Tanya Vyhovsky

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Jefferson Hales
​
(m. 2015)​
Tanya Vyhovsky
Tanya Vyhovsky at State Senate Forum (cropped).jpg
Vyhovsky in 2022
Member of the Vermont Senate
from the Chittenden-Central district
Incumbent
Assumed office
January 4, 2023
Servingwith Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick
Education Northeastern University (BS)
University of Vermont (MSW)

Tanya C. Vyhovsky [1] is an American politician and social worker who has served in the Vermont Senate since January 2023. A member of the Vermont Progressive Party, she previously represented the Chittenden-8-1 district in the Vermont House of Representatives.

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Early life and education

Tanya Vyhovsky graduated from Essex High School in 2003. She graduated from Northeastern University with a Bachelor of Science in psychology and biology. She graduated from the University of Vermont with a master of social work degree in 2017. She married Jefferson Hales in 2015. [2] [3] [4] [5] She is of Ukrainian descent. [6]

Career

Vyhovsky worked as a clinical social worker and school social worker in Essex, Vermont. She served on the board and was vice-president of the Vermont National Association of Social Workers from 2016 to 2020. [5] Vyhovsky was endorsed by the Champlain Valley DSA chapter in her 2020 run. [7]

Vermont House of Representatives

Vyhovsky ran for a seat in the Vermont House of Representatives and won the Progressive and Democratic nominations alongside Marybeth Redmond, but placed third out of three candidates behind Redmond and Linda K. Myers in the 2018 election. [3] [8] [9]

Vyhovsky announced at an event held by Bernie Sanders that she would run for a seat in the state house again and during the campaign she was endorsed by Sanders. [10] [11] She won the Democratic nomination alongside Redmond and placed second out of five candidates in the 2020 election. [12] [13]

Vermont Senate

In 2022, Vyhovsky was a candidate for the Vermont Senate from the three-member Chittenden-Central District. [14] She placed second in the Democratic primary and was elected in the general election alongside Philip Baruth and Martine Gulick. [15] [16]

Electoral history

2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district Democratic primary [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond 63255.88%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky49643.85%
Democratic Write-ins30.27%
Total votes1,131 100.00%
Blank440
Spoiled1
2018 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond 2,48540.78%
Republican Linda K. Myers (incumbent)1,99432.73%
Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky
TotalTanya Vyhovsky1,60026.26%
Independent Write-ins140.23%
Total votes6,093 100.00%
Blank2,175
Spoiled2
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district Democratic primary [12]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond (incumbent)1,35948.57%−7.31%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky76227.23%−16.62%
Democratic Brian Shelden66623.80%+23.80%
Democratic Write-ins110.39%+0.12%
Total votes2,798 100.00%
Blank622
2020 Vermont House of Representatives Chittenden-6-4 district election [13]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Marybeth Redmond (incumbent)3,23434.19%−6.59%
Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky
TotalTanya Vyhovsky2,27324.03%−2.23%
Republican Thomas M. Nelson1,84019.45%+19.45%
Republican Maryse B. Dunbar1,79318.96%+18.96%
Libertarian V. Chase3023.19%+3.19%
Independent Write-ins170.18%
Total votes9,459 100.00%
Blank2,001
2022 Vermont Senaye Chittenden-Central district Democratic primary [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Philip Baruth (incumbent) 5,710 23.71%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky 5,140 21.34%
Democratic Martine Gulick 3,949 16.40%
Democratic Erhard Mahnke3,94716.39%
Democratic Dawn Ellis3,32913.82%
Democratic Andrew Brown1,9418.06%
Democratic Write-ins700.29%
Total votes24,086 100.00%
Blank7,432
Spoiled27
2022 Vermont Senaye Chittenden-Central district election [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Democratic Philip Baruth (incumbent)
Progressive Philip Baruth (incumbent)
TotalPhilip Baruth (incumbent) 15,189 31.98%
Democratic Martine Gulick 14,007 29.49%
Democratic Tanya Vyhovsky
Progressive Tanya Vyhovsky
TotalTanya Vyhovsky 12,378 26.06%
Independent Infinite Culcleasure5,32711.21%
Independent Write-ins6001.26%
Total votes47,501 100.00%
Blank24,169
Spoiled15

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  2. ↑ About Tonya
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