7]
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